Blog



The name that sells the thing

The Branding and Freedom in the Market Economy conversation between Colson Whitehead and Calvin Baker happens this Friday, at Lolita, at 7 p.m. In anticipation of the event, here’s an excerpt from Whitehead’s Apex Hides the Hurt. He came up with the names. They were good times. He came up with the names and like any good parent he knocked . . .

Read more



Spring literary calendar

Between PEN World Voices and Nextbook’s What’s He Doing Here? (on Jesus in Jewish Culture), the end of April is going to be busy.

Read more



Johnny and Pocahontas

Jim Ruland’s review reminds me to get back to Matthew Sharpe’s “vividly realized farce,” Jamestown. (Via.)

Read more



Newsletter Signup

For regular updates, subscribe to my free newsletter.

Newsletter

You might want to subscribe to my free Substack newsletter, Ancestor Trouble, if the name makes intuitive sense to you.