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.
Today’s weekly reading column looks at new books from Sam Pink, Noah Cicero, Kate Bernheimer, Michael J. Seidlinger, and Miranda Mellis.
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.
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.
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.
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 […]