Last month, I sat down for dinner with Matt Bell during a recent visit that he was making to New York. The occasion was the release of his collection of short stories, A Tree or a Person or a Wall, which includes shorter works taken from two earlier, now-out-of-print books, as well as stories written around the time of his novel In the House Upon the Dirt Between the Lake and the Woods and Scrapper. I’ve been interviewing Bell for […]
Weekend Bites: Chloe Caldwell, Strange Fiction, Mary Lattimore and Jeff Zeigler Interviewed, Gabriel Blackwell, and More
In our weekend reading: interviews with Chloe Caldwell, Morgan Parker, and Kevin Barry; recommended strange fiction; and more.
Morning Bites: Matt Bell Interviewed, Natalie Baszile, Maria Dahvana Headley Nonfiction, Paul Tremblay’s Latest, and More
In our morning reading: interviews with Matt Bell and Natalie Baszile, Quimby’s comes to NYC, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Junot Díaz Interviewed, Marisa Silver’s Latest, Nick Mamatas, Alice Kaltman Fiction, and More
In our afternoon reading: an interview with Junot Díaz, thoughts on books by Marisa Silver and Nick Mamatas, and more.
Morning Bites: D. Foy, Chelsea Martin Interviewed, Matt Bell’s Latest, and More
In our morning reading: an excerpt from D. Foy’s novel, an interview with Chelsea Martin, September book recommendations, and more.
“A Force in American Literature”: Matt Bell’s “A Tree or a Person or a Wall” Reviewed
Matt Bell has become a force in American literature and this is in no small part due to his flexibility in style. His latest collection of stories A Tree or a Person or a Wall is perhaps the most comprehensive example of his stylistic diversity. The collection begins with the title story “A Tree or a Person or a Wall,” which is a story about a boy that finds himself captive in a room with a rather temperamental albino ape. […]
Vol.1 Brooklyn’s September 2016 Book Preview
From surreal and disquieting fiction to insightful and disarming essays, many of the books we’re most excited about in September are ones we’ve been waiting to see for a long time. Some are the first books by writers whose work we’ve enjoyed for a while; others collect short fiction from people whose longer-form work has already impressed us. Either way, there are a lot of captivating books due out this September; here are some of the books that have gotten […]
Afternoon Bites: Vivien Goldman Reissue, Kathleen Hanna, Jane Liddle Interviewed, Matt Bell’s Collection, and More
In our afternoon reading: thoughts on music by Vivien Goldman and fiction by Matt Bell, an interview with Kathleen Hanna, and much more.