The Saturday Rumpus Review: Güeros
It’s a literal confrontation of his metaphorical fear, a visual take on Rilke’s words: to view Güeros is to see a “thing poem” on the screen, to witness something like “The Panther” materialize.
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Alex Norcia
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Alex Norcia is a writer living in Brooklyn. His work has appeared, or is forthcoming, in VICE, The Millions, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, Electric Literature, Word Riot, and the Los Angeles Review of Books, among others. He is an editor-at-large at The Offing.
The Battle for Reputation
In anticipation of Zachary Leder’s upcoming biography, The Life of Saul Bellow: To Fame and Fortune, Lee Siegel grapples with the author’s tainted and troubling reputation for Vulture.
Who Still Reads Alice in Wonderland?
For the New Yorker, Anthony Lane reviews Robert Douglas Fairhurst’s The Story of Alice, tracing the cultural importance of the “peppery briskness” of Lewis Carroll’s words.
Vice Fiction Issue 2015
The VICE 2015 fiction issue was released online this week. It includes an interview with David Sedaris, a piece by Sarah Gerard about her crowdfunded book tour, and a short…
The Well-Paid Trolls
Reporting on Russian Internet trolls for the New York Times Magazine, Adrian Chen uncovers fake art exhibitions, follows “I Am Ass” on Twitter, and talks with a neo-Nazi. He’s also followed.
The Hermits
For Lit Hub, Jonathan Russell Clark examines our fascination with reclusive writers.
“Friendly With” But “Never Very Close”
Reviewing Kevin M. Schultz’s Buckley and Mailer for the New Yorker, Thomas Mallon traces the relationship between the two famous writers and wits—what brought the men together, and what set…
An Author Without A Critic
For the Atlantic, David Frum argues “a fair claim that” Herman Wouk is “among the greatest American war novelists of them all,” despite the positive criticism that has eluded his…
In the Birdhouse
For the New Yorker, Kathryn Schulz profiles Nell Zink, touching on her love for birds, her complicated relationship with the publishing industry, and her “improbable literary fame.”
A Treacherous Crossroads
For The Millions, Bill Morris reflects on the documentary Havana Motor Club, and his own trip to Cuba in 1998, noting how the country is now getting “ready to navigate…
It’s Time to Rethink Everything
At Flavorwire, Jonathon Sturgeon presents an excerpt of Tim Parks’s new book, Where I’m Reading From: The Changing World of Books. In the excerpted section, Parks questions the simple idea of…