From Flavorwire, another contribution to the burgeoning field of author photo analysis.
Flavorwire on Author Photos
Letter to Detroit
“The city has the beckoning power of a black hole or the Italian countryside or a castle. There is no way to explain our wiring to someone whose fairytale has always ended somewhere like Florida.” Aisha Sabatini Sloan on calling Detroit home, over at The Offing. Also check out Bill Morris’s Millions piece on movies set in the city.
The Miserable Wonderfulness of M. Houellebecq
The second issue of Chicago’s crackerjack The Point, having thrown caution to the wind, tackles the prickly genius of Michel Houellebecq: “Houellebecq has published four novels, all of them bitter and miserable.”
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Lauren Bacall on Writing
“Writing a book is the most complete experience I’ve ever had,” said Lauren Bacall, who passed away on Tuesday. She wrote three memoirs over 30 years – By Myself, Now and By Myself and Then Some.
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Sun Ra’s True Birthday
Seth Colter Walls shares some Sun Ra tracks while commenting on the conclusion of his Arkestra’s tour in Lincoln Center. As always, any piece about the musician is enriched with a reading of Jake Adam York’s poem, “At Sun Ra’s Grave.”
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There go my plans to start smoking and have my photo taken while sitting on a sofa, puffing away, with my hand on my face.
I know, right? Author photos are torture. Mine features me smirking on a rooftop, and that was the best I could come up with. I was reading through this piece and thinking please don’t say anything about smirky Brooklyn rooftop author photos… please don’t say anything about smirky Brooklyn rooftop author photos…