Blake Butler revisits a J.G. Ballard classic, interviews with Roxane Gay and Leigh Stein, tracking down history in the Times Square subway station, and more.
Roxane Gay’s An Untamed State is discussed at Bookforum, a lost Breece D’J Pancake story is found, Mike Watt shares his tour journals, a look at the work of Kiese Laymon and Leigh Stein, and more.
Leigh Stein writes recaps of The Bachelorette (Team Arie!) in the forms of poems. What began as an ironic way to attenuate the guilt and shame in obsessing over a vapid quest for a partner morphed into a clever running commentary on a beloved show that reinforces a classic Romantic conception of Love at the same time that it makes a highly profitable commodity. Somehow, the show tricks us every times into watching two hour episodes, eliciting tears and joy, […]
Geoff Dyer, The Milan Review, CoverSpy, Leigh Stein, and more feature in this afternoon roundup of literary links.
Joyland’s co-founder, Brian Joseph Davis, draws police sketches of some of the most famous characters in literature. Oddly enough, the least creepy one is the murderous Misfit from Flannery O’Connor’s “A Good Man Is Hard To Find.” Preview Adam Levin’s Hot Pink over at the McSweeney’s site. It will get you set for when we host Levin at PowerHouse Arena on April 4th. J.C. Gabel, the man behind the great magazine Stop Smiling, is now spearheading the resurrection of The Chicagoan. […]
Largehearted Boy talks to Leigh Stein about the music listened to in the time she moved from Illinois to Albuquerque to write The Fallback Plan. Adam Mars-Jones at The Guardian on Roberto Bolaño’s The Third Reich. A Jewish-American writer feels isolated because of her views on Israel. There was Pauline Kael, and there was the other film reviewer at The New Yorker. At A.V. Club: Geeking out over SST Records. Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, and our Tumblr. Got tips for Bites? Info@Vol1brooklyn.com
Kim Gordon riding the NYC subway sometime in the 1970s via Bryan Waterman. The best hatchet jobs of 2011. An interview with Leigh Stein (The Fallback Plan) at HTML Giant. The SMITH “Moment” party is recapped. “We’re just riding that ‘Downton Abbey’ wave,” – the publishing industry sees dollar signs thanks everyones favorite Edwardian clan. Here’s a single off Craig Finn’s forthcoming solo debut, Clear Heart Full Eyes. Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, and our Tumblr. Got tips for Bites? Info@Vol1brooklyn.com