A story about a couple falling in love, becoming parents together, and coping in the face of unimaginable loss by Lori Ostlund (Lori Ostlund), recommended by Kristen Arnett (Kristen Arnett). buff.ly/CDQFBMb

around here, we love prose poetry & tiny tales cc: Ashton Politanoff / Dalkey Archive / Tarpaulin Sky Press / PLAYS INVERSE / OctopusBooks / @HeatherGreyyy / Old Soul Music / Coach House Books / SIU Press

My essay on the visionary, affecting and extraordinarily funny work of Janet Frame. Focused on the novels and short stories she wrote while she lived in Camberwell in the early '60s, when she was freed of her ‘schizophrenic fancy dress’. lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/…

Read an excerpt from Lori Ostlund's ARE YOU HAPPY, on sale today, in Literary Hub lithub.com/clear-as-cake/

Excited to be launching the first UK edition of Kathryn Scanlan's Aug 9—Fog London Review Bookshop 10th June with Emily LaBarge. Tickets available here! eventbrite.co.uk/e/kathryn-scan… "Aug 9—FOG is my favourite book. It is perfect... It’s everything I would like literature to be." —Ed Atkins

Talked to the man and myth John Tottenham for Interview Magazine about working at The Only Bookstore In The World Stories Books & Cafe, and his excellent new novel on the writing and bookselling life, SERVICE. interviewmagazine.com/literature/joh…

I have a new story in Lean! Grateful for to Semyon Khokhlov for his editorial attention.

I wrote about Dianna Settles’ moving exhibition of new paintings and what our political imagination could be during dire times for The Village Voice villagevoice.com/painter-dianna…

New nonfiction by Nathan Dragon. softunion.online/library/blowin…

✨ ACQUISITION ANNOUNCEMENT ✨The next book from the imitable cultural critic Michelle Orange is called DOG PEOPLE, and it’s about the ethical quandaries embedded in our relationship to the world’s most popular pet.

Thank you for including You’ll Like it Here Dalkey Archive Stephen Mortland

I too like, and think you'll like, You'll Like it Here.

Grateful for this handsome new UK edition of Aug 9–Fog, published by Book Works, designed by Traven T. Croves (Matthew Stuart + Andrew Walsh-Lister), with quotes from artists I admire

This Wednesday w/ the great Alec N

So glad that I had the chance to write about the always surprising Geoff Dyer’s new memoir for Los Angeles Times latimes.com/entertainment-…

My debut novel, Foreclosure Gothic, is out today. Thank you to everyone who made this possible, including my father for allowing the inclusion of this grainy still from his Pert shampoo commercial, among others things. Order here: shorturl.at/OcP5c

An Australian friend dropped off a copy of Kick the Latch for Gerald Murnane at the Goroke Men’s Shed … then got these notes in the mail from him

"FORECLOSURE GOTHIC understands the real horror is within the grind to nowhere" —Carina Imbornone on Harris Lahti's debut for The Baffler thebaffler.com/latest/fast-co…

Five years after launching, Astra House has established itself as a literary force, winning major prizes and building a reputation for debut fiction and narrative nonfiction. Publisher Ben Schrank reflects on the company's evolution and future plans. buff.ly/6WGIs1l

Incredible