Afternoon Bites: Patton Oswalt on Comics History, Mogwai Get Remixed, Emily St. John Mandel on Writers’ Spaces, and More

Corey Eastwood, of Book Thug Nation and Human Relations, has a very affecting essay in The Brooklyn Rail. Also in the “excellent essays” camp: Emily St. John Mandel on the spaces where writers work. Tim Hecker remixing Mogwai, you say? Vol.1 Brooklyn’s Tobias Carroll spoke with The Paris Review‘s Sadie Stein about the new anthology Object Lessons. Natasha Khan of Bat for Lashes spoke with The Quietus. Justin Cronin is profiled in the New York Times. Patton Oswalt on Marvel Comics: The Untold Story. Follow Vol. […]

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Afternoon Bites: Inside “Joseph Anton,” Patton Oswalt in Bushwick, Dylan Meconis on Comics Criticism, and More

A very happy 49th birthday to Jarvis Cocker. Salman Rushdie’s Joseph Anton is out this week. Rushdie spoke to Charles McGrath at the New York Times, and Sarah Weinman looks at the books of Rushdie’s ex-wife Marianne Wiggins. Eric Nelson on the time Patton Oswalt showed up at Brooklyn Fireproof. Dylan Meconis on ways you should not write comics criticism. Irvine Welsh talks about his latest novel, Skagboys, at Lit Reactor. How David Byrne listens to music. Steve Stern’s The Book […]

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Afternoon Bites: Patton Oswalt chats with Harlan Ellison, Disco Inferno is reissued, heiresses get literary, and more

Patton Oswalt interviews Harlan Ellison. To repeat: Patton Oswalt interviews Harlan Ellison. As a bonus, said interview contains the phrase “Nebula Award-winning pee.” The esteemed Corey Eastwood has a new story, “Happy For Our Change,” up at Storychord. Jada Yuan reports from Sundance on Shut Up and Play the Hits (aka “the LCD Soundsystem documentary.”) At NPR, Emma Straub on heiress lit. Kate Beaton writes about where she reads. Ned Raggett on Disco Inferno, at Pitchfork. Farewell, Court Tavern. Follow […]

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