Le Roland-Barthes sans peine (Roland Barthes Made Easy)?
In a move the critic might not have welcomed, the journals of Roland Barthes have been published, and read aloud onstage.
In a move the critic might not have welcomed, the journals of Roland Barthes have been published, and read aloud onstage.
The handwritten divisions on James Baldwin’s synposis of Crying Holy, the draft novel that evolved into Go Tell It on the Mountain, offer a look at his early thoughts about structure. The page pictured above is the first of four; you can find the rest — and much, much more — in the online offerings of Yale’s Beinecke Rare Book . . .
Greg Ames, author of one of my favorite short stories, will soon see his first novel, Buffalo Lockjaw, launched into the world. Can’t wait.
Jessa Crispin offers an appreciation of the reissued The Sailor from Gibraltar, by Marguerite Duras, at NPR. (More Duras: 1, 2, 3.)