You know that George Saunders is a big deal. You may or may not have already read Tenth of December, and all the collections that came before it. But did you see Mr. Saunders talk to Stephen Colbert last night? If not, we’ve got you covered.
Morning Bites: Rebecca Dana, Neoliberal Novels, Coloring in Joyce Carol Oates, and More
Color in Joan Didion and Norman Mailer at The Paris Review. Royal Young talks to Rebecca Dana about her memoir, Jujitsu Rabbi and the Godless Blonde. At Dissent, Jeffery J. Williams on neoliberal novels. Emily Gould talks Emily Books with Brooklyn Magazine. Daniela Capistrano and the POC Zine Project is profiled. “It’s interesting to watch Janet Malcolm keep publishing, and Renata [Adler] sort of receding. Which I think was a great choice. In some ways she was like, Fuuuuuck you.” – Choire […]
Afternoon Bites: “Pride and Prejudice” Art, Owen King Interviewed, “The Body Artist” on Film, and More
“Art can be terrible, can fail utterly, but if someone had ambition, and tried to bring something new to life, whatever happens, the result isn’t trash.” Tin House talked families and movies with Owen King. Hyperallergic looks at Julie Ottinger’s Pride and Prejudice-inspired art. David Cronenberg is set to co-star in an adaptation of Don DeLillo’s The Body Artist. Aaron Gilbreath on the Hollywood Subway. Wilfred Santiago talked about his stylized graphic novel on the life of Michael Jordan. Anyone want to read Leviathan […]
Band Booking: Talking Searchable Band Names and Booze With The Denzels
The Denzels have been playing shows around Brooklyn for the past two years, releasing two EPs in the process: Slow Death and last year’s Easy Tiger. Their membership (David Beegun, Tom Hinga, Aman Ellis, Matthew Degorio and Paul Lizarraga) hails from the South and the West Coast, and have gathered in Brooklyn to produce a garage rock and synth-inflected musical project with overt pop ambitions. I saw them play at the Living Bread deli in Bushwick, and met up with singer Tom Hinga and keyboardist […]
Win a Copy of Fitzgerald’s “The Diamond as Big as the Ritz”
F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Melville House Art of the Novella series are two things we love around these parts. That’s why we’re pleased as punch to combine the two into one handy contest where you can win a copy of Fitzgerald’s really bizarre little novella about a boy, a girl, five miles of land that is made totally out of pure diamond, and a father who will do anything to keep other people from finding it. All we need […]
The Old Oxford: Real Men and Perfect Gentlemen
I constantly find myself looking at magazines, blogs and books that claim to be able to help the reader “Be a better man,” or pointing them to five or ten [insert whatever here] things every man needs to experience or own to truly be a man. I see books like Joel Stein’s Man Made: A Stupid Quest for Masculinity, which I assume was written as a joke, sadly I’m just too uninterested to look to find out. But then I see that nearly […]
Morning Bites: Mockingbird and Catcher no Longer Preferred, Fitzgerald’s House, Rewriting Andy Murray, and More
J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye and Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird will no longer be the preferred reading assigned in US schools. Some better Salinger news is that the J.D. Salinger American Masters documentary will be happening. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 3,600-square-foot, four-bedroom, three-bath Victorian Baltimore townhouse is up for sale. A Joshua Mohn excerpt is up at The Nervous Breakdown. Mohr will be reading at KGB Bar on March 10th. Graywolf Press is looking to build a better website, […]
Afternoon Bites: Fictional Libraries, New My Bloody Valentine, Instagramming Books, and More
At The Rumpus, Lidia Yuknavitch talked with Kat Meads. Flavorwire has a guide to the best fictional libraries in pop culture. Rhizome has a look at the concept of “post-digital print.” There might be a new My Bloody Valentine album out this week. Alternately, Kevin Shields might be messing with our heads. Warren Ellis on books and Instagram. Widowspeak’s Robert Earl Thomas has a terrific record collection, we’re guessing. At MobyLives, Dustin Kurtz on John Scalzi. Black Lawrence Press is […]