Title: n+1 Number 15, Winter 2013 $13.95 Theme: Amnesty
Occassional Literary Magazine Reviews: n+1 #15
An Intellectual’s Family Situation: Marco Roth’s “The Scientists” Reviewed
The Scientists: A Family Romance by Marco Roth Farrar, Straus and Giroux; 208 p. While there is no shortage of pieces from the relatively short history of n+1 that could be collected into some sort of reader, or called the defining essay on certain subjects, in terms of literary output, three names that appear on the masthead of n+1’s first issue have all fared a bit differently. There’s the mixed response to Keith Gessen’s All the Sad Young Literary Men (Joyce Carol […]
The Week In Reviews: NSFW Graphic Novels, Kirsch on Ullman, Brandon Stosuy on Pallbearer, “Frat Rap,” and More
A weekly appreciation for the art of the review.
The Week in Reviews: DeLillo moments, Alan Hollinghurst’s sympathy, Spiegelman’s trauma, and more
A weekly appreciation for the art of the review.
On the ladies and their blogs
Posted by Jason Diamond Last week I was curious as to why nearly everybody on my Twitter feed was talking about Richard Beck’s n+1 article about Pitchfork, considering the article was included in the previous issue a few months earlier. Then I realized, “Ah yes, it has just now been released on the internet. Got it.” Next up on the n+1 internet essay list: smart websites for women on the internet (The Hairpin, Rookie, Jezebel, etc.). And this time they […]
Morning Bites: Brideshead vs. Downton, n+1 Personals profiled, Stephen Elliott’s “Cherry,” and more
Brideshead Revisited Vs. Downton Abbey in a really bloody battle at Page Views. N+1 Personals gets profiled by New York magazine. Have you seen the preview for Stephen Elliott’s Cherry? Now Salman Rushdie thinks the whole assassination attempt on his life thing was B.S. Luc Sante on Patti Smith. Again, we repeat: Luc Sante on Patti Smith at the New York Review of Books. Cooking with Sonic Youth (before Kim and Thurston broke up) and Evan Dando at Flavorwire. Follow Vol. 1 […]
Your favorite television characters as lit bloggers
Posted by Jason Diamond Pretty simple formula: your favorite television characters imagined as people who sit behind their laptops and blog about books.
Morning Bites: Mark Twain and Bo Jackson eating birthday cake, Morrissey Gets a Job, British newspapers, and more
Jonathan Swift, Mark Twain, Winston Churchill, and Bo Jackson were all born on this day. Only Twain got a Google Doodle, proving that Bo don’t know Google Doodles. Morrissey Gets a Job is probably our favorite thing of the week. 300 years of British newspapers are now available online at The British Newspaper Archive. More on the fate of the OWS library by Emily Witt at The Observer. N+1 on Occupy LSX. Royal Young talks to Nancy Milford about Zelda […]