Category Archives: Literature

Lynne Tillman Will Save Your Life

Posted on May 11, 2014 by Jennifer Kabat

Over the next two Sundays, we’ll be running pieces by the great Lynne Tillman. This is Jennifer Kabat’s introduction to one of the finest essay writers of our age. Continue reading →

Posted in Literature | Tagged art, expat writing, Frieze, Jane Bowles, Lynne Tillman, Paul Bowles | Leave a comment

This Ain’t Paradiddles: Learning Pop Music vs. Learning Novel Writing

Posted on May 2, 2014 by Art Edwards

Art Edwards refutes the notion that playing drums is like writing in any way. Continue reading →

Posted in Literature | Tagged a confederacy of dunces, art edwards, bass playing, drumming, john kennedy toole, Led Zeppelin, novel writing, paul harding, quiet riot, tinkers | Leave a comment

Troubles

Posted on April 23, 2014 by Lisa Carver

“I got groped in the front seat. He had to fire twenty-seven people in one day, and one of them reached across the desk and tried to strangle him. His Porsche blew up.” Troubles is an excerpt from Lisa Carver’s new book Money’s Nothing. Continue reading →

Posted in Literature | Tagged excerpt, lisa carver, money's nothing, porsche, rollerderby, suckdog, troubles | Leave a comment

Game of Thrones: Hurts So Good

Posted on April 11, 2014 by Tom Gualtieri

Game of Thrones is the ultimate in horror, Tom Gualtieri says. Continue reading →

Posted in Literature, Popular Culture, The Arts | Tagged A Song of Ice and Fire, Arya Stark, Bran Stark, Cersei Lannister, D.B. Weiss, Daenerys Targaryen, David Benioff, Dragons, Dungeons & Dragons, Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin, HBO, Jack Gleeson, Joffrey Lannister, Lena Headey, Maisie Williams, Mother of Dragons, Ned Stark, Night of the Living Dead, Psycho, Red Wedding, Rory McCann, Sansa Stark, Sean Bean, Sophie Turner, The Exorcist, The Last House on the Left, Theon Greyjoy, Tyrion Lannister | Leave a comment

The Highest Luxury: Reading Ranciere and the Beauty of Forgetting

Posted on March 19, 2014 by Jarret Middleton

“Culture closely resembles life, but it is mimicry, facsimile, a reproduction of an origin never experienced in the first place. What is left are zombie forms, mechanically driven animations of death.” Continue reading →

Posted in Literature | Tagged art, butthole surfers, culture, death, Jacques Ranciere, jarrett middleton, philisophy, pt anderson, spacemen 3, stalker, Syd Barrett, tarkovsky, the highest luxury, what is beauty? | 1 Comment

Stand Up Comedy and the Essay, aka Louis C.K. Meet Michel de Montaigne

Posted on February 27, 2014 by Taylor Reinhart

It could be a joke, two men walk into a bar… But no Taylor Reinhart links standup to the essay to Michel de Montaigne himself. Continue reading →

Posted in Literature, Popular Culture | Tagged comedy, george carlin, Louis C.K., Manny Maldonado, Michel de Montaigne, Raul Perez, standup, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Tig Notaro | 6 Comments

When Portis Met Salinger

Posted on February 13, 2014 by Patrick Wensink

Patrick Wensink stalks the world’s most reclusive authors. Charles Portis, meet Jerry Salinger. Continue reading →

Posted in Literature | Tagged Big Foot, Charles Portis, J.D. Salinger, Tom Wolfe, True Grit, Yeti | 1 Comment