Last night at Manhattan’s Center for Fiction, Victor LaValle read from his latest novel The Devil in Silver, published by Spiegel & Grau. Mr. LaValle wrote his novel at the George Washington Bridge Port Authority’s Dunkin Donuts where he observed … Continued
Atque in perpetuum, frater, ave atque vale. — Catullus We’ve been writing about loss for millennia, and about the loss of brothers in particular for almost as long. Catullus wrote his famous 101st poem, ending with the … Continued
This past weekend marked the annual Small Press Expo (SPX), one of the country’s premier independent comics conventions. Over 3000 people attended the event in Rockville, Maryland. This year’s line up of guests included Gilbert and Jamie Hernandez, Adrian Tomine, … Continued
Poetry is always batting back and forth the issue of sincerity. Is it acceptable for a poem to be direct with what it’s saying? Personally, I want to read poems that have a true emotional entity behind them, but … Continued
Since reKiosk went live three weeks ago, Aziz and Darya Isham, the brother-sister team behind the site, have been at the center of a whirlwind of attention. reKiosk is a network of digital storefronts (or “kiosks”) where anyone can sell … Continued
In its traditional formulation, the metaphor of the bird cage is pretty banal: we can see out and they can see in—but we’re trapped…
Remember when new inventions displayed a charming disregard for user experience? Check out this bicycle. It’s called a velocipede, and Nicéphore Niépce, its inventor, could not have cared less if you fell off. Only recently have we been so coddled by things like … Continued
The aesthetics and content of 90’s zines anticipated much of blog culture. The online teen magazine www.rookiemag.com looks to both media for inspiration. This past week, Drawn And Quarterly published Rookie Yearbook One, which is basically a greatest hits of … Continued
There is something rather delightful in reading about the deleterious effects of the Internet whilst one is on the Internet. The eventual metastasis of its recursive self-reference is a pleasure not to be missed. Take Carl Wilkinson’s recent article in The … Continued
The last time I used a pay phone was to respond to my beeper, which was attached to my hip and set on vibrate. It was fourteen years ago; “Quit Playing Games With My Heart” was what is now “Call … Continued
