Afternoon Bites: Deluxe GZA, Kyle Minor’s Recommended Novellas, Chaos in Tejas and BEA Wrap-Ups, and More

The Rumpus interviews Merrill Garbus of Tune-Yards. A ridiculously deluxe edition (hint: chessboard!) of GZA’s Liquid Swords is coming soon. Kyle Minor would like to recommend some novellas. Maria Sherman has a report from Chaos in Tejas. Capital New York on Narratively, a new site devoted to longform journalism. Heather Muse chats with Old 97s guy Rhett Miller. The Atlantic Wire visited Book Expo America, and chatted with a couple of booksellers while they were there. Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, Google […]

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Killa Bees to swarm Harvard

Posted by Jason Diamond By far the best press release of the day: Gary Grice aka GZA/The Genius, a founding member of rap supergroup the Wu-Tang Clan, will lecture about his Clan, his craft, and his creativity on Thursday, December 1 at 4 p.m. The lecture, hosted by the Harvard’s Black Men’s Forum, will be followed by Q&A and is open to the public. Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, and our Tumblr.

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