In our morning reading: an interview with Kirstin Valdez Quade, thoughts on the new Garcia Peoples album, and more.
Weekend Bites: Amitava Kumar Interviewed, Lincoln Michel’s New Novel, Shirley Jackson-Inspired Fiction, and More
In our weekend reading: an interview with Amitava Kumar, thoughts on Lincoln Michel’s new novel, and more.
Morning Bites: Sheree Renée Thomas’s Playlist, Bethany C. Morrow and Tochi Onyebuchi, Antiracist Poetry, Kathryn Scanlan, and More
In our morning reading: a playlist from Sheree Renée Thomas, Bethany C. Morrow and Tochi Onyebuchi in conversation, and more.
Weekend Bites: Saeed Jones, Shirley Jackson on Screen, Jean Kyoung Frazier, Revisiting James Baldwin, and More
In our weekend reading: new writing by Saeed Jones, excerpts from books by Jean Kyoung Frazier and Joe Meno, and more.
Morning Bites: Mary Miller, Nebula Award Winners, Anna Moschovakis Interviewed, Shirley Jackson on Film, and More
In our morning reading: a review of Mary Miller’s new novel, an interview with Anna Moschovakis, and more.
Morning Bites: Damon Locks, Kristen Arnett’s Latest, Sally Rooney, Edward Gorey’s Biography, and More
In our morning reading: thoughts on new music from Damon Locks, an interview with Hermione Hoby, and more.
Morning Bites: Rita Bullwinkel Interviewed, Bronx Book Festival, Shirley Jackson on Film, Mira Ptacin Nonfiction, and More
In our morning reading: an interview with Rita Bullwinkel, a look inside the Bronx Book Festival, and more.
Surrealism, Structure, and Scary Stories: An Interview With Carmen Maria Machado
Her Body and Other Parties, Carmen Maria Machado‘s debut collection, is a surreal powerhouse of a book. It encompasses everything from a plague that causes women to fade away to the life of a woman living out a horrific folktale to strange reimagining of Law & Order: SVU. Earlier this week, Her Body and Other Parties was announced as one of the titles longlisted for the National Book Award for Fiction. Earlier this fall, Machado and I conversed about the collection, unlikely […]