Kalup Linzy
When Kalup Linzy gave a short performance at a Manhattan club in a wig, sequined blouse and black hot pants I thought he was just an R&B singer who dressed in drag.Even if that’s all Kalup was that...
View ArticleThe Last Book I Loved: The Two Kinds of Decay
I was telling a friend about Sarah Manguso’s The Two Kinds of Decay.I said, “It’s about a woman whose blood tried to kill her,” and my friend hunched over, like I’d thrown something at her head or...
View ArticleNot Writing Is Your Alligator
An open letter to a very young writer from a not-much-older writer.Every year or so I find myself reaching for a book or essay about what it means to be a writer. I do this to find a little comfort or...
View ArticleBoth Us and Not Us: A Conversation with Will Boast
In Will Boast’s third book (and first novel), Daphne, the titular narrator lives with a neurological condition that paralyzes her whenever she feels strong emotion. Set in San Francisco in 2011, as the...
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