Dunn on Christensen
Katherine Dunn (Geek Love) admires Kate Christensen’s novels. (The Epicure’s Lament is her favorite.)
Katherine Dunn (Geek Love) admires Kate Christensen’s novels. (The Epicure’s Lament is her favorite.)
Dubravka Ugresic discusses her new interpretation of Baba Yaga, witch of Russian lore who kidnaps children & lives in a house on chicken feet.
David O’Neill shares his portrait of Emily Dickinson, whose silence has produced a discordant chorus of speculation and mythmaking.
Some scary news this morning: my father-in-law’s multiple myeloma has rather suddenly mutated into plasma cell leukemia. Rather than sitting on our terrace this weekend, Max and I (and The Magic Mountain) will be flying south for a trip of uncertain duration. Have a good holiday. I’ll be back when I’m back.
Moby-Dick is the subject of the latest Wattis Institute show devoted to a canonical American novel. (Via.)