In our morning reading: interviews with Mohsin Hamid and Jim Ruland, comics by Gabrielle Bell, and more.
Morning Bites: Gabrielle Bell on Dogs, PEN Literary Awards, Kim Gordon Nonfiction, and More
In our morning reading: a new comic by Gabrielle Bell, a new essay by Kim Gordon, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Gabrielle Bell, Lower’s Latest, Norman Lock Interviewed, Jenny Zhang’s Chapbook, and More
Gabrielle Bell discusses her new collection, interviews with Norman Lock and LeVar Burton, The Antlers on their literary influences, new writing from Jenny Zhang, and more.
Morning Bites: Believer Book Awards, Gabrielle Bell, Early Murakami, Mary Gaitskill on Culture, and More
The Believer has announced their book awards for the year, a J.D. Salinger film is coming, a look at Gabrielle Bell’s use of fiction and memoir in her comics, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Tracey Thorn’s Memoir, Literary Crushes, Aaron Gilbreath on Nick Flynn, and More
Tracey Thorn — of Marine Girls and Everything But the Girl and a lauded solo career — has a memoir out in the UK. Douglas Wolk used the occasion to discuss highlights from her discography. Edward Champion, Roxane Gay, and more reveal their literary crushes. Blake Butler interviewing Tim Hecker? Yes, we’ll read that. Joyland lets you, for lack of a better word, choose your own adventure. The indubitable Aaron Gilbreath reviewed Nick Flynn’s The Reenactments for The Portland Mercury. If you’d like […]
Afternoon Bites: Tom Waits, Superhero Philosophy, Zadie Smith Interviewed, and More
Talking Tom Waits at the Los Angeles Review of Books. “I’m not ever saying anything unusual, you know? I’m just trying to think about general things just a bit more specifically.” Zadie Smith is interviewed at The Rumpus. Thom Dunn on Jonathan Hickman’s philosophical superheroes. Jason Rice has good things to say about David Gilbert’s & Sons. New diary comic from Gabrielle Bell. Scott Snyder is interviewed about horror comics, retro photos, and Batman. Cory Doctorow on Warren Ellis’s hallucinatory-sounding procedural Gun Machine. […]
Afternoon Bites: Gabrielle Bell, Noir Conventions, Donald Ray Pollock, and More
Our own Tobias Carroll interviewed Gabrielle Bell for The Paris Review. Tin House chats with author CJ Hauser. Dustin Kurtz went to a noir convention. The Millions has a look at the fiction of Donald Ray Pollock. Some suggestions for post-Lincoln reading. Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, Google + and our Tumblr.
Afternoon Bites: “A Wrinkle In Time” at Fifty, Chris Onstad, Gabrielle Bell, and more
Links of note for the afternoon of January 31, including pieces on “A Wrinkle in Time,” Chris Onstad, and Gabrielle Bell.