Notable Los Angeles: 3/4–3/10
Literary events in and around L.A. this week!
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Posts Tagged: Irvine Welsh
Notable Portland: 2/28–3/6
Literary events in and around Portland this week!
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Notable NYC: 2/23–3/1
Literary events in and around NYC this week!
...moreNotable NYC: 2/7–2/13
Saturday 2/7: Omar Berrada, Huge Garcia Manriquez, Isabelle Garron, Jen Hofer, John Keene, Sarah Riggs, James Sherry, Stacy Szymaszek, Matvei Yankelevich and others celebrate Litmus Press. Southfirst, 6:30 p.m., free. Ian Hatcher and Veronica Gonzalez Peña join the Segue Series. Zinc Bar, 4:30 p.m., $5. Sunday 2/8: Samuel Barrantes launches debut novel Slim and The […]
...moreThe Uncomfortable Shock of Recognition
Over at the Guardian, Scottish author Irvine Welsh makes a case for Bret Easton Ellis’s often reviled, always controversial American Psycho as a modern classic. Welsh—the author of his own modern classic, Trainspotting—defends the novel, insisting that the qualities that make it uncomfortable for us as readers are why it’s so profound: American Psycho holds a […]
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Spring Break is Over, Bitches
[James] Franco wrote that “whoever is involved in the [Spring Breakers] sequel is jumping on board a poison ship,” and he’s right.
...moreThe Rumpus Sunday Book Review Supplement
It’s been a real humdinger of a week at Rumpus Books. Come see what we have.
...moreSympathy for These Devils
Drug addicts, pimps, whores, misogynists, hoodlums… all the usual suspects inhabit the stories in Irvine Welsh’s new collection.
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