The influence of Gordon Lish’s workshops, Matthew Specktor and Geoff Dyer talk fiction, an excerpt from Shane Jones’s new novel, and more for your weekend reading.
This morning: remembering Mavis Gallant, Stephen Malkmus provides advice, the classical music comedy of Sid Caesar, Nina McConigley is interviewed, and more.
Checking in with Scott McClanahan, discussing the influence of Gordon Lish, Girls Against Boys return with a new EP, Million Writers Award’s notable stories, and more.
PW talks to Rick Meyerowitz about Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Writers and Artists Who Made The National Lampoon Insanely Great. Everyone and everything was fair game. There was also a high/low sense of taste to the material. Yes, they were smoking illegal substances, but what did you expect? They were twenty-two years old and they liked naked girls. Gordon Lish talking about Eugene Marten. Zack Lipez interviews himself at The Nervous Breakdown. This is probably the most groundbreaking interview […]