In our morning reading: a new album from Divide and Dissolve, thoughts on the state of small presses, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Abdulrazak Gurnah Interviewed, Tom Waits and LA, Kiki Petrosino’s Memoir, and More
In our afternoon reading: an interview with Abdulrazak Gurnah, thoughts on the new Mountain Goats record, and more.
Morning Bites: Lynda Barry’s Latest, John Crowley, David Leo Rice Interviewed, Mark Nelson, and More
In our morning reading: thoughts on books by Lynda Barry and John Crowley, Jeff Jackson and David Leo Rice in conversation, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Elvia Wilk Interviewed, Jim Jarmusch and Tom Waits, Olivia Rosenthal’s Latest, and More
In our afternoon reading: an interview with Elvia Wilk, Michael Chabon enters the world of Star Trek, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Liu Cixin, Karen Stefano’s Memoir, Jayson Greene, Tom Waits on Books, and More
In our afternoon reading: exploring Liu Cixin’s fiction, a review of Karen Stefano’s memoir, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Alissa Nutting and Catherine Lacey, Jarret Middleton Nonfiction, Celeste Ng Interviewed, and More
In our afternoon reading: a look at new novels by Alissa Nutting and Catherine Lacey, Tom Waits on screen, translating “The Queue,” and more.
Afternoon Bites: Tom Waits, Superhero Philosophy, Zadie Smith Interviewed, and More
Talking Tom Waits at the Los Angeles Review of Books. “I’m not ever saying anything unusual, you know? I’m just trying to think about general things just a bit more specifically.” Zadie Smith is interviewed at The Rumpus. Thom Dunn on Jonathan Hickman’s philosophical superheroes. Jason Rice has good things to say about David Gilbert’s & Sons. New diary comic from Gabrielle Bell. Scott Snyder is interviewed about horror comics, retro photos, and Batman. Cory Doctorow on Warren Ellis’s hallucinatory-sounding procedural Gun Machine. […]
Morning Bites: Murakami’s vices, Snoop Lovecraft, My Bloody Record Label, Kalman & Pollan, and more
WFMU on the artwork of Aleksandra Waliszewska. (We especially love Dargeresque painting above.) Michael Pollan and Maira Kalman team up for an illustrated version of Pollan’s Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual. “The pleasures of reading Haruki Murakami could easily be mistaken for a list of his vices.” – Christian Lorentzen at The Observer. Ever wonder what would happen if you mixed H.P. Lovecraft with Charlie Brown? Wonder no more. Edward Gorey: Total fashion icon. Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine starts a […]