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Morning Bites: Posthumous Books, Theodore Dreiser’s Birthday, Gilded Age Bachelors, Etgar Keret’s First, and More 27 Aug 2013 | 04:37 pm
Theodore Dreiser was born on this day in 1871. Etgar Keret’s first short story that he ended up publishing on Facebook 25 years later. Hillary Kelly lists ten of the best posthumously released books...
Afternoon Bites: Aziz Ansari on Romance, Neko Case Makes Borscht, New Gabriel Blackwell, Kathleen Alcott on Charlie Smith, and More 26 Aug 2013 | 11:30 pm
Kathleen Alcott wrote about Charlie Smith’s Men in Miami Hotels for the Los Angeles Review of Books. Neko Case showed Rookie how to make borscht. 3:AM has new, Vertigo-inspired, writing from Gabriel...
Revisiting the Classics: An Interview With the Founders of Long Hard Book Club 26 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm
Back in July, Brooklyn writers Ruth Reader and Gio Serrano began an out-of-the-ordinary literary gathering called Long Hard Book Club. The aim of the club is to tackle known classics that are both ard...
Morning Bites: Salinger News, Coffee, Linda Ronstadt, College Football Reading List, and More 26 Aug 2013 | 06:07 pm
In case you haven’t heard the news about five unreleased J.D. Salinger books being published… A critical study of Ben Lerner’s Leaving the Atocha Station. Single-serve coffee is wasteful. Nick Mor....
Sunday Stories: “Waitress” 25 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
Waitress by Sarah Lynn Knowles When I’m through my shift at the Finer Diner, I fold my tips to a thick fat roll. I say bye and happy new year to my boss Harvey, who says bye and happy new year to my ...
Weekend Bites: Birthday Boy Borges, Ian Frazier Essays, Motel Postcards, Literary Mag Graveyard, Tao Lin, and More 24 Aug 2013 | 06:59 pm
“I cannot sleep unless I am surrounded by books.” - Jorge Luis Borges was born on August 24th, 1899. Tao Lin talks with Granta. Great literary mags that The Paris Review has outlasted including The...
Afternoon Bites: Peter Bogdanovich Interviewed, Literary Films, Alexander Maksik, Cahiers d’Art Returns, and More 23 Aug 2013 | 11:30 pm
Talking fictional filmmakers and their lethal films at Hazlitt. Peter Bogdanovich talked with The Dissolve. Hyperallergic on the return of Cahiers d’Art. Jenn Pelly reports on Poland’s OFF Festival...
#tobyreads: The Mythic Hits Just Keep On Coming 23 Aug 2013 | 10:37 pm
Another week, another survey of books where mythology takes center stage — or at least where mythology’s influence can be boldly felt. And, hey, that’s not a crazy thing: myths get under your skin fro...
Morning Bites: Hemingway on Ezra Pound, Masha Gessen Talks With Chris Hayes, New Wells Tower, Beer and Rosie Schaap, and More 23 Aug 2013 | 04:13 pm
Keith Moon was born on this day in 1946. Masha Gessen talkes with Chris Hayes on last night’s All In. What Hemingway thought of Ezra Pound’s fascist views. Katie Rogin on Amy Grace Loyd’s wonderful...
Afternoon Bites: Surf Tees, LGBT Fiction, Buffalo’s Art Scene, R. Stevie Moore, and More 22 Aug 2013 | 11:30 pm
“The new Cannonball proves McElroy’s intensity hasn’t waned. Laudable for its brio alone,Cannonball marries adolescent fumbling to Orwellian nightmare, while developing a deliciously wicked fantasy ou...
