In our afternoon reading: thoughts on books by Shirley Jackson and Eve Babitz, new nonfiction from Sarah Gerard, and more.
A Year of Favorites: Mairead Case
One of my students—she gave permission to share her style but not her name—writes with both hands at once. She makes two-column poems that fold into and out of each other like wings flapping. Textually, both columns move towards the center, so the right is in mirror-language and as she writes she smears ink on the sides of both hands. Sometimes the columns are in dialogue, and sometimes they are completely separate. When she shares the finished poem with our […]
Morning Bites: Jesse Ball Interviewed, Mairead Case, Alice Mattison Nonfiction, Kristin Dombeck, and More
In our morning reading: an interview with Jesse Ball, nonfiction from Mairead Case, the birth of a new bookstore in New Jersey, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Eddie Huang Interviewed, Waxahatchee, Evie Wyld’s Graphic Novel, Brandon Shimoda, and More
In our afternoon reading: interviews with Eddie Huang, Waxahatchee, and John D’Agata, and much more.
Morning Bites: Brian Evenson, Joni Murphy Interviewed, Writers and Solitude, “My Mad Fat Diary,” and More
In our morning reading: Brian Evenson on fiction, an interview with Joni Murphy, new nonfiction from Michele Filgate and Alexandra Molotkow, and more.
Morning Bites: Lydia Millet Interviewed, J. David Osborne, Mairead Case Nonfiction, Greatest Hits Reconsidered, and More
In our morning reading: an interview with Lydia Millet, new writing from Mairead Case, this year’s Shirley Jackson Award nominees, and more.
Morning Bites: Juliet Escoria’s Latest, New Mairead Case Fiction, New Rosie Schaap Nonfiction, and More
In our morning reading: a review of Juliet Escoria’s forthcoming poetry collection, new writing from Mairead Case and Rosie Schaap, and much more.
Afternoon Bites: Mairead Case on Simon Joyner’s Lyrics, Tony Tulathimutte’s Playlist, Brian Evenson, A “So Sad Today” Excerpt, and More
In our afternoon reading: Mairead Case on the lyrics of Simon Joyner, Adrian Van Young on the fiction of Brian Evenson, Melissa Broder reads an excerpt from her memoir, and more.