Admit it: you never finished Finnegans Wake, did you?
Unread Classics
The Whale Arrives
The work of Elvio Gandolfo, whose novel Cada vez más cerca ("Each Time Closer") won Argentina's equivalent of the Pulitzer in 2013, is rarely published in English. So it's a special treat to find his magical story about a whale falling out of the sky, newly translated for the anthology A Thousand Forests in One Acorn, available free at Ninth Letter.
Talking Seveneves
Recommended listening: David Naimon talks with Neal Stephenson about his new novel, Seveneves. Pair with Chris Barsanti's Millions review.
China’s Soccer Problem
Why on Earth can't China field a decent World Cup soccer team?
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Death of a Death
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Walking with David Mitchell
The new David Mitchell novel, The Bone Clocks, ends in rural Ireland, which explains why Kathryn Schulz chose to interview Mitchell on a walk through the Irish countryside. At Vulture, she talks with Mitchell about supercontinents, writing in childhood and the global scope of his work. You could also read the story Mitchell recently wrote on Twitter.
Other People Pod: Roxane Gay
PANK co-editor, HTMLGiant contributor, hysterically funny reviewer of award shows and movies, and most recently the author of Ayiti, Roxane Gay, does an Other People Podcast with Brad Listi.
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I remember several years ago when the Modern Library named “Ulysses” the greatest novel of the 20th Century, several commentators wrote indignant responses which seemed to say indirectly “If it’s so great, how come I’VE never read it.” I tend to suspect a similar motive when I see headlines like this.
Finished it? Heck, I’ve never even started it.
Yep, never even dared to start it.