In Defense of Difficulty
by Mark Kamine
Laird Hunt’s
The Impossibly is traditionally “difficult” literature. It’s also traditionally accessible literature. What the fuck?
The Land of Macho Literature
by Milana Vuković Runjić
Miljenko Jergović, Haruki Murakami, and other current favorites from the Croatian publishing world.
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Other People’s Bookmarks: Fellow Wanderers of a Forgotten Republic
by Michael Atkinson
Found between the pages of used books, the faded receipts, photographs, ticket stubs, and fox pelts reveal the intersection of life and literature.
The Human Fence
by Ben Ehrenreich
Angry, paranoid, and frightened, the Minutemen mourn the American dream, patrolling the Mexico–U.S. border in their SUVs.
James Howard Kunstler
interviewed by Lakis Polycarpou
The age of oil is nearing its end. Will cities, food, and The American Way follow?
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William H. Gass
interviewed by Stephen Schenkenberg
The decorated author and critic reveals that the French read John Hawkes and that M.F.A. students don’t read.
Maya Rudolph
interviewed by Carrie Clifford
Featuring transcribed impersonations of Beyoncé,
Saturday Night Live’s audience, Donatella Versace, tarot-card psychics, and Laura Bush.
Devendra Banhart
interviewed by John O’Connor
The warbler extraordinaire explains the alchemy of reducing a sprawling notebook to a single lyric.
