They all die at the end.
Ocean Vuong on Being a Participant in Creation
Ocean Vuong discusses the ideas surrounding language and creation that went into his most recent book, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous.
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“The dead don’t care about much”
Philip Connors‘ essay about his brother, published in Lapham’s Quarterly, is truly heartbreaking.
But all he eats is candy.
The history behind the iconic Esquire cover that depicts Andy Warhol trapped in a swirling vortex of tomato soup. Before photoshop! I have a reproduction of this particular cover hanging in my kitchen, and I have to tell you that I can’t bear to eat canned Tomato soup at all anymore.
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Reading the Past
Finalists for the Center For Fiction’s First Novel Prize—including Sophie McManus, Ben Metcalf, Lori Ostlund, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Chigozie Obioma, Tanwi Nandini Islam, and Angela Flournoy—discuss the books that made them the writers they are today. Pair with our own Nick Ripatrazone’s recent article on authors’ favorite childhood books.
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East of Here
Recommended Reading: This interview with the director of the National Steinbeck Center.
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The S Monster
ICYMI, J.J. Abrams (of Lost and Star Trek fame) will release a novel — conceived by Abrams and written by Doug Dorst — in October with the enigmatic title of S. Last month, he released the first half of a teaser trailer; this week, he released the second half.
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