A few more pages from Georges Perec’s Life: A User’s Manual.
Preamble to Life: A User’s Manual
I read the intro to Georges Perec’s 1978 novel.
Coyle & Bandini
I read the first few pages from George V. Higgins’ The Friends of Eddie Coyle and John Fante’s Wait Until Spring, Bandini.
It’s Because We’re So Poor
I read a story from Juan Rulfo’s The Plain in Flames.
Pedro Páramo
The first couple pages from a new translation of Juan Rulfo’s 1955 novel.
The Story of RR 1: Father Frost
The fifth conversation in an ongoing series about one woman’s childhood.
Castling
The first few pages from Renata Adler’s Speedboat.
Go
A few pages from Benjamin Labatut’s The Maniac.
Mallory Smart: I Keep My Visions to Myself
A talk with writer Mallory Smart about her forthcoming book. Order it here.
The Story of RR 1: Healing Fantasies
Another installment in the story of one woman’s childhood.
The Story of RR 1: Against the Wind
The story of one woman’s childhood continues.
The Story of RR 1: Little Orphan Annie
The second in a series of conversations about one woman’s childhood.
The Story of RR 1: Stella Dallas
The first in a series of conversations about one woman’s childhood.
“to whom it may concern” book-release
A recording of a book-release event at Tangible Books on September 16, 2023, featuring Mallory Smart and Annie Howard.
“Don’t Put No Hands on Me”
A short reading from Don DeLillo’s “Mao II” in honor of my own book-release.
The Yard Man
I read a story by Bonnie Jo Campbell from her 2009 collection, “American Salvage”.
Stan Klein
A talk with artist and wearer of many hats Stan Klein.
Joe Judd
A talk with Joe Judd about starting Myopic Books, moving away, then coming back and establishing Tangible Books in the Bridgeport neighborhood of Chicago.
Read my article about Tangible here.
Johnny Sampson
A talk with illustrator/artist Johnny Sampson about the art racket, comics, music, and the whole kit and caboodle.
Mark Turcotte
A talk with poet Mark Turcotte about his youth in North Dakota and Michigan, his various jobs, and ending up a professor of literature at DePaul University in Chicago.
How to make a poppyseed roll according to my mother
My mom tells me the recipe for poppyseed roll that her mother-in-law taught her. (in Russian)
Of Burning Books
A few pages from Olga Tokarczuk’s The Books of Jacob.
Matt Grimm
A talk with Matt Grimm about his quarter-life crisis.
Alexander Samarov
A talk in Russian with my father about his childhood, his love of nature, and the roots of his interest in literature.
Nora Samarov
A talk in Russian with my mother about her childhood, work in hospital, and early loves.