Last month, we wrote about some of the interesting things afoot in Chicago for Independent Bookstore Day. It warms our hearts, then, to see that NYC’s indie bookstores will also be holding various festivities throughout the day on Saturday. There’ll be events, signings, a marathon Langston Hughes reading (at McNally Jackson), a film screening (at La Casa Azul), and much more.
In our morning reading: new writing from Jami Attenberg, wishing Jules Feiffer a happy birthday, musicians discuss DeLillo’s “White Noise,” interviews with Lincoln Michel and Luke B. Goebel, and more.
In our morning reading: Ernest J. Gaines’s birthday, new fiction from Jami Attenberg and John McManus, a new David Mitchell novel will be out later this year, and more.
In our afternoon reading: Jami Attenberg on making an annual trip to New Orleans, Roxane Gay on the books she read in 2014, catching up with Panda Bear, videos for the end of the world, a Nick Cave skateboard, and more.
Celebrating Philip K. Dick’s birthday, delving into the year in essays, Jami Attenberg on the time she pretended to be a psychic, an interview with Meredith Graves, and more.
News of Alison Bechdel’s new project, the cover of Jami Attenberg’s new book, notes on Leonard Cohen, new fiction from Mairead Case, and more.
An excerpt from Station Eleven, new writing from Jami Attenberg and Amelia Gray, a review of Sam Pink’s new novel, Amanda Petrusich assembles a playlist, and more.
An interview with Kate Bernheimer, new fiction from Jami Attenberg, voting for the Not the Booker shortlist, artists in fiction, a look at a literary Wikipedia hoax, and more.