In our morning reading: a playlist from Molly Gaudry, Thurston Moore on the year in music, and more.
Morning Bites: Molly Gaudry’s Playlist, De La Soul’s Latest, Inside Pete’s Reading Series, and More
Beyond the Trilogy: Robert Lopez and Molly Gaudry on Writing Interconnected Books that Defy Expectations of Traditional Series
Robert Lopez is the author, most recently, of The Best People (2025), the third installment of interconnected “People” books, which began with Good People (2016) and continued with A Better Class of People (2022). Similarly, Molly Gaudry is the author of Fit Into Me: A Novel: A Memoir, which is the third installment of interconnected “tea house woman” books, which began with We Take Me Apart (2010) and continued with Desire: A Haunting (2018).
Weekend Bites: Ta-Nehisi Coates Interviewed, New Roxane Gay Nonfiction, E.L. Doctorow’s Legacy, Wendy C. Ortiz, and More
In our weekend reading: interviews with Ta-Nehisi Coates and Wendy C. Ortiz, new writing from Roxane Gay and Molly Gaudry, new music from Wax Idols, and much more.
Afternoon Bites: Emily St. John Mandel, Albini’s Keynote, Chloe Caldwell Interviewed, Pulp Documentary, and More
In our afternoon reading: Emily St. John Mandel talked with Lincoln Michel, Chloe Caldwell talked with Emily Gould, a reaction to Steve Albini’s recent keynote on the internet and the music industry, and more.
The Zinophile: Haunting Chapbooks from Molly Gaudry, Eileen Myles, and Chris Kraus
This week’s theme seems to be chapbooks: each of the works here is an essay contained between two covers; each is decidedly personal, yet resonant on a larger scale, whether economic or cultural. Each is also by an author whose work I’d already been familiar with, and provides a concise take on their areas of expertise.
Afternoon Bites: Molly Gaudry, Ann Powers, World Book Night, and more
Ann Powers looks at Spin‘s experiment in 140-character record reviews, and reverse-engineers two full-length reviews from it. Shades of Christopher Orr’s review of 21 based only on the preview… Molly Gaudry on work from Jeanne Winterson and Mary Ruefle. Irvine Welsh has written Skagboys, a prequel to Trainspotting. If you’re looking for an excellent reading in northern Brooklyn tomorrow, you have two outstanding options: Largehearted Boy’s tenth anniversary at WORD (with Emma Straub and Jennifer Gilmore) and the Caryn Rose/Rosie Schaap combo at Pete’s […]