A talk with writer Eugene Marten about the re-release of Layman’s Report and other matters.
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Maggie Umber
A talk with artist/writer Maggie Umber about her nearly-wordless book, Chrysanthemum Under the Waves.
Truth Serum
A couple pages from Eugene Marten’s Layman’s Report.
Read my review of the book.
Background music by Emily Robb.
Bruce Wagner
A wide-ranging talk with novelist/screenwriter Bruce Wagner.
Order his new book and read my review of his previous one.
De Kooning on the Renaissance
I read an essay Willem De Kooning wrote in 1950 that is included in a tiny book I bought from the collection of Tom Verlaine.
Scott Schaaf
A talk with Scott Schaaf about growing up in the Quad Cities and ending up in Chicago to eventually open his great record store, Pinwheel Records, in Pilsen.
A Georges Perec list
A hundred-seventy-nine-line list from Georges Perec’s Life: A User’s Manual that is a kind of skeleton key or cheat sheet for the whole book.
Lucy Sante (2024)
A talk with Lucy Sante about her new memoir, a lifetime of writing, and her unexpected newfound fame.
Dmitry Samarov
Skyler Rowe interviews Dmitry Samarov about childhood, art, and the rest of it.
Katherine Eremia
A talk with artist Katherine Eremia about growing up in the South, coming up to Chicago, and a whole lot more.
Tyler Dempsey
A talk with writer/podcaster/lover of remote locales, Tyler Dempsey.
Read my review of his novel, Will We All Still See Each Other Afterward.
Bartlebooth learns to watercolor
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.