1. Basic Training by Kurt Vonnegut “A previously unpublished novella by Kurt Vonnegut will be released on Friday by RosettaBooks, close to 60 years after it was written, the publisher said on Thursday. The 22,000-word novella, “Basic Training,” was rejected by the Saturday Evening Post in the late 1940’s, long before Mr. Vonnegut had become famous through works such as “Slaughterhouse-Five” and “Cat’s Cradle.” After Mr. Vonnegut died in 2007, a trove of his unpublished work remained in Indiana, where he was born. RosettaBooks chose the novella from hundreds of other works that Mr. Vonnegut’s literary executor had made available.” - Julie Bosman If you have an Amazon Kindle, you’re in luck, it’s available for only $1.99 as a Kindle Single.

    Basic Training by Kurt Vonnegut

    “A previously unpublished novella by Kurt Vonnegut will be released on Friday by RosettaBooks, close to 60 years after it was written, the publisher said on Thursday. The 22,000-word novella, “Basic Training,” was rejected by the Saturday Evening Post in the late 1940’s, long before Mr. Vonnegut had become famous through works such as “Slaughterhouse-Five” and “Cat’s Cradle.” After Mr. Vonnegut died in 2007, a trove of his unpublished work remained in Indiana, where he was born. RosettaBooks chose the novella from hundreds of other works that Mr. Vonnegut’s literary executor had made available.” - Julie Bosman

    If you have an Amazon Kindle, you’re in luck, it’s available for only $1.99 as a Kindle Single.

  2. Going Home An exceptional poem by Leonard Cohen entitled “Going Home” has been published in The New Yorker this week.  You can read it and listen to an accompanying piece of music here.

    Going Home

    An exceptional poem by Leonard Cohen entitled “Going Home” has been published in The New Yorker this week.  You can read it and listen to an accompanying piece of music here.

  3. Venus Drive A highly recommended collection of short stories by Sam Lipsyte.  There is a raw grittiness about Sam Lipsyte’s style of writing that is very reminiscent of Bukowski yet he manages to keep the stories a little more eloquent and enthusiastically wrapped up making every one of them worthwhile.   “Not for the faint of heart (or soul), Venus Drive explores the complexity of despair with poignancy and sly wit” - Christine Muhlke, The New York Times Book Review Purchase the trade paperback at Picador.

    Venus Drive

    A highly recommended collection of short stories by Sam Lipsyte.  There is a raw grittiness about Sam Lipsyte’s style of writing that is very reminiscent of Bukowski yet he manages to keep the stories a little more eloquent and enthusiastically wrapped up making every one of them worthwhile.  

    “Not for the faint of heart (or soul), Venus Drive explores the complexity of despair with poignancy and sly wit” - Christine Muhlke, The New York Times Book Review

    Purchase the trade paperback at Picador.

  4. Nuit Blanche

    Nuit Blanche explores a fleeting moment between two strangers, revealing their brief connection in a hyper real fantasy.

    Directed by: Arev Manoukian
    Cinematographer: Arev Manoukian

  5. “Tao Lin writes from moods that less radical writers would let pass — from laziness, from vacancy, from boredom. And it turns out that his report from these places is moving and necessary, not to mention frequently hilarious.”— Miranda July

    “Tao Lin writes from moods that less radical writers would let pass — from laziness, from vacancy, from boredom. And it turns out that his report from these places is moving and necessary, not to mention frequently hilarious.”— Miranda July