In which Alex Cox namechecks Borges
Christian Zabriskie talks with Alex Cox (Sid & Nancy) about his new book, X-Films: True Confessions of a Radical Filmmaker.
Christian Zabriskie talks with Alex Cox (Sid & Nancy) about his new book, X-Films: True Confessions of a Radical Filmmaker.
Cast your vote on Bookninja’s hilarious literary novel repackaging entries. Right now I’m leaning toward Blood Meridian.
Literary essay: Akin to the personal essay, only with bigger words and more profound content… Chris Offutt decodes lofty writer speak.
Tonight at Housing Works, I’m hosting Witches, Demons, and Thieves, a Puritan Halloween celebration (costumes optional) featuring authors Hannah Tinti (The Good Thief) and Kathleen Kent (The Heretic’s Daughter), and artist Michael Aaron Lee, a friend whose magnificent forest paintings I first praised here a couple years ago. Last month I posted a mini-interview with Kent, and now here’s a . . .
Amitava Kumar explains why he stopped reading 2008 Booker prize winner The White Tiger on page 35.