“I think it’s pretty clear you’re wrong”: An interview with Kirk Lynn
We’re publishing Kirk Lynn’s brilliant debut novel, Rules for Werewolves, in just one week, but we didn’t want to wait until publication to share this interview with the man itself.… Read more »
The Art of the Novella challenge 38: My Life
(Editor’s note: If you’re in NYC, and you’re interested in talking about this novella with some very cool coffee fans, come to the inaugural Melville House Book Club at Brooklyn Roasting!… Read more »
The Art of the Novella challenge 37: Carmen
Title: Carmen Author: Prosper Mérimée First published: 1903 Page count: 93 First line: I had always suspected the geographers of not knowing what they were talking about when they placed… Read more »
The Art of the Novella challenge 36: The Country of Pointed Firs
Title: The Country of the Pointed Firs Author: Sarah Orne Jewett First published: 1896 Page count: 158 First line: There was something about the coast town of Dunnet which made… Read more »
The Art of the Novella challenge 35: A Simple Heart
Title: A Simple Heart Author: Gustave Flaubert First published: 1877 Page count: 62 First line: For half a century, the housewives of Pont-l’Évêque had envied Madame Aubain her servant, Félicité.… Read more »
Two for Tuesday: Awesome Show, Great Job
Topics discussed: The 1990s Chicago Bulls, Nike Air Pippen IIs, NAFTA, Doc Martens, Michael Schaub, Jesse Montgomery, Ryan Holiday, Mein Kampf, Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim, The Daily Show, The Onion, blurbs,… Read more »
Astoria Bookshop is selling Ta-Nehisi Coates’ book at cost to encourage people to read it
The building sense of urgency leading up to the publication of Between The World And Me, the second book by Ta-Nehisi Coates, was palpable. The decision by Spiegel & Grau to move… Read more »
The Art of the Novella challenge 34: The Death of Ivan Ilych
Title: The Death of Ivan Ilych Author: Leo Tolstoy First published: 1886 Page count: 104 First line: Within the edifice of the Public Courts, the advocates and prosecutor from the… Read more »
This week in dangerous children’s books, at home and abroad
Another day, another stack of children’s books that are actually socially dangerous tools of the insidious Gay-Muslim-Liberal conspiracy to inculcate the innocent minds of young readers with perverse concepts. Depressed yet? You will be!… Read more »
How is American Psycho still causing problems?
The cultural legacy of American Psycho, Bret Easton Ellis’ 1991 novel about homicidal yuppie Patrick Bateman, is a checkered one, and it’s still going. Though arguably given a second cultural wind in 1999… Read more »