Vol1 Brooklyn

Hammer and Hope hosted a conversation berween Namwali Serpell and Marlon James. The CLMP assembled a Filipino American History Month reading list. At Flaming Hydra, a look back at the band Dead Moon. Literary Hub published poetry by Patricia Lockwood. A look at futuristic fiction and MacKenzie Scott’s latest novel. Kurt Baumeister chatted with Mark Doten at The Brooklyn Rail. The Quietus revisited the music of Steve Reich.

Afternoon Bites: Guillermo Stitch’s Latest, National Book Awards Finalists, Protomartyr Returns, and More by Vol.1 Brooklyn The Metropolitan Review on Guillermo Stitch’s new novel. PEN has a new report out on school book bans. This year’s National Book Awards finalists have been revealed. Feel like reading new fiction by Kyle Seibel? Lincoln Michel interviewed Adam Wilson. At Pitchfork, thoughts on Protomartyr’s Hotel Usona. Zona Motel reviewed Valerie Manteau’s The Furrow. Follow Vol.

I met Kyle Winkler at VoidCon last year, where I picked up his novel Enter the Peerless, a work of heady cosmic horror. This fall brings with it the release of his new book The Ship of Death, a book about a board game that might also be a vessel by which uncanny presences can enter the contemporary world; it’s also told through a series of found documents. As someone with a fondness for board games myself, the combination was irresistible and the novel wholly compelling.

Morning Bites: Jane Schoenbrun Interviewed, Jami Attenberg’s Cover, Myriam Gurba on Veronica Gonzalez Peña, and More by Vol.1 Brooklyn At Publishers Weekly, chatting with Jane Schoenbrun. PEN has a new report out on school book bans. Dusted reviewed the new album from Helen. The cover of Jami Attenberg’s new novel has been revealed. A fundraiser is afoot for the next issue of Tough Poets Review. At Flaming Hydra, Myriam Gurbs pondered a book by Veronica Gonzalez Peña.

What To Call the New Fish or How Sex the Unstoppable Fish Machine Got His Name by Chrissy Kolaya Emily suggests William Henry Harrison, after the finest president this country has ever seen. Joe volunteers Fat Nerd. Fish don’t care what you call them, he says. Their feelings never get hurt. Ron thinks up 54 Nude Honeys because, he says, fish are both singular and plural and sweet. Brian says: How about Internal Bleeding?

Weekend Bites: Simon Jacobs Nonfiction, Go-Betweens Revisited, and More by Vol.1 Brooklyn Simon Jacobs reflected on fatherhood and audiobooks. At the CLMP, a roundup of literary magazines out in September. Jewish Currents explored the issue of antisemitism in publishing. At Dusted, a discussion of the music of The Go-Betweens. Ross Barkan wrote about independent magazines and book reviews. Mesha Maren revisited Jarrett Kobek’s ATTA. Aquarium Drunkard explored the Across the Horizon series of music.

The guiding principle of Six Ridiculous Questions is that life is filled with ridiculousness. And questions. That only by giving in to these truths may we hope to slip the surly bonds of reality and attain the higher consciousness we all crave. (Eh, not really, but it sounded good there for a minute.) It’s just. Who knows? The ridiculousness and question bits, I guess. Why six? Assonance, baby, assonance. 1. Would you make a good supervillain? Why or why not?

Talking books and stories with Kimberly King Parsons. At the CLMP, a roundup of literary magazines out in September. Locus reported on an intriguing new novella series. The shortlist for this year’s Center for Fiction Prize has been announced. Revisiting an interview with novelist and filmmaker John Sayles. John Ganz reviewed Anton Jäger’s Hyperpolitics. At The Comics Journal, thoughts on Frederick Noland’s Major Taylor.

Afternoon Bites: Alan Sepinwall on Rod Serling, Revisiting “The Road,” Nick Rees Gardner on Writing, and More by Vol.1 Brooklyn Alan Sepinwall revisited the career of Rod Serling. The Brooklyn Public Library is hosting Claudia Rankine this week. Jason Diamond wrote about fatherhood and fidelity. Darker Times reviewed Carrie Lee South’s In the Woods They Wait. Talking writing with Nick Rees Gardner. Mother Jones looked into the bulk purchases of books by mysterious companies.

I’ve been an admirer of Grant Maierhofer’s work for years, but my experience of reading his two latest books back to back may be the apex of my experience with his bibliography thus far. Those two books are Synecdoche, New York — an entry in the Timecodes series to which I’m also a contributor — and the book-length essay Serotonin: Writing and Depression. Both books are, in their own way, moving explorations of creativity and mental health.