A Note on Links
More Essays by Milan
Speaking of Distraction
The Shallows by Nicholas Carr
Another Review of The Novel: An Alternative History
The Orange Eats Creeps
The Unconsoled and the Annihilation of Plot
Now available is the first "issue" of The Quarterly Conversation. It includes book reviews (Devil Talk, The Breaking Point, Hardboiled & Hard Luck, and A Field Guide to Getting Lost), an interview with Banana Yoshimoto’s English translator, and an essay by none other than Dan Wickett.
Several people have graciously dedicated some of their time toward writing material for The Quarterly Conversation and I thank them all for their contribution.
Basically, I’m going to try to put one of these out every three months. This is meant to be an adjunct to this blog, a place perhaps slightly more suited to interviews, book reviews, and such than in this space. It’s meant to be read and viewed like a web magazine (as opposed to a blog), although there is space for comments, if anyone is so inclined.
If anyone would like to contribute in some capacity for the next installment, my e-mail is in the left-hand column.
The Names by Don DeLillo (1982)
The Box Man by Kobo Abe (1973, English 1974)
Head in Flames by Lance Olsen (2009)
Agaat by Marlene van Niekerk (2006, English 2010)
The Weather Fifteen Years Ago by Wolf Haas (2006, English 2009)
Congratulations, Scott. I took a quick look — I will have to examine it in more depth later — but The Quarterly Conversation looks provocative. I was especially pleased to read the review of Stephen Koch’s new book on Hemingway and Dos Passos, as Koch’s other work, The Modern Library Writer’s Workshop — is being dissected rather severely over at Slushpile.
A New Conversation
Scott Esposito has unveiled his latest project,The Quarterly Conversation. Looks really interesting, definitely more litmag than litblog in intent. In Scott’s words: I fire off blog entries without much revision or second thoughts–which can be a good …