Did Not Shave Our Legs For This: A Conversation with Kristin Sanders’ Cuntry in Ten Line Dances
Carrie Chappell12.03.18
“This text is about a woman trying to fit her body into any market, into any genre. Whether pop object, blues object, rap object. This text is about America, is about the body in America.” Carrie Chappell with a deeply personal look into Kristin Sanders’ exquisite Cuntry.
Is Publishing a Purgatory? A Conversation with Robert Kloss
Amber Sparks11.29.18
Robert Kloss and Amber Sparks in conversation on influence, the difficulty of writing experimental fiction and trying to sell experimental fiction in a traditional way, and the hazards of publishing in any format or medium.
I Love You In the Grocery Store: An Interview with Caitlin Pasko
Claire Donato11.20.18
Claire Donato in conversation with singer-songwriter Caitlin Pasko about the process of collaboration, literary art, loss, and Pasko’s stunning new album Glass Period.
IN SEARCH OF DUENDE: A CATALOG OF CONFOUNDING DESIRE
Kate Montgomery11.19.18
“My heart stopped and must have stopped too long, because that was the moment the devil got in—or whatever it was. A haunting spirit. A small god animating the body of this man. He pulled off all the seeds, and recast me in a new image. Woman desiring. A new, dark melody filtered in. Nothing has been the same since.” Kate Montgomery’s hypnotic meditation on duende in the other.
Book Album Book: Guilty Pleasures
Jeff T. Johnson11.12.18
The latest from Jeff T. Johnson’s Book Album Book takes a look at why we like what we like when we like it, how we think about those things, and where to go from here.
No Longer Exists: A Conversation Between Randal O’Wain and Jeff Jackson, Author of Destroy All Monsters
Randal O'Wain11.05.18
Randal O’Wain spoke with Jeff Jackson about Jackson’s new novel from FSG, out now. Jackson will be a featured reader at this week’s Letters Fest in Atlanta.
The Language of Our Own Private Country: An Interview with Leah Dieterich
Chelsea Hodson10.30.18
Chelsea Hodson speaks with Leah Dieterich about transparency, unattainability, lyrical prose, and ballet’s archetype for romantic love in Dieterich’s new novel, Vanishing Twins: A Marriage.
Donnie Darko
Claire Donato10.29.18
“On October 31, 2018, I let Frank come into my apartment.” Queer rape-revenge fiction by Claire Donato, set in a future Halloween, featuring two-way mirrors, Joy Division, Frank the Rabbit, and Ka-Tzetnik 135633’s House of Dolls.
Everyone Has a Macho Man Randy Savage Impersonation
Brian Oliu10.18.18
Brian Oliu parses the performative stylings of one of wrestling’s most iconic figures into a meditation on origin and self-presentation. Brian will appear as a part of the Letters Festival in Atlanta, running November 8-10. Tickets available now at thelettersfestival.org.
From Spain
Caren Beilin10.11.18
Fanzine’s ongoing coverage of the brilliant cast of authors appearing at this year’s Letters Festival in Atlanta, running from November 8-10 at the Atlanta Contemporary, begins with a stunning excerpt about Jean-Phillipe Toussaint from Caren Beilin’s memoir, SPAIN.
