R.I.P. Alex Chilton
One by one, my idols go. Alex Chilton of Big Star was pronounced dead tonight at age 59.
One by one, my idols go. Alex Chilton of Big Star was pronounced dead tonight at age 59.
Lapham’s Quarterly investigates writers’ day jobs, a favorite topic in these parts.
I can’t wait till next Monday, March 22, when I’ll talk with my friend Victor LaValle at Greenlight Books about his latest novel (Big Machine), his previous work, and race, madness, religion, and more. It’ll be kind of like getting some pints together, except without the slurring or frequent use of “fucking” as a modifier. We get started at 7:30 . . .
Portrait of the writer in first sentences: Carrie Frye contrasts Nabokov’s color field with Muriel Spark’s.