Francisco Goldman drank the water in Mexico City and finally wrote his novel. Elsewhere, read his appreciation of “The Great Bolaño,” whom he also praised at a tribute in April.
In the NYTBR: Mark Sarvas calls I Love You, Beth Cooper “less a novel than a novelization of a movie not yet made,” and Min Jin Lee’s 1st novel is compared to Middlemarch.
Writer Breece D’J Pancake, who took his own life at 26, was born 55 years ago today in South Charleston, West Virginia.
Günter Grass & Norman Mailer discussed Nazi ties and U.S. presidential hopefuls at the NYPL earlier this week. (Via & via.)