“The faceoff with the Tomato would be mental, not physical. He’d accuse her of being on the rag, a bimbo, a gold digger, a fat pig.” A Trump-inspired short story by Year in Reading alumna Darcey Steinke.
A Bimbo, A Gold Digger, and a Fat Pig Walk Into a Bar
Justin Taylor Threepeat
Did you dig “After Ellen,” Justin Taylor’s short story in The New Yorker? How about his interview for the Page-Turner blog? Yea? Well here’s even more: Joshua Cohen talks with The Gospel of Anarchy author for Jewish Book Council.
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What Makes the Pages Turn?
Recommended Reading: Do we read books for the plot or the characters?
From the Frozen North
Recommended Reading: “Out in the Great Alone,” Brian Phillips’s epic report from the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
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Top 3 Reasons Why You Need to Read Mark O’Connell’s Latest
1. The listicle is "the house style of a distracted culture.”
2. Our own Mark O'Connell writes about the ubiquitous form for The New Yorker.
3. And fittingly, he writes about it in a list.
Colbert in the Rye
Recommended viewing: Tobias Wolff tried to convince Stephen Colbert that The Catcher in the Rye is J.D. Salinger's best book. "Do we need to be reinforcing our kids' bad behavior as teenagers with the idea they could be a character in a great novel? Dad, I wasn't disobeying you, I was exploring modes of alienation," Colbert joked.
Looking for Mr. Goodreads
TNR's Ruth Franklin test-drives a new online dating service that "purports to match people based on their taste in literature." Spoiler alert: Sebald lovers appear to be out of luck.
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Indie Bound
Naysayers, consider this: in the digital era, the brick-and-mortar bookstore might be experiencing a resurgence.
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Topical Fiction: canned and metallic.