Body Horror, Siblings’ Language, and Post-Punk Histories: An Interview With Leni Zumas

Leni Zumas’s debut book, the collection Farewell Navigator, earned acclaim from the likes of Joy Williams and Miranda July; it split the difference between wrenching realism and surreal moments of clarity. Here was an artist equally comfortable achieving emotional truths and spending time in post-punk bands. Her first novel, The Listeners, released in May on Tin House, takes up the promise of that collection and turns it into something even more stunning. It follows Quinn, a onetime musician now living […]

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Everyday Genius and Me

Rozalia Jovanovic, co-founding editor of Gigantic, and woman with 100 other cool things attached to her name, asked me to participate in the latest Everyday Genius project, “Manuel for a Productive Everyday Life.”  I’m in some good company with names like Justin Taylor, Leni Zumas, Tao Lin, and Jeff Lewis. You should maybe check it out.

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Bites: Obama at the vineyard, Leni Zumas, Atlas Sound does Fleetwood Mac, and more

Tut tut bitches! Obama goes to Martha’s Vineyard! Leni Zumas tells The Rumpus about the last good book she read. Leni Zumas rules. Atlas Sound covering Fleetwood Mac maybe the biggest thing since Atlas Sound teamed up with Panda Bear. Three Guys One Book talk a little Updike. I like 3G1B (can I do that, or does it look like a code for the cousin of Swine Flu?), and I love Updike. I’ve never read Nicholas Mosely, but HTMLGIANT makes […]

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