In our morning reading: an interview with Sara Driver, books with strange timelines, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Aoko Matsuda, William Faulkner Revisited, David Nance, Roald Dahl on Film, and More
In our afternoon reading: an interview with Aoko Matsuda and Polly Barton, thoughts on William Faulkner, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Tayari Jones, Elle Nash Fiction, Revisiting Leonora Carrington, David Joy Interviewed, and More
In our afternoon reading: recommendations from Tayari Jones, new writing from Elle Nash, and much more.
Spiritualism, Trance Speaking, and the “Legacy of the American Confidence Man”: An Interview With Adrian Van Young
We’ve been admirers of Adrian Van Young‘s fiction since we first encountered his debut collection, The Man Who Noticed Everything. This year has seen the release of his first novel, Shadows in Summerland, which was inspired by the real-life history of 19th-century spirit photographer William Mumler. (We ran an excerpt from it last year.) Told via multiple narrators, the novel follows the convergence of the lives of Mumler, trance speaker Fanny Conant, and a young woman named Hannah in Boston […]
Afternoon Bites: Grant Hart Gets Literary, André Alexis’s Playlist, Françoise Mouly Interviewed, Michael T. Fournier, and More
In our afternoon reading: talking books with Grant Hart, a playlist from André Alexis, interviews with Françoise Mouly and Michael T. Fournier, and more.
Morning Bites: “Wolf in White Van” Reviewed, Feminist Fairy Tales, Robert W. Bingham Prize Finalists, Nell Zink, and More
Reviewing John Darnielle’s new novel, Jen Doll on feminist fairy tales, David Mitchell on great Japanese novels, an excerpt from Nell Zink’s new novel, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Marie-Helene Bertino, The Faulkner Museum, Aimee Bender Interviewed, Witold Gombrowicz, and More
An excerpt from Marie-Helene Bertino’s new novel, a look at the Faulkner Museum, revisiting Witold Gombrowitz, Thao Nguyen at MoMA, and more.
This Is How James Franco Does William Faulkner
The As I Lay Dying preview is up right at the point when we are just so numb from people talking about film adaptations of classic books that we won’t offer up any comments other than Danny McBride is in the film, so it can’t be that bad. Or can it?