Blake Butler
John Keene’s 'Counternarratives’ Rewires History with Imagination
We spoke to the author about his vividly imagined and vitally timed collection, 'Counternarratives.'
Heather Christle’s ‘Heliopause’ Disintegrates Reality
Christle's latest collection of poetry is a book easily larger than the sum of all its parts; it widens the rift between fantasy and reality in a way that makes the world somehow both clearer and more mysterious.
‘Aqua Teen Hunger Force Forever’ Is the End of an Era, but Its Creators Didn't Want it to End
We spoke to creators Dave Willis and Matt Maiellaro about our favorite surrealist anarchic animated show starring a meatball, a milkshake, and a box of fries.
Remembering the Brave Souls Who Died Trying to Set World Records
For some, the price of the ambition to be the world's best is death.
Three Short, Savage Books You Have to Read
'McGlue,' 'The Dig,' and 'Love Hotel' are three feverish novels where the only things that seem for certain are fear and death.
Underappreciated Masterpieces: Mary Robison's 'Why Did I Ever' (2001)
Writer Blake Butler's ongoing excavation into lesser-known literary masterpieces continues with this glorious novel-in-parts.
Andrew James Weatherhead Proves You Don’t Have to Share Every Single Thing That Comes Into Your Mind
Andrew James Weatherhead is my everything and he has a new book.
Finding Love with Asperger’s
Julie Sokolow's new documentary follows one middle-aged Asperger's patient as he navigates the dating world.
Ubu Publishes the Unpublishable
Writer Blake Butler's guide to some of the most gloriously and perversely unpublishable texts you can read for free online at UbuWeb.
This Novel Is Made Entirely of Terrifying GIFs
Dennis Cooper's Zac's Haunted House is a free digital novel composed entirely of animated GIFs. The novel appropriates an experience somewhere between carnival mirror labyrinth, deleted Disney snuff film, and a deep web comic strip by Satan.
The Unexpected Favorite Films of Your Favorite Celebrities
The TV shows and movies you watch say a lot about who you are as a person.
Food Is a Private Hell; Love Is a Private Hell
Sarah Gerard's debut novel weaves a familiar range of personal terror in a vibrant, addictive display of prose. More than just a relentless confession amid the narrator's sprawl into emotive depths, Gerard enacts a nearly Kathy Acker–esque intensity in...