Ben Lerner’s latest is reviewed by Hari Kunzru, talking dystopia with Emily St. John Mandel, the musical influence of Scott Miller, Elizabeth Ellen interviews Aaron Burch, and more.
In our Monday morning reading: thoughts on a newly-reissued book from Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, new poetry from Melissa Broder, new fiction from Aaron Burch and Gabino Iglesias, an interview with Dead Moon’s Toody Cole, and more.
Talking Nina Simone, interviews with Amina Cain and Wendy C. Ortiz, a look at gritty American fiction, audio from a recent Aaron Burch reading, and more.
Remembrances of the late Tommy Ramone, a look at great Chicago literary magazines, interviews with David Ohle and Aaron Burch, a look at Noah Baumbach’s early films, and more.
Aaron Burch embraces viscera. His first collection, How to Predict the Weather, was full of moments where a general sense of surrealism delved into nightmarish places; reading his new collection, Backswing, one might get a certain sense of reassurance. Some of the settings are more familiar; some of the interactions aren’t charged with strange violence. Except that those disorienting underpinnings remain: characters surrender to religious compulsion, or are overtaken by dream logic, or fall victim to sudden violence, whether from external or […]
This morning: interviews with Trisha Low and Ta-Nehisi Coates, reviews of new books from Geoff Dyer and Aaron Burch, Pitchfork on World Cup anthems, and more.
Reading for a snowy afternoon: a long interview with Jenny Offill, thoughts on literary romances, new music from Papercuts, a Milwaukee’s Best-referencing poem from Aaron Burch, and more.
Recently, Lazy Fascist Press publisher Cameron Pierce announced via social media that he would be releasing a new book from Chloe Caldwell. Titled Egg Salad in the Bathtub, the book is set to be released in 2014. As we’ve published stories from both Caldwell and Pierce, we are particularly excited about this one.