Recent Articles
January 11, 2010
Two Gentlemen of Lebowski 0
by Ben Dooley
Following in the footsteps of the recent Pride, Prejudice and Zombies, the Coen Brothers’ cult movie The Big Lebowski has received the Shakespeare treatment.
January 11, 2010
Envy 0
by C. Max Magee
Robert Birnbaum asked seven indie publishers to say which titles they wish they’d published in 2009. The last sentence of the piece (from Dalkey Archive’s Martin Riker) is particularly great.
January 11, 2010
Matt Steinglass Contra Katie Roiphe 0
by Emily Colette Wilkinson
According to the title of Matt Steinglass‘ new essay (a qualified rebuttal of Katie Roiphe‘s recent piece “The Naked and the Conflicted“), “Today’s Male Novelists Do Write Exuberant Sex Scenes, But Mostly Lesbian Ones“
January 11, 2010
Charles Bock Interviewed 0
by C. Max Magee
Charles Bock (Beautiful Children), in a recent interview, sounding perturbed: “Where are you right now? I’m in a writer’s room in Manhattan. There’s all these other people with their fucking computers doing their stupid little bullshit. It feels pointless. You wanna feel like it matters. It’s hard to do that when you’re in a room [...]
January 11, 2010
Ask a Book Question #76 (Good Readers, Good Readings) 7
by Editor
Suggestions for readers who really own a stage.
January 10, 2010
Jonathan Lethem’s Brooklyn 0
by Anne K. Yoder
Jonathan Lethem gives The Guardian a tour of his Brooklyn neighborhood.