In our afternoon reading: an interview with Jarvis Cocker, thoughts on Maryse Condé’s new novel, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Marguerite Duras, Translating Eduardo Halfon, Hilary Leichter, Jeff Sharlet Interviewed, and More
In our afternoon reading: thoughts on Marguerite Duras’s nonfiction, an interview with Jeff Sharlet, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Donald Quist, duncan b. barlow’s Latest, Best Translated Book Award Longlists, merritt k Interviewed, and More
In our afternoon reading: new writing by Donald Quist, Jarvis Cocker on music, and much more.
Weekend Bites: Jarvis Cocker Interviewed, Jacqueline Woodson, Phil Klay on the Subway, Lenny Kaye on Buddy Holly, and More
In our weekend reading: checking in with Jarvis Cocker, writing advice from Jacqueline Woodson, new writing from Lenny Kaye, and more.
Jarvis Cocker on Richard Brautigan’s “Sombrero Fallout”
Sombrero Fallout is about an imagination in crisis. It is a “what am I doing with my life?” book. It is full of doubt and self-loathing – and it is also incredibly funny. Yes, I am talking about that dread phrase laugh-out-loud funny. In the Independent, Jarvis Cocker wrote about his love for the writing of Richard Brautigan.
Morning Bites: Jarvis Cocker and Karaoke, Megan Stielstra Interviewed, Allison Crutchfield’s EP, Lacy M. Johnson, and More
Interviews with Megan Stielstra and Lacy M. Johnson, Jarvis Cocker judging Pulp karaoke, a playlist from Eleni Sikelianos, new music from Allison Crutchfield, and more.
Weekend Bites: Hipster Punchlines, Pulp Documentary, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Maxwell Neely-Cohen’s Playlist, and More
Thoughts on the Pulp documentary, a Maxwell Neely-Cohen playlist, notes on the hipster as punchline, Kelly Sue DeConnick on comics, an excerpt from Juliet Escoria’s new collection, and more for your weekend reading.
Afternoon Bites: Rushdie on García Márquez, Revisiting Pulp, New Nicola Griffith Fiction, Bellow on Film, and More
This afternoon: a Pulp album turns twenty, Saul Bellow on film, Salman Rushdie’s tribute to Gabriel García Márquez, new fiction from Nicola Griffith, a Juliet Escoria interview, poetry from Tommy Pico, and more.