Books

A Brief (and Incomplete) Guide to Norman Lock’s Fiction

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I’m not exactly an unobjective reader of Norman Lock’s fiction. Ever since he took part in a reading that Vol.1 Brooklyn and Big Other assembled in 2011, I’ve been tracking down his books, sometimes waxing evangelical about them to readers who might appreciate his own particular window onto fiction. And it’s a welcome one: at once referential and playful, occupying a similar post-Borges space to the short stories of Stephen Millhauser and Neil Gaiman. What follows are thoughts on the […]

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Books, Events

Matt Bell and Norman Lock at Community Bookstore on June 13

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Any year that brings books from Matt Bell and Norman Lock is a good one. That 2013 has brought work from both is even better: Bell’s visceral, evocative novel In the House Upon the Dirt Between the Lake and The Woods and Lock’s mindbending collection Love Among the Particles are both among our favorite books of the year to date. We’ll be hosting Bell and Lock at Community Bookstore on Thursday, June 13. Each will read, followed by a short conversation between […]

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Bites

Afternoon Bites: Norman Lock Fiction, Food Journals, Chris Gethard, the “Midnight’s Children” Movie, and More

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Hanging out with Salman Rushdie at the Midnight’s Children movie premiere. “If you look at an Isaac Babel story, for example, it’s between two and three pages, and what he does is a miracle.” Dawn Raffel interviewed Renata Adler for The Literarian. Recommended Reading has a story up from Norman Lock. Mary Roach book trailer, everybody. “It makes more sense if you think of The Chris Gethard Show less as a late-night talk show and more like stunt theater, live-action role-playing, and depression.” Jessica Suarez on […]

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Afternoon Bites: New Texas is the Reason, J. Robert Lennon, Book Shopping With Molly Ringwald and Panio Gianopoulos, and More

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  File under “things we never thought we’d type in 2012”: here’s some new music from Texas is the Reason. Paula Bomer, who’s reading at Franklin Park next Monday, was interviewed at The Nervous Breakdown. Molly Ringwald and Panio Gianopoulos went shopping for books at McNally Jackson. Rosie Schaap talked with The Drinking Diaries. BoingBoing has selected their favorite comics of 2012. Emily Witt on Charles Dickens’s children. Here’s a song with lyrics by Norman Lock, who has a new collection […]

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Indexing

Indexing: Books with numbers, back to “Treasure Island!!!,” a Joy Williams quest, Nathan Englander, Norman Lock, Jacques-Yves Cousteau, and much more

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A roundup of things consumed by our contributors. Jen Vafdis I read Joy Williams’ Honored Guest for the first of probably a few times this week. Some stories I loved unconditionally, others might reveal themselves to me later. You know how it is when one character jumps out at you in a story, and you immediately cast the role of that character in your mind? Perhaps other Joy Williams fans will agree, maybe not, but I think James Urbaniak (of […]

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Events

TONIGHT: Vol. 1 Brooklyn + Big Other Presents Marcy Dermansky, Norman Lock, & Lincoln Michel at Brooklyn Winery!

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Posted by Nick Curley This lit news business of ours is half bullfighter’s ring, half tavern alleyway.  An unending deathtrap spurred by a swinging red cape of lush Cabernets and Shiraz (Shirazes?  Shirazi?).  In our world, Wednesday night is no excuse to not party.  This is Brooklyn: I’m told that we go hard. Come kick this midweek in the belly with the editors of V1 at the latest installment of our monthly reading series at Brooklyn Winery in Williamsburg, in […]

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