In our afternoon reading: an excerpt from Sam Pink’s new book, interviews with Gregory Pardlo and Sarah McCarry, and more.
Morning Bites: A “Station Eleven” Excerpt, Amanda Petrusich, Inside the City Reliquary, Sam Pink Reviewed, and More
An excerpt from Station Eleven, new writing from Jami Attenberg and Amelia Gray, a review of Sam Pink’s new novel, Amanda Petrusich assembles a playlist, and more.
#tobyreads: Myths and Realism and Where They Meet
Today’s weekly reading column looks at new books from Sam Pink, Noah Cicero, Kate Bernheimer, Michael J. Seidlinger, and Miranda Mellis.
Afternoon Bites: Laurie Penny on Nellie Bly, Kate Bernheimer on Fairy Tales, Sam Pink Interviewed, Stuart Murdoch’s Film, and More
Thoughts on an anthology of Nellie Bly’s work, an interview with Sam Pink, a trailer for Stuart Murdoch’s film God Help the Girl, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Juliet Escoria, Indie Bookstore Success Stories, Alice Munro, The Both Interviewed, and More
Interviews with Juliet Escoria and The Both, notes on Alice Munro on film, a review of the new album from Woods, thriving NYC indie bookstores, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Ballard and Burroughs, Dead Moon Reissues, Sam Pink’s New Novel, Jesse Ball, and More
Talking Dead Moon reissues, a look at Ballard and Burroughs, a review of Jesse Ball’s new novel, an excerpt of Sam Pink’s next novel, and more.
Hockey Video Games, Self-Loathing, and Chicago: A Review of Sam Pink’s “Rontel”
Rontel by Sam Pink Lazy Fascist/Electric Literature; 92 p. A few years ago, I saw Sam Pink read in Chicago. All I knew about him at the time was that one of his books bore a truly magnificent title: namely, I Am Going to Clone Myself Then Kill the Clone and Eat It. His reading that evening involved the video sleeve for the mid-90s Jean-Claude Van Damme vehicle Lionheart, and involved a quick digression about the plot of Van Damme’s earlier […]