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Late Drone Age Civilization: The Fossil Record

Today the celebrated writer speaking at the 92 Street Y shakes his wiser head, recalling his youthful naiveté. The truth is, he didn’t realize then how brilliant he already was, and these airborne notions, political pieties, flights of surreal nihilism, and so on, crept in as crutches for his then-demure ego. Full story

Suck on the Monolith

Ken Baumann is best known for his role as Ben on ABC Family’s teen drama show, 'The Secret Life of the American Teenager,' but offscreen he’s of a wholly other mode. Besides spending his TV dollars as publisher of Sator Press, an independent publishing house that traffics in ambi… Full story

Tao Lin's iPhone Photos of Taipei

The Grand Hotel

Over the next few weeks, 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 focuses on the Grand Hotel, which has a dragon's Full story

Anton Chekhov Versus Jeffrey Dahmer

For some reason I think about the cannibalistic serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer every time someone mentions Anton Chekhov, a forefather of the contemporary short story. I can’t help but want to draw them out, to put them together in a cage and watch their brains bump. And so the oth… 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

The Unrelenting Novels of Thomas Bernhard

Often characterized by a seething loathing of social decor, patriotism, and ego, and fed by years spent suffering from tuberculosis and a gathering madness that would eventually force him to spend two years in a sanatorium, Bernhard's work is some of the blackest, most bare-teeth… Full story

Tao Lin's iPhone Photos of Taipei

Taipei Babies

Over the next two months, 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. Full story