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Holes and Bodies and Secrets and Skin and Death
Despite all the complaints about the small press being dead, I think more books have come out this summer than maybe ever before. There are so many new books coming out every month you could build a house out of them and bury yourself in it, reading...
The Beatles Are Dead, Fassbinder Is Alive
My favorite music videos were always the ones that looked like the bands had been locked in a house somewhere, forced to take part in a nightmarish Kenneth Anger or David Lynch movie. James Pate’s novel The Fassbinder Diaries feels like that...
What Are These Freaks Reading?
When summertime rolls around, all I want to do is stay inside and try not to sweat. I guess that’s why summer reading lists are a thing. In celebration of the year's most hellish season, I asked some writers I admire what books they’ve got piled up and...
Dorothea Lasky’s Wild-Ass Shout-Brain
The first time I saw Dorothea Lasky she was standing in the middle of a crowded living room in Brooklyn wearing a dress and shouting into a loudspeaker. Her words go kindly for the throat. Whether she's writing about blood or going to hell or friends...