In our weekend reading: Min Jin Lee on all things New York, thoughts on Mallory Smart’s new collection, and more.
Weekend Bites: Min Jin Lee on NYC, Premee Mohamed’s Latest, Mallory Smart’s Stories, and More
Deconstructing the Coming of Age Novel: On “Use the Words You Have”
What is the literary equivalent of chocolate and peanut butter? It’s probably not formal inventiveness and eminent readability. Alternately, here’s a sentence that most readers will never utter: “That novel took all kinds of big structural swings; it’s the perfect beach read!” And yet, what if those two qualities could be seamlessly assembled? Enter Kimberly Campanello’s Use the Words You Have.
Morning Bites: Sloane Murphy Interviewed, M. John Harrison’s Booker, Kirmen Uribe Nonfiction, and More
In our morning reading: an interview with Sloane Murphy, M. John Harrison wins the Booker, and more.
Sunday Stories: “Angelus”
Angelus
by Adam Peterson
The advancement could be called progress.
This, the message she delivers at the day’s press briefing.
Weekend Bites: M. John Harrison’s Latest, Julian Tepper Interviewed, Alex Behr Fiction, and More
In our weekend reading: thoughts on M. John Harrison’s new novel, new writing from Matthew Gavin Frank, and more.
Kyle Minor On the Road to “How to Disappear and Why”
You never know exactly what you’ll find in a Kyle Minor book. Minor has written gripping, haunting fiction — but his latest book, the essay collection How to Disappear and Why, shows a very different side of him. At times formally inventive, at times hauntingly candid, Minor’s new book investigates the concept of disappearance from all angles. We chatted over email about the creation of this new book and the paths that led him there.
Morning Bites: Emma Copley Eisenberg on Reading, Goldsmiths Prize Winner, Everything But the Girl Return, and More
In our morning reading: new writing by Emma Copley Eisenberg, a remembrance of Ryu Murakami, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Steve Gunn Reissued, Remembering Juan Atkins, Brooklyn Comics, and More
In our afternoon reading: thoughts on a Steve Gunn album, a Kaaron Warren playlist, and more.