Searching for Kishke King
by Karen Resta
Manhattan was the starting point for my search. Kishke isn’t easy to find, but I’d checked ahead and knew this place was one of the last Jewish delis that served it. One might call kishke an exclusive item, in a sense. Hard to find. Niche. Was it a luxury item? I’d soon find out.
You might know writer Mark Russell‘s comics work through his Second Coming, which riffs on both divinity and superheroes; or through his reimagining of The Flintstones for DC Comics. His latest book, The Forgotten Divine, is a collaboration with artist Russ Braun, and tells the story of Rodney, a traumatized veteran who begins having visions of another world.
In our morning reading: thoughts on a new Nicola Griffith book, a report from the C2C Festival, and more.
I Went to Paris Because I’m a Writer Now
by Kobi Ansong
My phone buzzes. A text from the homie: Ay bruh, you in Paris reading books? lmao
I wander over footbridges and cobblestone streets.There’s perpetual cigarette aroma, but you don’t mind it. I read Ernest Hemingway’s memoir, Moveable Feast, about his misadventures bumming around the City of Light, getting drunk with Picasso and F. Scott Fitzgerald, and that was enough for me.
In our weekend reading: thoughts on Laurie Anderson’s new live album, a playlist from Patrick Cottrell, and more.
Alfred, Lord Tennyson once wrote a poem so moving, so poignant in its depiction of grief and loss of love that the piece’s eventual impact would ripple far beyond the Victorian literary world of its time and straight into international legal code.
In our morning reading: thoughts on books by Mónica Ojeda and Nancy Lemann, pondering a new Smug Brothers album, and more.
In our afternoon reading: an interview with Sara Nović, a pair of fundraisers, and more.