An interview with David Gilbert, Philip K. Dick-inspired rock, ambient jazz, crimes of the Gilded Age, David Cronenberg’s films, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Gothic Lit, Jack Handey’s Archive, Lionel Ziprin’s Art, Banksy in NYC, and More
Notes on Gothic novels; Jerry Saltz gives a lesson on art; a look at Jack Handey’s work for The New Yorker; thoughts on Lionel Ziprin’s artwork; and more.
Afternoon Bites: Elliott Holt Interviewed, Pharos Editions Debuts, Talking with Blake Schwarzenbach, Filming “Radio Free Albemuth,” and More
Elliott Holt talked with The Rumpus; Brandon Stosuy wrote about Deafheaven’s latest; Blake Schwarzenbach was interviewed at The Low Times; Rob Spillman wrote about David Markson; and much more.
Afternoon Bites: Bill Murray Says Tilda Swinton Can Do Whatever She Likes, Philip K. Dick Is Still Amazing, Kristen Stewart Reads 50 Shades of Grey, and More
Attention Philip K. Dick fans: these articles on his sweet, sweet crazy are not to be missed. “But that’s the way shit goes when you sell millions of records but you’re dying inside.” Jessica Hopper interviews Heart’s Ann Wilson and it’s too real. A possibly intoxicated Bill Murray makes our hearts flutter by walking us through the set of Moonrise Kingdom. How to become a literary translator, according to the guy who put Laurent Binet into English. (Our review of […]
Morning Bites: Flannery in ’59, Eugenides in England, Neal Stephenson in the Times, Wayne Koestenbaum, and more
A 1959 recording of Flannery O’Connor reading “A Good Man is Hard to Find.” Jeffrey Eugenides hangs out in England and makes a video. Wayne Koestenbaum is interviewed on The Bat Segundo Show. The Nervous Breakdown gives us their 2011 Nobbies, and it’s a fine list. Cyberpunk writer Neal Stephenson is profiled in the New York Times. Jonathan Lethem on Philip K. Dick. Forever 21 has pulled the Flipper shirt. Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, and our Tumblr.
Weekend Bites: Loving Paul Murray, Dueling Covers, Bad Jobs in Literature, and More
At Largehearted Boy: Paul Murray (Skippy Dies) picks Nation of Ulysses and Nick Cave for his Book Notes entry. Largehearted Boy calls the book “one of the funniest novels of the year.” At Vice: James Ellory interviewed. At NPR: Nick Hornby on Fresh Air. At Thought Catalog: Putting a ton of thought into the Tao Lin/Jonathan Franzen Stranger/Time cover At Dangerous Minds: A letter from the Philip K. Dick auction. At Huffington Post: 9 bad jobs in literature. At The […]
Simultaneous Kettles Boiling, Too Hot to Touch: Various Writers at Age 26
Posted by Nick Curley Today I turn twenty-six years old. It’s only been my birthday for ten hours, but so far this has proven the best year of my life. In the hopes of finding inspiration, and satisfaction for gnawing trivia, I looked up various names upon my bookshelf, to see what they were up to at/by the age of twenty-six. Let’s keep it chronological, in blocks of text: us mid-twenties types can think in lists and narratives, all at […]