For years I’ve hoarded some of my stranger and darker experiences, with the intent of twisting parts of them into my novel. My narrator is not — and never was supposed to be — me, but I’ve inflicted many events from my own life on her. Even when they didn’t fit. Recently I’ve been writing nonfiction about some of these . . .
David Foster Wallace, whose 2000 essay about McCain evokes its era — and lives again — talks with the WSJ about the candidate now. (Via.)
“You have been screwed. You are the screwee. Own it.” Ever had a problem and wondered, what would Martin Amis do?
Lorrie Moore’s music to drink gin to includes “Almost Blue.” (Via.) She likes the Krall version; for me there’s only the one. Listen (ignore video) here.
Triple Canopy’s David Noriega translates a speech Roberto Bolaño delivered in 1999, upon acceptance of the Rómulo Gallegos Prize.