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Acutest at The Vanishing
September will mark four years since David Foster Wallace killed himself and since his passing there’s been plenty of ink spilled, digital and the old-fashioned kind, regarding the man and his work. There was first off the release of the…
The Binary-Breaking HHhH
I guess part of me is mildly surprised that the release of Laurent Binet’s HHhH (translated by Sam Taylor) hasn’t triggered more chatter about it and the whole blown-up-over-nothing Lifespan of a Fact tempest that struck…
Jorie Graham’s PLACE
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On one level, this is simply a note that a significant book’s been released: Jorie Graham’s Place, which I’ll contend is her best book in a decade. The easy charge against Graham’s work is that…
Infinite Book: Kevin Young’s The Grey Album
For lots of us, certain weird and meandering nonfiction books become crucial touchstones. These are the books which don’t, say, teach us about the guy who deciphered Linear B or about the geologic history of the United States, and are…
Letting a Rock Roll Down a Hill: An Interview with Daniel Torday
In just more than two days Daniel Torday’s The Sensualist will be released by Nouvella and first things first: the book’s a phenomenal read, sucking the reader in with what comes off as such a casual confidence that this reader,…
