I’m Just Saying
by Tom Andes
Seventy-eight degrees, Remy thought. It was 78 degrees at the Fall Fête, and Donald had shown up for the gig in head to toe black, Levi’s and a thrift store suitcoat, with white Doc Martens, like a total psycho.
In our afternoon reading: thoughts on novels by R.F. Kuang and Grace Krilanovich, an essay by Chloe Caldwell, and more.
In our morning reading: thoughts on a reissued Octavia E. Butler novel, inside the world of LitRPG, and more.
In our afternoon reading: an interview with Julie Kliegman, talking music with Justin Broadrick, and more.
We’re taking the weekend off; normal posting will resume Monday.
Writer’s block? Gaaah, have a punt on the page. Take off without a map, see what you find. Here are some tips for when my mind’s a real mess and I reckon I’ll suck it and see.
In our morning reading: thoughts on Alison Cotton’s new album, fiction from Idra Novey, and more.
In our afternoon reading: an interview with Chloe Benjamin, booksellers on the state of reading, and more.
The last decade has seen an increase in works from Katherine Dunn’s archive seeing print, from her ruminations on profanity to a posthumous story collection. Dunn’s bibliography covers a lot of thematic territory, and while Geek Love is her best-known work, it’s far from her only book worth discussing. Also notable about Geek Love: among the accolades it’s received is a nomination for the Bram Stoker Award.