As many of you know, I’m teaching an Introduction to Literature this term, which includes on its reading list Hosho…
Samuel Beckett’s Shorter Plays
Samuel Beckett’s shorter plays were written in the second half of his life. After the ‘Siege in the Room’ of…
The avant garde is dead.
It’s the tail end of fashion week, and since my girlfriend is a style editor, I’ve been hearing about all…
Tell us…
Who are some of the most underappreciated writers? And I mean more in our sphere than the canonical world. I offer…
Blah blah craft blah
I’ve been looking forward to The Possessed, by Elif Batuman since reading her hilarious and touching Harper’s essay on attending…
Big Other Reading Series #7
Mel Bosworth reads an excerpt from Ben Brooks’s An Island of Fifty.
You Can Help Give Birth to ADAM ROBISON AND OTHER POEMS
Narrow House, the name of the gang who’s publishing Adam Robinson’s debut poetry collection Adam Robison and Other Poems, needs…
Thinking About Poets Writing Fiction
I finished reading Michael Hulse’s new translation of Rilke’s anguished novel The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge this past Valentine’s…
Ralph Ellison’s (not so) new novel
On February 17, The Modern Library will publish Three Days Before the Shooting…: The Unfinished Second Novel (1136 pages) by…
PANK to the masses
The good folks at Pank loaded me down with some extra copies of PANK 4, a whirlwind of good words,…