NFL Preview and Notes
Adam Underhill08.19.07
Adam Underhill armchair QB’s his way through a classic Fanzine sports preview. Be warned: Underhill breaks it down in terms we can all understand, and takes no prisoners.
Letter from London
Scott Bradfield08.12.07
Like Henry James, another American novelist who never felt at home in the New World, Scott Bradfield decided to move to London. After three decades there, he can tell you exactly what he loves and doesn’t love about his adopted city. We’re honored to welcome one of our greatest living writers to Fanzine—a national treasure even if he doesn’t want us.
Talk Show 1: with Tod Goldberg, Pagan Kennedy, Rick Moody, and Elizabeth Searle
Jaime Clarke08.01.07
When you’d like to know what model typewriter your favorite author prefers or in which room of her split-level country estate she line edits, the Paris Review‘s legendary interviews are your first-stop resource. But where do you go when you want to find out what writers think about, well, everything else besides writing? Welcome to Talk Show, a new monthly feature moderated by novelist Jaime Clarke, where writers chat like everyday people. In our inaugural episode, Tod Goldberg, Pagan Kennedy, Rick Moody, and Elizabeth Searle share memories of their first concert experiences. Illustrations by Danny Jock.
IMPRINTS 3: Andre Aciman and David Markson
Zach Baron07.31.07
Zach Baron reviews two novels of the summer romance variety (if you will) – Andre Aciman’s Call Me By Your Name and David Markson’s debut Wittgenstein’s Mistress. Not your average beach books…
The Amazon Review Project
Dodie Bellamy's Writing Workshop07.22.07
Fanzine stalwart Kevin Killian has invented a new literary form for the online shopping age. Here come the acolytes.
Diary of a Nobody at Art Basel 38
Kevin Killian07.09.07
While we here at Fanzine would argue that Kevin Killian, rather than being a nobody, is quite the man, he does manage to shadow, ghostlike, the celebrities of the "Art World" at Art Basel 38 in Switzerland. This is Killian’s first trip to Europe, and Twain-like, his Yankee perspective is insightful, if not a down right riot. Be sure to look for more on Killian in Fanzine in forthcoming articles this month.
MR. CLEAN: Greg LeMond and Pro Cycling’s Doping Problem
Benjamin Strong07.07.07
As the Tour de France starts today, Benjamin Strong examines one of the last true heroes of cycling, Greg LeMond. With all the doping allegations against Floyd Landis, insinuated against Lance Armstrong, and probably countless others in the past, LeMond stands out as a great who never quite fulfilled his potential, but what he accomplished he did through skill and determination alone, without the doping that’s as pervasive throughout cycling history as any other major sport.
Big Horses: A Triple Crown Report
Robyn Weisman07.06.07
Mid-summer, and the big three are over, and again no Triple Crown. Robyn Weisman looks back at some of horse racing’s bigger names, from the 70’s packed with Trip winners, to this year’s strong filly Rags To Riches
Copycat’s Cradle: Milon Vs. Panna II and General Impressions of Curry Row
Nick Sylvester07.02.07
In Nick Sylvester’s second food column for Fanzine, he wonders aloud the possibilities that the two fixtures of Curry Row share the same kitchen, while at the same time, dismantles seat cushions at a neighboring restaurant, gets gregarious with the barkers outside the dueling Milon and Panna II, and enjoys a Hindi birthday party or two or three.
Is this Ed Park?
Ed Park06.30.07
Ed Park’s first novel, Personal Days, will be published by Random House in 2008. While we wait, Park shares with us another peek at his Borgesian work-in-progress, The Dizzies. Illustrations by Park himself.
