Talking with Adrian Tomine; Maxwell Neely-Cohen on video games, literature, and narrative; Maura Johnston on poptimism; new work from Elizabeth Ellen, and more.
This morning: a playlist from Ivan Vladislavic, a taxonomy of literary snobs, when smart fiction prompts political debates, Lee Hazelwood, and more.
Taking an in-depth look at Nick Antosca’s new collection, anticipating a surreal Western comic, catching up with Jamie and Gilbert Hernandez, Godspeed You! Black Emperor wins big, and more.
Dipatches from the LA Art Book Fair. Douglas Wolk rounds up bands influenced by My Bloody Valentine over the years, from Sugar to Catherine Wheel to New Jersey’s own All Natural Lemon & Lime Flavors. Michelle Dean reports from Tuesday’s NYRB party. In Chicago, you can take in art inspired by whiskey. Maura Johnston explains why we can’t leave the 90s behind. The Outlet takes a look at Allen Ginsberg’s musical side. Art F City reports from the Outsider Art […]
Have you checked out Feedback Press? Obviously we’re excited because our own Tobias Carroll is involved (figured that needed to be mentioned), but chapbooks by Maura Johnston, Mike McGonigal, and other great people is something we’d mention anyway. An unreleased Kurt Vonnegut novella from the late 1940s will be released today. Amelia Gray on the water in Los Angeles at GOOD. Hunger Games fever is upon us. We should probably mention the Wes Anderson commercial. Ancient Egypt making a comeback […]
“I don’t think I restrain myself from judgment, though. In fact, I’m wary of writers who claim to do so, people who say “I just tell the story.” Nobody “just” tells a story. Every comma is judgment.” Jeff Sharlet, interviewed at Harper’s. Maureen Johnson, author of many an acclaimed young adult novel, reviews the film Young Adult. Renee Zambo interviews Amelia Gray, at Necessary Fiction. More smart folks talking about the books that they like: Dennis Cooper does the “Year in Reading” thing at […]
On Wednesday, January 5th, 2011, join Vol. 1 Brooklyn editors in this discussion with four authors as they talk about the decade that punk broke, sold out and eventually died — but not before changing the faces of music, politics and popular culture. Featuring: Sara Marcus (Author of Girls to the Front: The True Story of Riot Grrrl Revolution), Eric Davidson (New Bomb Turks, Author of We Never Learn: The Gunk Punk Undergut, 1988-2001), Norman Brannon (Texas is the Reason, […]
Is Attenberg is dropping hints about her new novel.