The Missing Links
Tao Lin: does the novel have a future? * Alfred Hitchcock and the “fright complex“. * On hauntology. * How do you commemorate Cioran‘s anniversary? * The Sex Pistols‘ first media exposure. * Wittgenstein the polymath. * Poly Styrene RIP. More here. Zoë Howe‘s obituary. Everett True‘s tribute. * Samuel Beckett‘s public image: “‘All the […]
Terry Southern Day
Today, May 1st, is Terry Southern Day in Dallas, Texas. From ‘Odd Man Out’, a 1999 profile of Southern: Far too often these days, when you mention the name Terry Southern to someone, all they can offer is a blank stare and a stupefying who? Southern’s last book, 1991’s Texas Summer, a collection of sweet, […]