In our morning reading: reviews of books by Dana Spiotta and Joanna Walsh, book recommendations from Peter Straub, and much more.
Afternoon Bites: “Fat City” Revisited, Molly Crabapple’s Art, Great Horror Novels, Split Feet Video, and More
In our afternoon reading: Matt Bell talks Leonard Gardner, Warren Ellis talks Molly Crabapple, an interview with Jessa Crispin, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Catherynne M. Valente, Matt Bell, Revisiting Tsunami, Pushcart Prize Winners, and More
In our afternoon reading: Catherynne M. Valente discusses her new novel, an interview with Matt Bell, notes on television writers’ rooms and diversity, and more.
Matt Bell on “Scrapper,” Detroit, and “How Landscape Has Informed My Imagination”
I’ve been reading and admiring Matt Bell‘s constantly shifting, deeply visceral fiction for years now. (I’ve interviewed him twice before, in 2009 and 2012.) His previous novel In the House Upon the Dirt Between the Lake and the Woods was a stark tale of isolation that gradually transformed into a hallucinatory kind of creation story. His new novel, Scrapper, retains that sense of grit and emotional tension, but does so in a much more realistic setting: specifically, contemporary Detroit. In […]
Morning Bites: Matt Bell’s Playlist, MacArthur Fellows, Mairead Case, Spiritual Jazz, and More
In our morning reading: a playlist from Matt Bell, John Freeman on discovering writers, a review of Mairead Case’s new book, new ficiton from Meredith Turits, and more.
Afternoon Bites: “Cat Is Art Spelled Wrong” Reviewed, Alexander Chee Nonfiction, John Darnielle, Matt Bell’s Latest, and More
In our afternoon reading: new nonfiction from Alexander Chee, John Darnielle delves into 90s shoegaze, revisiting a Jawbox album 20 years later, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Matt Bell, Ta-Nehisi Coates Interviewed, Kate Beaton’s Latest, Can Xue, and More
In our afternoon reading: interviews with Matt Bell and Ta-Nehisi Coates, a look at the Brooklyn Book Festival, Can Xue on craft, and more.
Vol.1 Brooklyn’s September 2015 Books Preview
September brings with it a whole lot of highly-anticipated books. Some are the conclusions to series that are long in the works; others are debuts; still others are insightful looks at literature and history. What follows are some of the books we’re most excited about for the month that’s just begun.