Matthew Simmons Wins Twitter

The work of Seattle writer Matthew Simmons has long impressed us. (We reviewed his A Jello Horse in 2010.) But he outdid himself with this utterly inspired take on a certain profane HBO series. @matthewjsimmons: you have won Twitter for today. Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, Google + and our Tumblr.

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Afternoon Bites: Inside Numero Group, Talking With Ned Vizzini, Jami Attenberg on Kelly Clarkson, and More

Spin has an in-depth look at the excellent Chicago-based reissue label Numero Group. Jami Attenberg on Kelly Clarkson. (That’s really all you need to know, I’d say.) Ken Baumann and Ned Vizzini sat down for a conversation at HTML Giant. Emma Straub is in this Sunday’s New York Times Magazine, and that is a fine thing. Moby Lives has a chat with Kevin Sampsell of Future Tense Press and Powell’s. That time Bob Dylan met Paul Westerberg… There is no way you […]

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