Aleksandar Hemon on soccer, revisiting the Beastie Boys’ last album, Janet Maslin digs Emma Straub’s new novel, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Aleksandar Hemon on Soccer, Emma Straub, Ned Beauman Interviewed, Chicago Literati, and More
Afternoon Bites: Roxane Gay & Leslie Jamison, Hemon on Malamud, Akhil Sharma, “Diamond Dogs” Essays, Morbid Anatomy Museum, and More
Roxane Gay and Leslie Jamison discussed essays, Aleksandar Hemon on Bernard Malamud, Akhil Sharma on his literary inspirations, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Aleksandar Hemon on Displacement, Ballard’s Memoir, Marnie Stern Interviewed, and More
“I do have a sense of displacement as constant instability — the uninterrupted existence of everything that I love and care about is not guaranteed at all. I wait for catastrophes.” Aleksandar Hemon talked with the Times. Paul Constant previews this year’s APRIL Festival. (We interviewed the festival’s co-founder last month.) If you’re looking to buy some stocks and are decidedly fond of Moleskine notebooks, this might be your week. Dennis Lim reviews J.G. Ballard’s memoir. Christopher R. Weingarten on the […]
Morning Bites: Drinking with Hemon, Jem Cohen, Slowing Down “Wuthering Heights,” and More
On Jean-Michel Basquiat, Metallica, and video games. A map of literary England. Eat, drink, and listen to Aleksandar Hemon at BAM. Jem Cohen’s Polaroids on display at the Jewish Museum until March 25th. The New York Times has a slideshow. Kate Bush’s “Wuthering Heights” gets slowed down. When Teddy Roosevelt tried to clean up New York. Banksy borrowing quotes from 90’s zines. Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, Google + and our Tumblr.
Morning Bites: Pencil Neck Geeks, Dan Chaon’s tunes, The New Inquiry, pickling stuff, and more
In the news this morning: How are you going to celebrate two huge birthdays a day after Dickens’ 200th, Dan Chaon, maybe pickling everything isn’t such a bad idea, and much more.
Weekend Bites: Ploughshares in the 80’s, Tao’s Mixtape, Dust Jackets WTF?, Graydon’s Presidents, and More
Raymond Carver and other guest editors of Ploughshares from the 1980’s. Tao Lin makes a mixtape. Aleksandar Hemon: not a Jew. MobyLives ponders the point of dust jacket. Graydon Carter has a book out about American presidents. Who doesn’t think Martin Amis is great?
Aleksandar Hemon: Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop
Last November, Mark Asch of L Magazine asked, “So Now Who’s Going to Run the Paris Review?” “I’m assuming they’re hiring from outside rather than inside—should probably be a renowned writer in his or her own right, and well-connected in the American and European literary community; but also someone with experience in the world, through writing (as a critic, reader and editor) and as a traveler and/or reporter, with a wide-angle view of world politics and literature. Someone of both […]
Bites: Hemon and McCann Talk, Jack London’s 134th Birthday, Because Paul Auster Says so, Yummy Fur, and More
Aleksandar Hemon talks with with Colum McCann nin the new issue of The Believer. I love both writers, but I put this at the top so I could post the Tony Millionaire illustration. People care that it’s the 134th anniversary of Jack London’s birth. If Paul Auster says that Paul Auster is putting out a new novel, it must be true. Steve Almond weighs in on Katie Roiphe’s males writers and sex fiction piece. Weird writer rituals. Dave Eggers talks […]