Nostalgia’s Record
At the New Yorker, Amanda Petrusich writes an ode to Other Music, a New York City record shop that recently closed its doors after more than twenty years in business. For Petrusich,…
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The Rumpus Interview with John Reed
John Reed discusses Snowball’s Chance, his parody of Animal Farm, and the lawsuits, debates, and discoveries that followed the book's publication.
Notable NYC: 6/25–7/1
Monday 6/27: Meg Guroff reads from The Mechanical Horse, an examination of the bicycle’s impact on american life. Guroff is joined by Mark Crispin Miller to discuss the book. McNally…
The Diary of Anaïs Nin While Binge-Watching Broad City
One episode after another with every outrageous twist and turn. I smile but no laughter comes—just a gaping mouth wishing to devour more!
Notable NYC: 6/18–6/24
Saturday 6/18: Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus discuss So Close. BookCourt, 4 p.m., free. Sarah-Jane Stratford launches Radio Girls and discusses it with Allison Amend. KGB, 7 p.m., free. Sunday…
Notable NYC: 6/11–6/17
Saturday 6/11: Niina Pollari hosts Popsickle 7, a celebration of Brooklyn’s literary readings and presses. Multiple coordinators and editors present readers during a full day of readings. Throne Watches, 41-43…
Rapture of the Deep
The point is not to lose yourself to that landscape, and to not become fearful of new landscapes.
Song of the Day: “Harlem River”
Of the countless homages to New York City, a multitude of styles and approaches could be cited, from Billy Joel to Lou Reed to Jay-Z. A 2013 album by guitarist Kevin Morby,…
David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: The Suit
It was as if he understood that the authentic must begin in the voice. And through the texture of the voice—its moral and psychological claims—sensory details emerge with absolute authority.
Swinging Modern Sounds #72: Urban Pastoral
It’s like a landscape that you can’t know until you’ve seen it through four seasons, until you’ve seen it on days gray and bright.
Coming of Age in New York City
Over at Guernica, Kyle Lucia Wu talks with Stephanie Danler about her new novel, Sweetbitter, and how Danler’s personal experiences as a young woman living in New York City and…
Albums of Our Lives: Scissor Sisters’s Night Work
Night Work is a queer sonic fantasia soaked heavy in the 1980s.