The Lit Pub is (re)releasing our book at AWP in a few weeks! Other new Lit Pub titles from Kathy Fish, Aimee Bender, Caitlin Horrocks, Miles Harvey, Scott Garson, Matt Bell, Andrea Kneeland, and JA Tyler will make their debut at AWP as well. Stay tuned for more info!
November 2011 issue of NYLON in which I write a teeny review of Lynda Barry’s newest collection, Blabber Blabber Blabber: Volume 1 of Everything (Drawn and Quarterly). Also check out (in print) interview with Miranda July and Brigitte Sire on It Chooses You (McSweeney’s), review of Sigur Ros film/double-album, Inni, and Dale Berning’s briefings of several new exhibitions (Hammer, Knoxville, LACMA, MoMA PS1, MoCA Chicago, Performa, SFMoMA).
September 2011 issue of NYLON in which I interview Judith Pineiro, director of The Affordable Art Fair. Also check out (in print) Culture Club’s profile of artist Antony Micallef, a review of Tracey Emin’s My Life in a Column, and a mixtape by Girls.
Even longer delay! June/July 2011 issue of NYLON in which I discuss a hallowed artspace retrospective: View from a Volcano: Selections from The Kitchen’s Archive with curator Debra Singer for Culture Club. Also check out (in print) Steve Aoki’s favorite tunes, Q&A with Pitchfork Reviews Reviews, and profile of Frida Kamau.
Long-delayed! August 2011 issue of NYLON in which I review Yannick Murphy’s THE CALL (Harper Perennial). Also check out (in print) Ben Loory’s favorite books, Meet the Press: Novella Books, and Aimee Bender, Alissa Nutting, Lydia Millet, Karen Russell, Kate Bernheimer, and Samantha Hunt on Fantastic Women (Tin House). Page edited by Mallory Rice.
April issue of NYLON in which I review Blake Butler’s new book THERE IS NO YEAR (Harper Perennial). Also check out Thessaly La Force’s favorite Paris Review writers, a Q&A with Lydia Davis, and brief of DFW’s The Pale King. Page edited by Mallory Rice.
March issue of NYLON in which I interview Anna Gerber and Britt Iversen (of Visual Editions, London-based publisher) and discuss JR’s new project and film, “Women Are Heroes” on Culture Club page (not shown). Also check out pieces on Melville House’s novella series, Emma Straub’s new collection, and Téa Obreht’s favorite books. Click through for readable Shelf Help.
Shelf Help and Culture Club pages edited by Mallory Rice.
February issue of NYLON is out in which I discuss two new books (shown above) and James Franco (not shown above). Also check out interview with Karen Russell and terrific bit on Shane Jones’s recommended books “to see us through the cold.” Click image for readable Shelf Help page.
Ben Segal and I are incredibly excited to announce that The Official Catalog of the Library of Potential Literature is now—officially—complete. The collection is exactly as we wanted it to be: dozens of would-be books, the descriptions of which open up massively beyond their tiny word counts. The book is available to order now from Cow Heavy Books. Your book will ship on or around February 7, 2011. In the meantime, here is a cover image and complete list of contributors:
CONTRIBUTORS
Stephanie Barber, Ken Baumann, Matt Bell, Aimee Bender, Blake Butler, Teresa Carmody, Brian Alan Carr, Alexandra Chasin, Irene Ruiz Dascal, Susan Daitch, Jeremy M. Davies, Craig Dworkin, Brian Evenson, Camellia Freeman, Adam Golaski, Elizabeth Graver, Amelia Gray, Evelyn Hampton, Sean Higgins, Christopher Higgs, Lily Hoang, David Hollander, Gregory Howard, Laird Hunt, Greg Hunter, Shelley Jackson, Harold Jaffe, Jac Jemc, Shane Jones, Bhanu Kapil, Lee Klein, Evan Lavender-Smith, Todd Lerew, Samuel Ligon, Robert Lopez, Sean Lovelace, John Madera, Jess Malmed, Peter Markus, Michael Martone, Stephen Matanle, Ben Mirov, Warren Motte, David Ohle, Lance Olsen, Derek Pell, Tom Phillips, Vanessa Place, Brian Reed, Mallory Rice, Tom Roberge, Adam Robinson, Kevin Sampsell, Davis Schneiderman, Brittani Sonnenberg, Lynne Tillman, J. A. Tyler, Jane Unrue, Diane Williams, Tristram Q. Wing, Joseph Young, Mike Young

More updates forthcoming…