November | 2011 | Vol. 1 Brooklyn

From the monthly archives: November 2011

Indexing: Dispatches from Occupy, Alex Shakar, Lauren Beukes, The Metaphysical Club, grunge books, and much more

On November 19, 2011 By Tobias Carroll

Afternoon Bites: Amelia Gray, Sara Levine, Paula Bomer, and more

On November 18, 2011 By Tobias Carroll

Lance Loud: Proto-Punk God

On November 18, 2011 By Jason Diamond

Morning Bites: Saving the OWS library, Will Hermes, what Jenny Slate reads, what happened to Lolita, and more

On November 18, 2011 By Jason Diamond

Afternoon Bites: Ann Patchett, Ann Beattie, Kevin Sampsell, and more

On November 17, 2011 By Tobias Carroll

This IS what a police state looks like: Keith Gessen arrested at OWS

On November 17, 2011 By Jason Diamond

Posted by Jason Diamond

Via Daniel Massey’s Twitter: That’s Keith Gessen getting arrested at the Occupy protests going on right now. So now we’ve got freedom of the press being shit on, Jewish things being destroyed, and (more) intellectuals being arrested.

Wonderful.

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Vol. 1 Brooklyn presents: The Greatest 3-Minute Stories About The 90s

On November 17, 2011 By Jason Diamond

So we’re sure you’ve heard the whole “The 90s are back” thing at least once a day for the last six month, and maybe you’re tired of it, or maybe you can’t get enough of it. Maybe you are sitting around holding out that some Pitchfork “Best New Music” mentions Candlebox as an influence. Maybe you’re clutching a Delia’s catalog from the days when Y2K was an actual worry. Or maybe, just maybe, you’re hoping for a bunch of readers to tell 3-Minute stories about the 1990s while you get drunk at Bar Matchless on Wednesday, December 14th door [...]
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THE2NDHAND, firsthand

On November 17, 2011 By Tobias Carroll

We’ll admit to being less than neutral on this particular event announcement, as one of Vol.1′s editors will be taking part in the Brooklyn reading listed below. But nonetheless, we feel that you might be interested in knowing that Philadelphia, Brooklyn, and Northampton will host readings commemorating the release of All Hands On: THE2NDHAND After 10 later this week.

Thursday, November 17: Philadelphia, PA @ Brickbat Books
Todd Dills, Peter Richter, Mickey Hess, and Ryan Eckes.

Friday, November 18: Brooklyn, NY @ Book Thug Nation
Todd Dills, Tobias Carroll, Philip Brunetti, Mickey Hess, [...]
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