Year in Reading
December 8, 2012
A Year In Reading: Nick Moran 3
by Nick Moran
I had just signed up for subscriptions to the NYRB, The London Review of Books, The Paris Review, Oxford American, n+1, The Southern Review, and The Virginia Quarterly Review. In the heat of the moment it seemed prudent. Now I will be hip to all of the literary buzz. I will sate my cravings for fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and criticism alike. I will understand all of the jokes at parties.
December 8, 2012
A Year in Reading: Scott Esposito (Conversational Reading) 5
by Scott Esposito
Of the lesser-known Oulipo members, the works of Jacques Roubaud should not be missed. His Mathematics, just published this year, is a great introduction to this writer who marries Oulipo, Proust, and mathematics (it’s a strange marriage).
December 8, 2012
A Year in Reading: Bill Morris 3
by Bill Morris
It’s an overdue and hugely welcome corrective to the narrative of doom and decay that has been pouring out of Detroit, like toxic sludge, for the past 40 years.
December 7, 2012
A Year in Reading: Rachel Fershleiser 2
by Rachel Fershleiser
In general, my favorite literary genre this year was what I like to call “women-processing-their-shit books.”
December 7, 2012
A Year In Reading: Hari Kunzru 1
by Hari Kunzru
This writing was already under my skin.
December 7, 2012
A Year in Reading: Roxane Gay 3
by Roxane Gay
I can’t remember a better year of reading.