We’ve Got A Pill For That
by Mallory Smart
I called my doctor because my brain kept lagging in the middle of conversations. Buffering like it has bad WiFi connection. She nodded and called it “existential idling” and treated it like it was a vital sign she checked hourly.
In our weekend reading: writing from Lucy Sante, thoughts on books by Tayari Jones and Ruyan Meng, and more.
This month, Fantagraphics is continuing their ongoing project of revisiting some of the more unpredictable corners of Marvel Comics’ archives with Lost Marvels No. 3: Savage Tales of the 1980s. As the title suggests, this volume brings together a collection of short comics edited by industry legend Larry Hama, and featuring a look back from Hama on this period in his career.
In our morning reading: Namwali Serpell on Toni Morrison, thoughts on a James Sallis collection, and more.
In our afternoon reading: an interview with Aaron Burch, a deep dive into political comics, and more.
I don’t know why, as a secular Jew, I am fascinated with crises of faith, and with Catholicism in particular, but the topic is a lifelong preoccupation. In this light, I was eager to dive into Christopher Beha’s Why I am not An Atheist: The Confessions of a Skeptical Believer.
In our morning reading: onscreen adaptations of “Wuthering Heights,” a Talk Talk album turns 40, and more.
The Quiet Fire
by L.F. Graubard
Eva left without a goodbye. That’s how the Narco Farm did it—people vanished between counts. One day you’re brushing your teeth together, next day her bunk’s stripped and the smell of her lotion is the only thing that makes sense.