(Catch-up post, five of five.) Emily is reading next Wednesday, 25 March, at Amherst Books. (Rescheduled from the reading Emily had to cancel in February 2008.) Sponsored by the Amherst College Creative Writing Center; set up by Alex. Also: Granta asked a number of writers to “reflect upon John Updike’s contribution to literature”; Emily’s note [...]
(Catch-up post, four of five.) In the winter 2008 issue, which shipped in December: “Shop Talk,” “Conventional Wisdom,” and Vassar Yesterday; in the spring 2009 issue, which shipped a couple of weeks ago: “Operatic Behavior,” “The Phil Griffin Show,” and Vassar Yesterday.
(Catch-up post, three of five.) Summarizing the news in the most recent Gloria Deluxe mailing list announcement (which you may already receive in your inbox?); some amazing stuff: 1) A clip from the new show on YouTube. 2) This coming Saturday (the birthday of Matthew Broderick and Bridget Jones): a work-in-progress showing of the new [...]
(Catch-up post, two of five.) My review of Pandora in the Congo, Albert Sánchez Piñol’s second novel (Canongate, 3 March 2009), is in the Apr./May issue of Bookforum (print and Web). You might ask: Is the translator, Mara Faye Lethem, Jonathan’s sister? Google replies: yes. Can we trust Google in this instance? It seems reasonable. [...]
(Catch-up post, one of five.) A review I wrote of Yasutaka Tsutsui’s Salmonella Men on Planet Porno ran in the Los Angeles Times back in December. The line in the review that I was most happy about: “Phyllis Schlafly in Calvino drag.” A more praise-filled review of a far more praiseworthy book: Emily writing about [...]