Afternoon Bites: Southern California Hardcore, Lauren Groff Interviewed, Prince Master Class, Literary Bestseller Economics, and More

“These pages are replete with stories about battles with cops, long afternoons surfing and skateboarding, being driven around on the freeways by the “only one with a license,” bass guitars thrust through frat house windows, and nights at the unofficial “Mecca” of the scene, the Oki Dog.” Brian Kim Stefans on We Got Power! Ed Champion is planning a 3,000-mile “conversational journey” across the United States. Jessica Luther on feminism in romance novels. Touré on Questlove on Prince. Guernica talked with […]

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Patrick Wensink’s “Broken Piano for President” and the Art of Ripping Off

Yes, I bought the Patrick Wensink novel. The one called Broken Piano For President. Yes, this is the novel that Jack Daniels decided was copyright infringement. Yes, the copy I bought still has that cover. No, I did not know of Wensink before this recent explosion of national attention. But, yes, I had heard of Lazy Fascist press (HEY PPL GOOGLING “LAZY FASCIST PRESS” and “PATRICK WENSINK”–BUY SAM PINK & SCOTT MCCLANAHAN, TOO, THEY’RE TOTALLY WORTH IT) before all of […]

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