In our afternoon reading: interviews with Simon Reynolds and Donald Quist, thoughts on D. Foy’s new novel, and more.
Afternoon Bites: A Jace Clayton Excerpt, Ursula K. Le Guin, Roald Dahl Revisited, and More
In our afternoon reading: an excerpt from Jace Clayton’s latest, thoughts on the new Nick Cave documentary, revisiting books by Roald Dahl and Ursula K. Le Guin, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Tommy Pico, Ursula K. Le Guin, Kirsten Johnson Interviewed, Daniel Higgs, and More
In our afternoon reading: interviews with Tommy Pico and Kirsten Johnson, fiction from Ursula K. Le Guin, and more.
We Will Happily Read Ursula K. Le Guin’s Recent Nonfiction
Ursula K. Le Guin’s name is one that has loomed large in American fiction for the last few decades. Her work in science fiction and speculative fiction has investigated bold and essential questions surrounding things that we take for granted, while her Earthsea books memorably display a different side of her storytelling abilities. Le Guin has also written an abundance of nonfiction, and a book due out from Small Beer Press in October, Words Are My Matter, collects fifteen years’ […]
Morning Bites: David Mitchell on Earthsea, Clarice Lispector Fiction, Brenda Ueland, and More
In our morning reading: David Mitchell on Ursula K. Le Guin’s Earthsea novels, scenes from the Genre Ball, reviews of books by Chinelo Okparanta and Ray Russell, and more.
Afternoon Bites: New Zadie Smith Fiction, Ursula K. Le Guin, Michaelangelo Matos Interviewed, John Freeman on Tomas Tranströmer, and More
In our afternoon reading: new fiction from Zadie Smith; interviews with Terese Svodoba, Chuck Palahniuk, and Tomas Tranströmer; news of a new Yo La Tengo album; and more.
Afternoon Bites: Revisiting “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark,” Exquisite Corpse Fiction, Hemingway(s) in Cuba, Atwood on Le Guin, and More
Revisiting Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Zadie Smith and Elif Batuman (among many others) contributed to an exquisite corpse short story, thoughts on Aphex Twin, and more.
#tobyreads: The Surreal is the Familiar
Earlier in the month, I came across Jo Walton’s glowing review of Angelica Gorodischer’s Kalpa Imperial. (The English translation is by Ursula K. Le Guin.) Then I read Sofia Samatar’s write-up of the same book, and realized that I should probably give it a proper read, as it had been glaring at me from my to-read shelf for a while. And, sure enough, I found it to be terrific. Largely organized as a storyteller recounting the long history of an empire, […]