The Journalist and the Autobiography
“Memory is not a journalist’s tool. Memory glimmers and hints, but shows nothing sharply or clearly. Memory does not narrate or render character. Memory has no regard for the reader.…
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More Bolaño
“I’ll tell you everything, naturally.” The New Yorker has posted “Prefiguration of Lalo Cura,” a short story by Roberto Bolaño, online. Enjoy. (via PW)
THE BLURB #15: The Monster Impulse
The panic that pervades these stories arises because in our real, human world there is too much cause for fear and worry. Who, exactly, is responsible for the deteriorating environment? What, precisely, causes terrorism? Enter the bugbears and scapegoats.
Voyage Fantastique – An Illustrated Guide to the Body and Mind
All images from Le Livre de Sante by Joseph Handler (Monte Carlo: Andre Sauret, 1967):
Wherefore Art Thou @Romeo?
Shakespeare is the classic and timeless example of dramatic excellence, and once again in this modern age it is being put to the test. In a five week real-time performance,…
An Oral History of Love in Contemporary America: Selections from Us #4
Dominic Sclafani, Age 30 Tucson, Arizona “He’s like, ‘She’s going to eat you alive.’ And I go, ‘Yes, I know.’”
Notable San Francisco, This Week: 4/12-4/18
This week: The Monthly Rumpus rocks the Makeout Room yet again, The Believer presents You’re a Horrible Person, but I Like You, San Francisco’s Cinematheque society has a neat film…
Stars of the Night Commute
Stars of the Night Commute is a tremendous first book by a poet who has been publishing for some time now… One distinctive feature of Božičević’s work is that her…
Ann Gelder: The Last Book I Loved, Beautiful Children
As soon as I started reading Beautiful Children, I disliked it. This reaction was gratifying. I went to graduate school in the late 80s and early 90s, where I learned…
Riot in Coloring Book no.9
Heinz Kiessling’s illustrations for Malbuchgeschichten by Ilse Firbas (Germany, 1949):
Notable New York, This Week 4/12 – 4/18
This week in New York The Future of Criticism with Lorin Stein and Maud Newton, John D’Agata and Thalia Field discuss the lyric essay, Alice Walker on activism, Salman Rushdie…