A BOY WITH A BEARD, A MUSTACHE AND GLASSES: AN INTERVIEW WITH JOSEPH GRANTHAM
Juliet Escoria01.21.19
Juliet Escoria in conversation with Joseph Grantham about his book of poems, Tom Sawyer, living with another writer, small town life vs. city life, and much more.
American Football, A Truly Barbaric Sport
Gregg Murray01.14.19
Gregg Murray takes a hard look at the problematic, ritualized violence inherent in America’s most popular sport.
Book Album Book: Angel of Death
Jeff T. Johnson01.10.19
The first Book Album Book of 2019 is all about Cat Power’s Wanderer.
Spill the wine, swallow those pills, have that love affair
Abigail George01.07.19
Abigail George with a vivid, memory-laced meditation on the formative psychology, sexuality, and continuing search for inspiration of an artist looking back on their youth in Johannesburg.
Seeking Past: An Interview with Jake Syersak
Jeff Alessandrelli01.03.19
Jake Syersak speaks with Jeff Alessandrelli about Syersak’s new book of poems, Yield Architecture.
Anti-Bond: A Conversation with Andrea Kleine
Jaime Fountaine12.27.18
Andrea Kleine in conversation with Jaime Fountaine about the porous feeling of living in the shadow of trauma, as depicted in Kleine’s new novel, Eden.
A Hunger for Truth and a Taste for Toppings: A Conversation with Eileen G’Sell
Liz Latty12.17.18
Eileen G’Sell speaks with Liz Latty on the performative nature of gender, police brutality, and the #MeToo movement, in intersection with G’Sell’s first full length book of poetry, Life After Rugby.
On Institutional Garbage
Anne K. Yoder12.13.18
“Is it information fatigue? Do we all suffer from it?” Anne Yoder explores the anxiety of embodiment in the face of our increasingly digital existence, in response to the online archive for Lara Schoorl’s Institutional Garbage exhibition, Adrian Piper, Daniel Borzutzky, and more.
Fate-Touched
Brianna Albers12.10.18
“To be fate-touched is not to die, but to live while dying.” Brianna Albers on the experience of living in the presence of death and finding relief in role-playing and myth.
Book Album Book: You Aren’t Here
Jeff T. Johnson12.06.18
“If albums are literature, what sort of literature are they?” Jeff T. Johnson returns with a James Baldwin-inspired meditation on affect and emotion as delivered through song.