Checking in with Marlon James, thoughts on Will Oldham’s discography, a review of Martin Amis’s new novel, a new book about Cookie Mueller, and more.
Thoughts on new books from Michael Robbins and Eula Biss, notes on the 5 Under 35 honorees, Will Oldham recommends films, Sarah McCarry talks with the Other People Podcast, and more.
The surreal side of science fiction, an excerpt from Amanda Petrusich’s look at record collectors, interviews with Courtney Maum and Kyle Minor, and more.
“Perhaps best known as a visual artist, Holley began his artistic endeavors in the late ‘70s as a sculptor, carving two gravestones from scavenged foundry stone for his young nieces who had recently died in a house fire. He branched out into painting and found-material collage, using discarded scrap metal, wire, wood, and whatever else he was able to haul. A creative polymath, Holley released Just Before Music in November 2012 on Dust-to-Digital, his first recorded work to see the light […]
Guy Picciotto was interviewed by Daniel Ralston for The Low Times. Mira Ptacin talked with Katherine Boo. Fans of Will Oldham, surfing, or gender studies may have an interest in this documentary… The Asian American Writers’ Workshop is holding a conference next month. Lindsey Zoladz on the first of Bikini Kill’s reissues. Jerry Saltz looks at Glenn Beck’s forays into the art world. (Spoiler: he is unimpressed.) Slate spotlights the overlooked books of 2012. Alissa Guzman on Now Dig This! Art […]
Oh God, where did the summer go? Are you even ready for the autumn? We’re trying to prepare, and that means we’re bringing you two really big events that might help us all better deal with the season change up.
The first time we heard Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy’s title track to his 1999 masterpiece, I See a Darkness, nobody would have thought the song would have ended up getting the cover treatment by Johnny Cash a year later on American III: Solitary Man.
No women nominees in any major categories at the National Magazine Awards? That’s pretty fucked up. Ryan Gosling is doing more for lady journalists than the National Magazine Awards are. Ruth Franklin on why the literary landscape continues to disadvantage over women. Book Riot takes a look at the libraries of rich people. Poetry Out Loud is coming to Issue Project Room. In case you’re curious what Poetry Out Loud is, we wrote about it a few months back. Courtney […]