Steven Brower tells you everything you need to know about the collages made by Jack Kirby. I’m pretty sure that Jon DeRosa and Karolina Waclawiak fall into “power couple” territory these days. At The Rumpus, the two talk about their creative process, their upcoming album and novel (respectively), and more. (Of note: we chatted with DeRosa last fall.) Mark O’Connell on David Rees at The Millions. If you’ve ever wondered what Philip K. Dick thought of Bladerunner, you now have your […]
Afternoon Bites: Karolina Waclawiak’s Stories, Whit Stillman Interviewed, Sleigh Bells, And More
John Lopez chats with Whit Stillman at Grantland. New fiction from Karolina Waclawiak: up now at Two Serious Ladies. The Daily News on the Buffalo Small Press Book Fair. David Byrne has a new sound installation up in London. Spencer Ackerman is a fan of Sleigh Bells. If you’d like to see a Vol.1 editor with a pen in his beard, The Outlet has you covered. Ariana Reines will be performing at the Swiss Institute on Saturday. Sharknife, one […]
Hey, It’s The “How To Get Into The Twin Palms” Trailer
Karolina Waclawiak ‘s debut novel now has a book trailer, featuring one very disorienting scene involving a dead fish. The music’s from Jon DeRosa, who we interviewed last year.
Vol. 1 & McSweeney’s Present The Release Party for Adam Levin’s “Hot Pink” on April 4th
One of our favorite books of 2010 was Adam Levin’s mammoth novel The Instructions, and we’re incredibly excited to hear that he has a new collection out on McSweeney’s: Hot Pink. His publisher has this to say about it: …in the stories of “Hot Pink,” Levin delivers nine smaller worlds, snow-globes of overweight romantics, legless prodigies, quixotic dollmakers, textbook lovers, dirty old men, insecticidal fathers, nervous comedians, angry mimes, and a dumptruck covered with balloons–all shaken together, colliding and embracing. […]
Indexing: Lexicon Valley, Revisiting Joshua Cohen, Renner Recommended, Misfit Movies, and More
Jen Vafidis If by anything, this week has been overwhelmed by the Slate Lexicon Valley podcast (Car Talk for word nerds!) and Julia Holter’s latest album, Ekstasis. I blame the weather in New York, which was way more conducive to headphones and walks than coffee and armchairs.