In our morning reading: the National Book Award winners, Taylor Swift and books, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Susan Steinberg, Adrian Van Young Fiction, Writers’ Bookshelves, Laird Barron, and More
In our afternoon reading: an interview with Susan Steinberg, new writing by Adrian Van Young, and more.
Welcome To All That
Welcome To All That by Andrew Bomback 1. When we first dropped our bags on apartment floors/Took our broken hearts, put them in a drawer/Everybody here was someone else before. – Taylor Swift For me, New York ended as soon as it began. – Eula Biss I was riding the 1 train the first time I heard Taylor Swift’s “Welcome to New York,” and I’m not entirely sure if I would have made the connection between the song and the […]
Afternoon Bites: Revisiting “13 Songs,” Lena Dunham at BAM, Notes on ‘Pataphysics, and More
This afternoon, we’re revisiting Fugazi’s 13 Songs, reading up on Lena Dunham’s appearance at BAM, checking out an excerpt from Sarah McCarry’s next novel, reading a review of Howard Jacobson’s new book, and more.
Weekend Bites: Gatsby Yacht Rock, Kimball & Heti, Leonard on Grass, Punk Videos, and More
The Gatsby influenced post-power pop/yacht rock Eric Carmen album. Michael Kimball talks to Sheila Heti. There’s more talk of Super Mario Bros. than you might expect. That time John Leonard wrote about Günter Grass. Danny Melendez of Shakefist Magazine shot some videos at our Greatest 3-Minute Punk Stories event. Calm down about Girls. Taylor Swift as Joni Mitchell? Totally not sure if that’s a brilliant idea or the worst mistake in the entire history of humanity. Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn […]