In our morning reading: Eric LaRocca on writing, thoughts on Bon Iver’s latest, and more.
Sunday Stories: “Vital Information”
Vital Information
by Angela Townsend
There are people who love to tell you the bad news. Forty-nine percent of them work for the weather service. They steeple their fingers in an underground lair. Rivulets of drool race down their chins at the first clap of thunder. If they see a cloud the size of a man’s hand, they inform you that tornadoes will leap out of the dark and grab you by the rump. The eschaton is imminent.
Weekend Bites: Independent Bookstore Day, Constance Squires’s Playlist, John Pistelli on Books, and More
In our weekend reading: thoughts on Independent Bookstore Day, an interview with John Pistelli, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Revisiting The Roches, David Cronenberg on Films, Matthew Specktor on Fiction, and More
In our afternoon reading: revisiting The Roches, interviews with Kyle Seibel and David Cronenberg, and more.
Presenting the Cover of, and an Excerpt From, Rinny Gremaud’s “Generator”
Today, we’re pleased to reveal the cover art for Rinny Gremaud’s forthcoming novel Generator, translated by Holly James. Scheduled to be published by Schaffner Press on January 7, 2026, the novel tells a story of family secrets and nuclear power.
Social Media Gets (Literally) Wild in This Preview of “That Sexy Bear!”
Comics duo Owlin have drawn critical acclaim for their previous work, including the graphic novel How Do You Smoke a Weed? They’ve returned with a new project with publisher Iron Circus Comics, and this one is an unlikely combination of parkside antics and social media satire. Publisher Spike Trotman described That Sexy Bear! as having “[e]choes of classic mid century cartoons, crossed with 21st century sociopolitical anxiety and TikTok shitposting. It’s a terrible but familiar vision of eking out an existence in an Always Online America.”
Morning Bites: Scaachi Koul Nonfiction, Amber Sparks’s Latest, Lydia Millet on Writing, and More
In our morning reading: new writing by Scaachi Koul, Lydia Millet on writing, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Talia Lavin on Politics, Jeremy Gordon’s Advice, Matthew Specktor Interviewed, and More
In our afternoon reading: interviews with Talia Lavin and Matthew Specktor, advice from Jeremy Gordon, and more.