Articles by Emily M. Keeler
September 18, 2012
Fetishized rituals 0
Robert McCrum’s got a question for you, and I’m interested to know the answer, too. Who are the naked writers? My first thought was perhaps Truman Capote, because he wrote so often from bed, but that’s not exactly strong evidence. Anyway, here are some writers in their underpants.
September 18, 2012
Miracles 0
Poet Matthew Tierney on particle physics vs writing: “Black holes are miraculous. Evolution is miraculous. The big bang is miraculous.”
September 17, 2012
Still not bleak house. 0
Laura Miller wants us all to stop calling The Wire a Victorian novel, because it is in fact a television drama.
September 17, 2012
Not what he, nor I, expected. 0
Teju Cole on partying, though very civilly, with V.S. Naipaul: “The combination of ego, tenderness, and sly provocation was typical.”
September 17, 2012
HBD EB! 0
Happy first birthday to Emily Books! The Observer ran a little recap of the book club-slash-store’s lascivious first anniversary party, where Kate Zambreno and Tamara Faith Berger both read from their recent novels. Here’s the Million’s interview with Zambreno, and here’s a #LitBeat from one of Berger’s previous readings from her steamy wonder of a novel, [...]
September 17, 2012
Speculations 0
William Gibson ( like Margaret Atwood) prefers to think of his books as speculative, rather than science-, fiction.