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A JPEG Interview with Douglas Coupland

Author Douglas Coupland is pretty tired of email interviews, and who can blame him? To keep things fresh, Nadja Sayej interviewed him with JPEGs of handwritten questions, and Douglas responded in kind. Full story

'Class A - Baseball in the Middle of Everywhere,' an Excerpt

Lucas Mann had dreams of becoming a big leaguer. Captain of his high school baseball team, Lucas could throw a decent fastball. But instead of going pro, he opted to get a taste of how the boys of summer roll by embedding with the Clinton, Iowa, LumberKings, a single-A, minor lea… Full story

Sarcophagi of Prisoners Covered in Cocaine

Johannes Göransson new book, 'Haute Surveillance,' is kind of like a novelization of a movie about the production of a play based on Abu Ghraib, but with way more starlets and cocaine and semen. Full story

Tao Lin's iPhone Photos of Taipei

Taipei Carbs

Over the next month, in celebration of the forthcoming release of Tao Lin's latest novel, 'Taipei,' we will be featuring a weekly selection of photos taken by the author during his recent trip to Taipei, Taiwan. This selection is all about the city's infatuation with carbohydrate… Full story

Tupac, Neck Braces, and Suicide: An Interview with Harmony Korine

In 1998, after his feature-length directorial debut, 'Gummo,' Harmony Korine published a novel called 'A Crackup at the Race Riots.' For years the book has been out of print, fetching prices upward of $300 online—until recently, when it was repackaged. Harmony was kind enough to… Full story

Tao Lin's iPhone Photos of Taipei

Taipei Fashion

Over the next month and a half, in celebration of the forthcoming release of Tao Lin's latest novel, 'Taipei,' we will be featuring a weekly selection of photos taken by the author during his recent trip to Taipei, Taiwan. This selection is all about the city's fashion conscious… Full story

One Hundred Literary Rumors

I don’t know what you’ve heard, but I’ve heard a lot of shit. People whispering in hallways and Gmail chatting about all kinds of dark secrets. People up in parties with their coats and hair all looking nice and their mouths just full of you wouldn’t even want to know. I’ll tell… Full story

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Finally, a Kids' Book for Cannibals

If you’re a cannibal with lofty aspirations to become part of high society, Jen Uman has the perfect book for you and your children. Full story

Richard Hell Talks About His Epically Badass New Memoir

Richard Hell—legendary punk rock iconoclast, intrepid novelist, and poet—is lounging on his couch in the cozy East Village pad he’s called home since 1975. Considering how brutally forthcoming Richard is about his drug use in his new autobiography 'I Dreamed I Was a Very Clean Tr… Full story

We Love Synchrodogs and Their Naked People

Deep in the forests of Ukraine live two spritely photographers named Tania and Roman who work together in perfect harmony to create some of the most surreal, confounding, intriguing, and beautiful photographs of naked people we have ever seen. Full story