Readings

The Human Repair Shop

It's not easy to put a person back together, even at the U.S. military's premier burn unit.

Short Memory Town

It's an exciting time for Toronto's restaurants, but we’d do well to remember how we got here. 

Game of Thrones, Season 5, Episode 2: They're All Going To Die Anyway

A weekly conversation between an avid Game of Thrones fan, and someone who has actively avoided it until now.

Flamboyance and Ruin: On the Mountain Goats' 'Beat the Champ'

John Darnielle has always been sensitive to people living in various states of collapse; in hindsight, a Mountain Goats album about wrestlers might have been inevitable.

Blank Space

Our minds have a funny way of re-writing history. What do we do with all we’ve forgotten?

When is Revenge Most Satisfying?

Vengeance is a goal-driven act, sought out to restore a sense of justice to the universe. But what happens when retaliation is targeted at someone other than the original transgressor?

Game of Thrones, Season 5, Episode 1: What's This Show's Wig Budget?

A weekly conversation between an avid Game of Thrones fan, and someone who has actively avoided it until now.

Odds and Sods: On Rachel Kushner, Roberto Bolaño, and Literary B-Sides

As interviews, explanatory essays, and other process-focused publishing artifacts become inescapable parts of the literary package, do we have to reckon with novels on terms other than our own?

'You Make Your Own Path Within the Maze': An Interview with Olivier Assayas

Talking with the filmmaker behind Clouds of Sils Maria about meta-relationships between his movies, unconscious influences, and the beauty of acting.

'I Only Read It For The Interviews'

Playboy has always relied on a balance between the erotic and the literary, and its long interviews are the most consistent asset for the latter. But what's that identity worth in 2015?