VIDEO INTERVIEW: MATT NAGIN ON THE BOOK OF OUTCASTS – Triumph Of The Now Interviews Ep. 3
Fictioneer & comedian Matt Nagin joins smh to chat writing, reading, AI, travel, and all sorts of other fun
Tag: literature
TEN WORDS OR FEWER INTERVIEW: Kris Hall/Barracuda Guarisco, writer of many books
a chat with Kris Hall/Barracuda Guarisco, writer of many books
TEN WORDS OR FEWER INTERVIEW: Marina Vantara, author of Mission Homo Liberatus: The Beginning
a chat with Marina Vantara, author of Mission Homo Liberatus: The Beginning
Notes To John by Joan Didion
a rallying hypocritical cry or is Notes To John an unethical publication in this form only???
TEN WORDS OR FEWER INTERVIEW: Tim Whitehouse, author of The Tender Wall
a chat with Tim Whitehouse, author of The Tender Wall
Small Worlds by Caleb Azumah Nelson
too many notes on a lyrical novel that is frequently beautiful but isn’t quite perfect
TEN WORDS OR FEWER INTERVIEW: Harry Legge, author of Friend or Suspect
a conversation with Harry Legge, author of Friend or Suspect
Playing for Time by Arthur Miller
some life updates, some political commentary and a reflection on an unsubtle Arthur Miller play…
VIDEO INTERVIEW: FRANK ABRAMS READING & SONG: Triumph Of The Now Interviews Ep. 2
a new video interview series continues with reading & music from FRANK ABRAMS, author of THE COCKFIGHT
TEN WORDS OR FEWER INTERVIEW: Barbara Adair, author of In the Shadow of the Springs I Saw
a conversation with Barbara Adair, author of In the Shadow of the Springs I Saw
TEN WORDS OR FEWER INTERVIEW: Rebecca Gransden, author of Figures Crossing the Field Towards the Group
a chat with Rebecca Gransden, author of Figures Crossing the Field Towards the Group
TEN WORDS OR FEWER INTERVIEW: Duncan Heenan, author of Lead Us Not
a chat with Duncan Heenan, author of Lead Us Not
After Dead by Charlaine Harris (Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood #15 (of 13))
probably the greatest book of flash fiction ever published
God Help The Child by Toni Morrison
sadness, cruelty, oppression, magical realism, and a writer in their mid-80s putting out possibly the best depiction of the millennial experience to date
Nova by Samuel R. Delany
a fine novel that didn’t blow my mind like samuel delany usually do
TEN WORDS OR FEWER INTERVIEW: Louise McLaughlin, author of Discovery
a chat with Louise McLaughlin, author of Discovery
A Phone of the Artist as a Young Man by Pierce Day – PART FOUR OF FOUR
am i bitter? am i jealous? am i over the hill??? – a four part review concludes
A Phone of the Artist as a Young Man by Pierce Day – PART THREE OF FOUR
closer to the text, the faults fall away – a four part review continues
A Phone of the Artist as a Young Man by Pierce Day – PART TWO OF FOUR
LITERATURE DIDN’T DIE WITH JAMES JOYCE: a four-post special series continues
A Phone of the Artist as a Young Man by Pierce Day – PART ONE OF FOUR
I WOULD HAVE SOLD MY DIRTY SOUL TO WRITE THIS BOOK: a four-post special series begins
TEN WORDS OR FEWER INTERVIEW: Jessica Aike, author of This Thing in My Head
a chat with Jessica Aike, author of This Thing in My Head
TEN WORDS OR FEWER INTERVIEW: George Carter, author of Beyond Boundaries
George Carter, author of Beyond Boundaries, answers some questions
TEN WORDS OR FEWER INTERVIEW: Jai Knight, author of Provincial Squinting at the Mercury Orgy
a chat with Jai Knight, author of Provincial Squinting at the Mercury Orgy
TEN WORDS OR FEWER INTERVIEW: Matt Nagin, author of The Book of Outcasts
Matt Nagin answers some questions in ten words or fewer
LUKA: A Novel by Ian Bancroft
an interesting novel about the horrors of intergenerational sectarian conflict
Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
some thoughts and questions raised by Wharton’s wintry non-wonderland
Tell Me How Long The Train’s Been Gone by James Baldwin
it’s not Baldwin at his best, but at its best, it’s still brilliant
James Bond 007: COLD by John Gardner
an awful book anyone should be ashamed to have read
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
a dystopia from the nineties reads too much like social realism…
The Complete Sookie Stackhouse Stories by Charlaine Harris (Sookie Stackhouse #14)
a heartbreaking misfire from the world of Sookie Stackhouse
Minor Detail by Adania Shibli
a serious novel that reminds us, again, of the cost of our silences
Studies in Classic American Literature by DH Lawrence
I read a bizarre quasi-blog from DH Lawrence so y’all don’t have to
La Mordida: A Scholarly Edition by Malcolm Lowry, edited and annotated by Patrick A. McCarthy
…a curiosity, a fragment of fragments, a distillation of the mind- and work-wrecking ferocity of addiction…
The Annual Banquet of the Gravediggers’ Guild by Mathias Enard
a glorious, cacophonous, collage of varied delights and pleasure
god made my face edited by Hilton Als
a book of essays about James Baldwin; a treat for anyone with a soul
I Will Write To Avenge My People by Annie Ernaux (The Nobel Lecture)
a tiny book containing Ernaux’s Nobel address and some bumpf
video announcement: new web series incoming!
omg omg – a new web series is coming soon from scott manley hadley!!!
Talking At The Gates: A Life of James Baldwin by James Campbell
a solid and non hagiographic literary biography
From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris (True Blood/Sookie Stackhouse Book #8)
i return to the perfect oeuvre of america’s greatest living novelist
The Bureau of Past Management by Iris Hanika
on blogging, on genocide, on the dangers of forgiveness
The Archbishop’s Ceiling by Arthur Miller
right up the Archbishop’s ceiling
‘Exterminate All The Brutes’ by Sven Lindqvist
a harrowing, unputdownable, essential book on the history of genocide
The Word for World Is Forest by Ursula K. Le Guin
we’re not in Earthsea any more…
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St John Mandel
notes on a brief bought of heady influenza
Against the Written Word by Ian F. Svenonius
a gen xer performing cynicism without realising it *has* gone out of style
This Is Not A Novel by David Markson
it is a novel, but it’s a good one
Drive Your Plough Over The Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk
refreshing, uplifting and far from cloying depiction of someone living an ideal life
Malcolm Lowry: A Preface To His Fiction by Richard K. Cross
a fun read for a Lowry fan but probably little interest for others
The Conquest of Bread by Peter Kropotkin
there is enough in the world for everyone to have enough; we’ve got to fucking fix things, we have to fucking fix things
Pleasure Beach by Helen Palmer
if u love literature like i do you’ll love this
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