In our morning reading: interviews with Namwali Serpell and Wallace Shawn, notes on Prospect Park, and more.
Morning Bites: Namwali Serpell on Toni Morrison, Wallace Shawn Interviewed, T Kira Madden’s Latest, and More
Morning Bites: Wallace Shawn and André Gregory Interviewed, Osa Atoe, Talking “Saint Mazie,” Revisiting Dennis Cooper, and More
In our morning reading: interviews with Jami Attenberg and Wallace Shawn and André Gregory; checking in with Osa Atoe; indie comics economics; and more.
Weekend Bites: Roxane Gay Interviewed, Alissa Nutting’s Reading List, Writers and “Minecraft,” Talking “A Master Builder,” and More
An interview with Roxane Gay, recommended listening from Lance Olsen and Greg Cartwright, new Frank Hinton fiction, talking with Wallace Shawn, Andre Gregory, and Jonathan Demme, and more.
Practically Live from the Paris Review’s “Literary Salon” at the Strand, w/ Wallace Shawn & Amy Warren
As I bolted from the lumbering 1 train over to Broadway, nothing could have prepared me for pinot grigio and spiced almonds and cashews as good as what was laid out at Wednesday evening’s event at the Strand’s third floor reading room, set to commemorate the Paris Review’s inaugural Salon event at that venue. These brimming glass bowls and tinkered plastic cups were straight out of Eden: in my rushed panic to arrive on time, this sustenance tasted not merely […]
Morning Bites: Shawn & Gregory Return, Reading Eileen Myles While Watching Her Cats, Depression Novels, Thoreau Paintball, and More
Wallace Shawn and André Gregory next project will be a filmed version of Ibsen’s “Master Builder,” adapted by Mr. Shawn and directed for the screen by Jonathan Demme. No word if Shawn will somehow involve Deborah Eisenberg in the process, but we can hold out hope. “When I first read Inferno, I was cat-sitting for you, and I was up all night reading it.” – CA Conrad talks to Eileen Myles for BOMB, and discusses the best possible situation for […]
Morning Bites: Eisenberg And Shawn, Finding @Horse_ebooks, Writing Desks, The Clean On The Road, And More
“I want to be her when I grow up.” – Hanging out with Deborah Eisenberg and Wallace Shawn at the Center For Fiction. Feast your eyes on the desks (and bed) that contributors to The Millions write on. Tracking down the greatest Twitter spambot there is, @Horse_eBooks. Now’s the time to restate Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman. The Clean is touring with Times New Viking. This is glorious news. Aaron Gilbreath on finding antique bottles in the desert. Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, Google + and […]
Morning Bites: We Know Who Dear Sugar Is, Jeremy Lin Magical Realism, Tintin Returns, And More
“Book designer and metal type master Russell Maret has begun a fundraising campaign on Kickstarterto try to raise $25,000 to have Micah Currier engrave and cast a new proprietary metal type family at the Dale Guild Type Foundry.” – Via Imprint. Sugar is revealed! Sally Errico at The New Yorker talks to Cheryl Strayed about being the mysterious advice giver on The Rumpus. Deborah Eisenberg and Wallace Shawn read Gregor von Rezzori’s An Ermine in Czernopol at the Center for Fiction on February 22nd. […]
Wallace + Deborah say “Tut Tut Bitches”
This picture looks like a postcard from the land of amazing things.