In our afternoon reading: a look at the writings of Shirley Jackson, the influence of Stephen King on pop culture, new nonfiction from Esmé Weijun Wang and Michael Chabon, and more.
Morning Bites: Ta-Nehisi Coates on Comics, National Book Awards Fiction Longlist, Robert Lopez Fiction, and More
In our morning reading: an interview with Ta-Nehisi Coates, fiction from Robert Lopez, and much more.
Afternoon Bites: Margaret Wappler, Stephen Graham Jones Interviewed, Inside Trans-Pecos, Ted Chiang, and More
In our afternoon reading: thoughts on Margaret Wappler’s new novel, interviews with Ted Chiang and Stephen Graham Jones, and more.
Morning Bites: Leigh Stein Nonfiction, Nicole Dennis-Benn’s Latest, Robin Sloan Interviews Warren Ellis, and More
In our morning reading: new writing from Leigh Stein and Robert Lopez, interviews with Warren Ellis and Brian Evenson, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Amy Rose Spiegel, Riot Grrrl Film, Mary Gaitskill, Robert Lopez Interviewed, and More
In our afternoon reading: thoughts on Amy Rose Spiegel’s new book, interviews with Mary Gaitskill and Robert Lopez, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Zadie Smith, Beth Ditto Interviewed, Robert Lopez Fiction, and More
In our afternoon reading: new writing from Zadie Smith and Robert Lopez, an interview with Naomi Jackson, and much more.
Afternoon Bites: Alexander Chee on Historical Fiction, Nayomi Munaweera, Simon Reynolds on Shoegaze, and More
In our afternoon reading: Alexander Chee on historical fiction, a new essay from Nayomi Munaweera, Robert Lopez fiction, and more.
“I’m Comfortable With What I Don’t Know”: Robert Lopez on Ambiguity, Narrators, and More
Good People, the new collection of short stories from Robert Lopez, features a host of memorable narrators and unpredictable situations. One character finds himself lost in a cloud of ambiguity somewhere in New Jersey; another offers an increasingly elaborate explanation as an increasingly unreliable justification for an act of violence. It’s a welcome return for Lopez, who has written some of the most haunting fiction I’ve read in the last decade. I interviewed him via email to learn more about […]