Notes on Billy Childish’s art, interviews with Alena Gradeon and Samuel R. Delany, searching for a lost Velvet Underground song, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Billy Childish’s Art, Alena Gradeon, Lost Velvets, Samuel R. Delany Interviewed, and More
Morning Bites: Mitchell S. Jackson Interviewed, EMA, Rebecca Mead on Bookstores, Big Ears Festival Report, and More
This morning: Samuel R. Delany’s birthday, new music from EMA, an interview with Mitchell S. Jackson, Rebecca Mead on bookstores, and more.
#tobyreads: Three Takes on Obsession
This week’s dispatch may be a bit shorter than usual; I’m currently in Seattle, kinda-sorta doing the AWP thing and kinda-sorta catching up with friends and enjoying my usual explorations of the city. As of this writing, I’ve been in the city for seven hours and have purchased two books already; sowing the seeds for future columns? Perhaps.
“The Shadows Took Shape” Has a Book Club
In news of art with a literary connection, it’s worth noting The Shadows Took Shape, currently up at the Studio Museum in Harlem. If you haven’t read it already, Chase Quinn makes the case for why you should check this out at Hyperallergic. Alternately: do you like the idea of art that takes an aesthetic cue from the likes of Sun Ra, Octavia E. Butler, and Samuel R. Delany? Then this is an exhibit to which you should pay a […]
Afternoon Bites: Christgau on Delany, Kathleen Hanna, Junot Diaz Q & A, Body/Head Reviewed, and More
Robert Christgau on new books from iconic New York writers, Maura Johnston interviewed Kathleen Hanna, Jessica Hopper reviewed the latest from Body/Head, a Junot Diaz Q & A, and more.
#tobyreads: Venturing Into the South with Samuel R. Delany and Todd Dills
I was born in upstate New York and grew up in New Jersey; depending on how you keep track, I’ve lived in New York for between fourteen and eighteen years now. What all of this means is that I’m not much of an authority on all things Southern — but, like many a reader of literary fiction, I find myself drawn to a certain quality exhibited by writers from that part of the country. Wiser critics than I can ponder […]
Afternoon Bites: Marathon Gertrude Stein Reading, Iggy Pop in Bensonhurst, Olafur Eliasson, and More
Edward Champion selects his best fiction for 2012, and in the process reminds us that there’s a new Samuel R. Delany novel waiting to be read. Samuel R. Delany: fantastic writer, and bearer of one of the great literary beards of our time. The Atlantic Cities collects holiday wishes from numerous New Yorkers. The time Iggy Pop moved to Bensonhurst… Zachary Lipez on the new Family Curse album, mortality, and more. Next month, Triple Canopy will be hosting a marathon reading […]
Indexing: Poets’ Novels, Listening to Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Reading D.T. Max, Stuart Nadler and More
A roundup of things consumed by our contributors.