In our afternoon reading: nonfiction by Amanda Petrusich and Lauren Groff, thoughts on Brian Blanchfield’s work, and much more.
Morning Bites: Helen Phillips, D. Foy on Photography, Drew Nellins Smith, Jordan Okumura’s Latest, and More
In our morning reading: new nonfiction from Helen Phillips and D. Foy, thoughts on books by Drew Nellins Smith and Jordan Okumura, and more.
Morning Bites: Helen Phillips Interviewed, Fake Zombies, Hand-Selling “The Last Samurai,” and More
In our morning reading: an interview with Helen Phillips, Richard Hell talks film, Daniel Ralston on the fake Zombies, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Amber Sparks Fiction, Steven Soderbergh on Narratives, Helen Phillips, Joan Aiken Revisited, and More
In our afternoon reading: fiction from Amber Sparks and Helen Phillips, an interview with the director of “Green Room,” and more.
Morning Bites: Helen Oyeyemi, Ryan W. Bradley’s Latest, Chris Abani Interviewed, Homero Aridjis, and More
In our morning reading: thoughts on Helen Oyeyemi, excerpts from books by Kaitlyn Greenidge and Homero Aridjis, and much more.
Morning Bites: A Summer Brennan Excerpt, Laura van den Berg, Ottessa Moshfegh’s Playlist, Camden Joy Interviewed, and More
In our morning reading: an excerpt from Summer Brennan’s book, Laura van den Berg interviewed Stephanie Barber, Margaret Eby talks whiskey, and much more.
Afternoon Bites: Helen Phillips, Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Latest, Harper Lee Excerpted, Duke Ellington Rarities, and More
In our afternoon reading: new writing from Helen Phillips, a review of Ta-Nehisi Coates’s latest, thoughts on E. Nesbit, an excerpt from Harper Lee’s new book, and more.
Indexing: How much Wodehouse can you take(?), Cannery Row, Lispector, L.A. Review of Books podcast, and much more
A roundup of things consumed by our contributors. Tobias Carroll We’ve got two weeks of reading here. This….might take a while. Though it’s a strange cosmic joke that I made my way through the 850-page novel on the list to follow faster than nearly everything else on it.