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The 10 Most Recent Dispatches
- Notice to Readers: Offline for Uncertain Period
- The Bat Segundo Show: Daniele Thompson
- Jonathan Franzen vs. Richard Stark: Which Writer Really “Knows” the World?
- The Bat Segundo Show: Gary Shteyngart II
- Interview Whiteout with Austin Kleon
- Why Did Scott Pilgrim Tank?
- Review: Neshoba: The Price of Freedom (2008)
- Review: Animal Kingdom (2010)
- The Bat Segundo Show: David Mitchell III
- The Bat Segundo Show: Vincent Cassel & Rachel Shukert II
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Books To Jump Up and Down Over
Being Wrong by Kathryn Schulz: Being wrong, as it turns out, isn't just the other variable in a binary opposition. Indeed, the relationship between our beliefs and the vast body of knowledge is one of humanity's big problems, but, at times, one of its great virtues. This thoughtful volume outlines numerous examples of human folly, from end-of-the-world prophets to ocular misperception, and makes a strong case for becoming more transparent about human fallibility, even when the results can be quite deadly. (Bat Segundo interview)
The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orrigner: This sweeping epic, which has been rightly identified in some corners as a "Holocaust page turner," puts to rest any and all rumors that the historical novel is dead. Orringer's great talent for balancing fine Romantic details, a vigorous synthesis of prewar Paris and Magyar strife, and Nazi brutality demonstrates a remarkable evolution from her previous short story collection, How to Breathe Underwater, and makes this a must read. (Bat Segundo interview)
If I Loved You, I Would Tell You This by Robin Black: Forget Wells Tower. Robin Black's marvelous short story collection, which has been needlessly ignored by The New York Times and The Washington Post, is very much on the level: far better than anything written by that lumbering Young Turk. These subtle stories have the maturity to avoid belabored metaphors and neat conclusions, revealing numerous nuances about the human condition in its careful use of understated language. (Bat Segundo interview)
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Richard Peabody: Mondo Literature
Posted on May 19, 2007 | 1 CommentIn the 1970s I published stories and poems in over 120 litmags–back then the now-quaint term “little magazine” was used somewhat more than “literary magazine.” At least 110 of those publications no longer exist, including Tom Whalen’s Lowlands Review, Dennis Cooper’s Little Caesar, Peter Cherches’...