A few pages of Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury on the occasion of the publication of a new illustrated edition.
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Kick’s cat
I read a few pages from William Gass’s Omensetter’s Luck.
Tangible Reading, 3/5/26
Krystle Ratticus reads “Bucket of Pig’s Blood” and Dmitry Samarov reads “Dust Jackets” at Tangible Books, March 5th, 2026.
Why the Dog Wont Show its Eyes
An excerpt from Russell Hoban’s Riddley Walker.
“Where We Live Now” by Philip Levine
I read a poem from Philip Levine‘s 1979 collection, Ashes.
The Incognito Lounge by Denis Johnson
I read the title poem from a 1994 Denis Johnson collection.
Daybook by Nathan Knapp
Cathedral by Raymond Carver
I read the title story from Carver’s great book.
Truth Serum
A couple pages from Eugene Marten’s Layman’s Report.
Read my review of the book.
Background music by Emily Robb.
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.
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.
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.
“Don’t Put No Hands on Me”
A short reading from Don DeLillo’s “Mao II” in honor of my own book-release.
Of Burning Books
A few pages from Olga Tokarczuk’s The Books of Jacob.
Comfort Station
Practice readings for a performance at Comfort Station on 4/20/23 with music by Keefe Jackson, Aram Shelton, and Jeb Bishop.
Background music by The Dwarfs of East Agouza.
It’s the end of the world, my love
A reading from Alla Gorbunova’s It’s the End of the World, My Love. I found out about this book from a podcast called Polka. Apologies to any non-Russian-language-speaking listeners. Hope to be back with an episode in my adopted language soon.
A Very Old Man
A couple pages from Italo Svevo’s A Very Old Man.