How to Kill a Cliché: Celebrating Sam Shepard
Sam Shepard somehow managed to incorporate (and yes, transcend) virtually every cliché of Americana, distilling it into his own, unique persona.
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Brothers in Yarn – ‘Volume 1’ (EP stream) (premiere) + Interview
Shawn Fogel (Golden Bloom) releases literary-inspired EP as Brothers in Yarn.
Every F***ing Thing You Need to Know About Profanity
Michael Adams’ In Praise of Profanity tells you every f***ing thing you need to know about profanity but were afraid to ask.
Viet Thanh Nguyen Is a Lucid and Robust Voice for the Forgotten
With Nothing Ever Dies, Viet Thanh Nguyen foregrounds a discussion vital to the future of authentic storytelling, memory-making, history recording, and art.
Edgar Allan Poe’s 10 Best Stories
Edgar Allan Poe endures as an artist who made his life's work a deeper than healthy dive into the messy engine of human foibles, obsessions, and misdeeds.
‘Imaginary Cities’ Is a Book to Enjoy Getting Lost In
In charting the cities of human fancy, Darran Anderson has created the opposite of an atlas.
In ‘The Fly Trap’ Fredrik Sjöberg Writes Much Like His Subjects Behave
If Sjöberg's stylistic tics are an impediment to real investigation, they at least provide an aesthetic pleasure all their own.
‘Litpop – Writing and Popular Music’ Suffocates From a Lack of the Lively Air of Opinion
This anthology is meant to study two of the most lively artistic fields on the planet, and yet it's bogged down by articles of no great substance and no great joy.
Literature: Chorus
This is a huge step forward for the band, while preserving all of the most attractive qualities of the debut.
Florence Noiville’s ‘Literary Miniatures’ Reveals Souls of Giants
Florence Noiville’s collection of remarkable interviews with some of the world’s greatest writers, Literary Miniatures is as creative and beautiful as the works it analyzes.