Zazen author Vanessa Veselka announced on Tuesday that she has sold her second novel. Unfortunately, she doesn’t reveal many more details than that, so we’re all going to have to bide our time until then.
Another Veselka Novel on the Way
I Want My MTV
For those among us who have missed the eighties, from now until November 8th, Esquire magazine is hosting a special pop-up edition of SPY, that late-millennial stalwart of satirical journalism. Co-founder (and novelist) Kurt Andersen said he was moved to bring the magazine back because "lots more people, pretty much every day, said to me, 'SPY really needs to be rebooted, if only just for the election.'"
If it's election satire you want, we highly recommend our own Jacob Lambert's literary cagematch: Hemingway vs. Faulkner vs. Trump.
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The Elmore Enigma
Elmore Leonard was a very cinematic writer, yet why are most adaptations of his work so bad? Christopher Orr explores what he calls the "Elmore Leonard paradox" in The Atlantic. "Most of the early adaptations of Leonard’s crime work missed his light authorial touch, opting instead for somber noir." Pair with: Our own Bill Morris's essay on why Leonard was such a good writer.
The Working World
The media world is abuzz about a former Harper's Bazaar intern suing parent company Hearst for allegedly violating labor laws for not paying her (With reactions ranging from "She'll never work in this town again." to "Good for her. It's about time!"). At least she didn't get sucked into HuffPo's aggregation turbine.
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Well-Constructed
Recommended Reading: Sho Spaeth on Renata Adler’s After the Tall Timber.
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One Greater Man Restore Us
Behold a video of Seamus Heaney reading lines from Paradise Lost.
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Stephen Fry’s Culture Shock
Stephen Fry uses the Alabama-Auburn Iron Bowl to summarize the state of America.
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Summer Belongs To Someone Else
Recommended Reading: This story by John Patrick McHugh at Granta Magazine. Do yourself a favor and check out this one while you're at it.
London, Beachside
Folks in London, England--well, technically Greenwich--could have their very own custom-built beach for the next five years.
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