This Star Tribune talked to Wells Tower about his short story collection Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned. Like almost everyone else in the known universe, they love it: "Written with startlingly original voice, careening imagination and an abiding fondness for what Teabaggers would call "the non-elites," his stories are set in a surreal America we know, … Continue reading "Wells Tower is a serious wiseacre"
You Have to Read These
If you came in the store this week and asked me what's good, I'd size you up and give you one of two recommendations. Since you look like a strong reader, I'll give you both my suggestions. Amy Bloom visited M&Q in 2008 to read from . She was funny, wry, and utterly entertaining. Now … Continue reading You Have to Read These
Extra! Extra!
Issue number 33 of McSweeney's Quarterly is available now at Magers & Quinn. It's a one-time-only, Sunday-edition "newspaper"--the San Francisco Panorama. It has news, sports, and arts coverage, and comics--plus sixteen pages of glorious, full-color comics, from Chris Ware and Dan Clowes and Art Spiegelman and many others. Eggers and Co. aim to demonstrate the … Continue reading Extra! Extra!
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