Believer, Issue 112: The Art Issue - Brossura

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1940450349 ISBN 13: 9781940450346

Casa editrice: McSweeneys Books, 2015

Riassunto

The Believer’s mission is to introduce readers to the best and most interesting work in the world of art, culture, and thought whether that means literature, painting, wrestling, philosophy, or cooking in an attractive vehicle that’s free from the bugbears of condescension, mustiness, and jargony obfuscation. Its content (including essays, interviews, comics, poetry, and reviews) offers fresh perspectives from editors Heidi Julavits, Vendela Vida, and Karolina Waclawiak. Each issue includes the popular columns Stuff I’ve Been Reading,” by Nick Hornby and What the Swedes Read” (a look at Nobel Prize-winners), by Daniel Handler

The Summer Issue features new work by Nell Zink, Álvaro Enrigue, and Gary Greenberg; interviews with Robert Coover, Amber Tamblyn, and the New York Public Library’s Paul Holdengräber; and new poetry by Rae Armantrout. Also in these pages, and among many other delights, you’ll find a special section on the theme of wildlife, essays on the man after whom Jim Jones patterned himself and what it’s like to be named after a sibling who died before you were born, examinations of the work of the artists Ray Johnson and Jimmy Robert, and the editors’ short lists for the eleventh annual Believer Book Award and the fifth annual Believer Poetry Award.

Table of Contents:

Pockets of Resistance Catherine Foulkrod

How to Send Things to Germany Nell Zink

The Divine Inspiration of Jim Jones Adam Morris

Abstract Expressionism”: a new poem Andrew Nurkin

The Confidence Man Gary Greenberg

Shooting Possums from the Back Porch of Roger’s Bar”: a new poem Michael McGriff

What’s in a Necronym? Jeannie Vanasco

A Common Language Kristina Shevory

Descending Night Elisabeth Donnelly

(Untitled) Mary Mann

Comics” edited by Alvin Buenaventura

El Vocho: A Familiar Subject Álvaro Enrigue

What the Swedes Read Daniel Handler

The Eleventh Annual Believer Book Award: Short List

Robert Coover interviewed by Aaron Shulman

Canary”: a new poem Rae Armantrout

Schema: Top 100 US Drug Brand Names Shoshana Akabas

The Fifth Annual Believer Poetry Award: Short List

Paul Holdengräber interviewed by Lane Koivu

Jimmy Robert interviewed by Jude Stewart

Symposium: A discussion on (mostly) books as they relate to the theme of wildlife.
Tim Sheedy on the orangutan, Donna Kozloskie on the rising floodwaters, Megan Pugh on a poetic doomsday prophecy, Monica Westin on vegetal being, and Bijan Stephen on spillover.

Elizabeth LeCompte interviewed by Hillar Liitoja

Amber Tamblyn interviewed by Rachel Matlow

Charles Yu interviewed by Lev Grossman

Su questo libro

Recensione:

The Believer . . . puts out a welcome mat for pluralism and wide-eyed curiosity... decidedly youthful, not only in their characteristic generational concerns the habit of nonchalantly blending pop culture, literary esoterica and academic theory, for instance, or the unnerving ability to appear at once mocking and sincere but also in the sense of bravado and grievance that ripples through their pages.” The New York Times

It’s got people talking in the lofty reaches of the book world, and with its high-low mix of literary and pop-culture commentary and McSweeney's pedigree it's a magnet for younger readers.” the San Francisco Chronicle

Focusing on the art, not the business, of writing, Believer is smart, jaded and a bit self-indulgent, just like a good literary magazine should be.” the Chicago Tribune

Impassioned.” the Los Angeles Times

Without a doubt, this Believer is heaven-sent.” The Washington Post

L'autore:

The Believer is edited by Heidi Julavits, Vendela Vida, and Karolina Waclawiak.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: McSweeneys Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1940450349
• ISBN 13: 9781940450346
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 128
• Redattore: Julavits Heidi, Vida Vendela, Waclawiak Karolina, Winnette Andi, Borel Kathryn