This will be the first in what may prove to be several installments on this tome by William Gaddis. Yes,…
Gass-X
On a sunny day I would argue that the first 46 pages of William Gass’s Reading Rilke: Reflections of the…
The moment we’ve all been waiting for…
I Looked Alive By Gary Lutz Publisher: Black Square Editions/Brooklyn Rail PubDate: 10/1/2010 ISBN: 9781934029077 Binding: PAPERBACK Price: $17.00 Quantity…
Lannan Foundation Author Videos
HERE Highlights include William Gass and J.M. Coetzee, who sits stark still, invisibly chained. Also Grace Paley, John Berger, John…
Which would you buy?
On the left we have Jan Bruegel the Elder’s (Flemish, 1568–1625) A Woodland with Travelers (detail). On the right is…
The High Emission Book Tour
Have you donated to the tour? These great writers are rolling up and down the west coast in the next…
Lee Siegel on ‘Eyes Wide Shut’
This is one my favorite essays on Kubrick and art in general, and it was written eleven years ago, but…
César Aira’s The Literary Conference (Guest post by Heather Cleary Wolfgang)
César Aira THE WORLD IN A GRAIN OF SAND Greg raised an interesting point last week when he asked why…
Buffalo ArtVoice Flash Fiction Archive
There’s been some new pieces lately so I wanted to refresh this. Mark Doten “The Spider and Salt Hearts: A…
Said and Unsaid
Here are two quotes by two foreigners about America (the first obliquely-US box office return is the most important marker…