Three Jawns: Camanchaca, Pixel Forest, and Float
Sarah Rose Etter01.26.17
In this episode of Three Jawns, Sarah Rose Etter explores a sharp book set in the Chilean desert, the creation of the pixel and its growth into a forest, and the latest from Anne Carson.
Hot Tub Universe
Talal Achi01.25.17
“For some reason when I imagine myself talking to you, Dad, it’s always in the hot tub—that we talk, I mean.” New very short fiction from Talal Achi.
On Blonde by Joyce Carol Oates
Philippa Snow01.24.17
A look back at Joyce Carol Oates’s doorstop reimagining of the life of Marilyn Monroe, Blonde, a novel that attempts to dig anew into the psyche of a troubled and misunderstood starlet.
Count Backwards from Ten: Peter Bebergal’s Top 10 Occult in Media
Steven T. Hanley01.23.17
The Curse of the Demon, David Bowie, and hauntology all show up in this top ten list of the occult in media by Peter Bebergal, author of Season of the Witch: How the Occult Saved Rock and Roll.
Pret a Manger Plastic Death Fugue
Stuart Ross01.20.17
“Bang the top of the animal when the desert loses reception.” New work by Stuart Ross.
A Poetics of Disrepair: Christine Friedlander’s AVANT GAUZE
Kina Viola01.19.17
Blank space and blood come together in the highly fertile, anti-narrative terrain of Christine Friedlander’s debut. Kina Viola reviews.
The Known and the Unknown
Chika Onyenezi01.18.17
“For people growing up in so much hopelessness, to find hope in lies, in humors, in make believes stories, was worth all of it. All these kept us going.” New fiction from Chika Onyenezi.
VANITY IS THE ENEMY: An Interview with Ottessa Moshfegh
Luke B. Goebel01.17.17
Ottessa Moshfegh in coversation with Luke Goebel about witchery, drugs, personality, and her new story collection, Homesick for Another World, out today from Penguin Press.
Pipe Dreams: Why J.R. Smith Isn’t as Weird as You Think
Gregg Murray01.16.17
Is J.R. Smith insane? Or is he just a one-of-a-kind mind within the script-friendly culture of pro sports? Gregg Murray delves into the mythology surrounding the one of the NBA’s most flamboyant personalities.
