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"Read late Amis -- maniacally alert, secular in timbre but religious in the fidelity of his observations -- and stay on your toes," writes James Parker in reference to Martin Amis's latest novel, House of Meetings , set in the deep, dark...
The choice is yours, friends. British novelist MARTIN AMIS told the Guardian that he has “a god-like relationship with the world I’ve created.” — and he is indeed a literary deity when it comes to inspiring a troop of stylistic disciples (Will Self, Zadie...
MR. VERTIGO “Writing is no longer an act of free will for me, it’s a matter of survival,” says PAUL AUSTER . Known primarily for his postmodern series of experimental detective stories, The New York Trilogy , Auster gear-switches to the fable in his latest...
In between trying really hard not to nod off (whoever cranked up the heat at the Brattle, heads up -- it was hella sweaty in there), we took a general sense of great pleasure in sitting in a big room full of New Yorker dorks last night. Ah, NYer- heads...
Aside from the Steve Almond/James Joyce dirty business at Great Scott that Nina will be attending (and we can't wait to hear what she thinks of Almond's recitation), here are four more options for your Wednesday. Two of them are naughty omg! How...
THE HOSTESS WITH THE MOSTEST Not everybody hearts AMY SEDARIS (particularly reviewers of her latest film, Strangers with Candy ), but we’ve been glued to the trajectory of her career ever since reading about her bizarre lifestyle in brother David’s essays...
