In this afternoon’s reading: Emily Schultz on the appeal of calling your novel Joyland, Stephen Elliott shares his Happy Baby playlist, Jennifer Gilmore talks with NPR, a number of writers talk about alt-rock’s best drummers, and much more.
The Nervous Breakdown has an excerpt up from Terese Svoboda’s new novel Tin God. Jonathan Lethem chatted with The Book Bench. Apparently, J.J. Abrams is a fan of Stephen King’s 11/22/63. (We can relate.) Edan Lepucki talked with Marisa Silver about her Depression-era novel Mary Coin. Mikal Cronin’s latest album is, we hear, terrific. Three words: Beastie Boys memoir. Owen Egerton, interviewed in excerpts at The Collagist. Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, Google +, our Tumblr, and sign up for our mailing list.
Writer Laurie Penny and illustrator Molly Crabapple talked with Bitch about their collaboration Discordia, Christopher Hitchens, Djuna Barnes, and more. Ann Patchett on the first year in the life of her bookstore Parnassus Books. Jay Bulger on making a documentary about legendary drummer Ginger Baker. Molly Ringwald is interviewed by the Los Angeles Review of Books. Nick Hornby is adapting Cheryl Strayed’s Wild for the big screen. And Brian K. Vaughan is adapting Stephen King’s Under the Dome for television. Edward Champion looks into the […]
Several pages of John Jeremiah Sullivan talking about William Faulkner and the South? We might as well make that our entire focus of Weekend Bites. James Parker at the Slate Book Review on Raymond Kennedy’s that predicted the rise of Sarah Palin. Also at Slate Book Review: Michelle Dean on why smart men seem to have misunderstood Sheila Heti’s book. Daniel Roberts on Dave Eggers A Hologram for the King at Fortune. Ten Stephen King novels that should be video games. […]
Have you submitted to L Magazine’s Literary Upstart competition? You’ve got till May 28th. That time Henry James took down Charles Dickens. The most famous Jewish poet in India. Neil Gaiman posts the raw copy of his interview with Stephen King. Speaking of Stephen King: The guy just wants to be taxed! Eric Copeland (of Black Dice) has a new solo album coming out. Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, Google + and our Tumblr.
Vulture has ranked all of Stephen King’s 62 books. Hey, remember the 1970s cartoon where the Three Stooges were robots? Buzz Bissinger on Central Park. The Whitney will be screening Kelly Reichardt’s Oregon Trilogy beginning tonight. Al Shipley on unlikely pop hitmakers. J.E. Reich on Smash and Bollywood imagery. Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, Google + and our Tumblr.
“Despite treading on what seemed to be typically macabre King terrain, the story itself was pretty low on blood and gore. King seemed far more interested in paying homage to Southern Gothic icons — Faulkner, Williams, and Flannery O’Connor were all mentioned — than delivering his trademark frights.” David Peisner looks at Stephen King and John Mellencamp’s entry into the world of musical theater, Ghost Brothers of Darkland County. At Sound of the City, Brad Cohan has a lengthy interview […]
A roundup of things consumed by our contributors. Tobias Carroll We’ve got two weeks of reading here. This….might take a while. Though it’s a strange cosmic joke that I made my way through the 850-page novel on the list to follow faster than nearly everything else on it.