In our afternoon reading: interviews with Nicholas Royle and Water Damage, small press recommendations, and more.
Morning Bites: José Donoso’s Novel, Interviewing Salman Rushdie, Keith Haring’s Mural, and More
In our morning reading: revisiting a cult classic by José Donoso, an interview with Salman Rushdie, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Ben Chasny on Music, Literary Dallas, Colin Dickey on Grief, and More
In our afternoon reading: an interview with Ben Chasny, new writing from Colin Dickey, and more.
VCO: Chapter 17
Chapter 17
It’s that feeling that everything is so good that you try to think back to earlier that day to where you missed something. Because you must have missed something for you to feel this good. I try to explain this stuff to Butler and get no reaction. It’s another thing I can’t articulate well.
Morning Bites: Sofia Samatar’s Latest, Ada Calhoun on the East Village, Ryan Chapman’s Fiction, and More
In our morning reading: thoughts on fiction by Sofia Samatar and Rita Bullwinkel, the appeal of movie theaters, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Interviewing Kelly Link, Dorothy Allison on Storytelling, Juan Gabriel Vásquez on Translators, and More
In our afternoon reading: interviews with Kelly Link and Justin Taylor, a Sun Ra tribute album, and more.
Steak and Potato
Steak and Potato
by Marin Kosut
I was born to vegetate. As a juvenile, I’d stare at my blank bedroom wall. I’d stare out at the driveway. Not even the sky or the ceiling. I’d lay on my bed looking down at the middle of my body and stay outside myself inside the house. I wrinkled with time on top of my sheets. Sometimes, admittedly, I flipped through the Pennysaver. I didn’t know nothing, but I wasn’t totally rotten.
Morning Bites: Emily Carroll’s Comics, Peter Gordon’s Minimalism, Revisiting Juan Rulfo, and More
In our morning reading: exploring Emily Carroll’s comics, revisiting the work of Juan Rulfo, and more.