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Each year, the Believer devotes an entire issue to film. This year's March/April Film Issue features a free DVD of Laurel Nakadate's haunting--and controversial--feature film The Wolf Knife. Following two teen girls on a doomed journey that takes them from the Florida suburbs to Nashville, Nakadate's work (introduced here by Deb Olin Unferth) examines desire, domination, and voyeurism. The issue also includes original essays by Michael Atkinson on the defunct pulp magazine The Monster Times, Adrian Van Young watching entire horror-movie franchises in a 24-hour period, Claire Harlan Orsi on slapstick as it appears in the films of the Marx Brothers--and the work of Nabokov, Theodore McDermott on the completely unacceptable films of Bobcat Goldthwait, and Lili Anolik on Deep Throat and the mainstreaming of porn. There are interviews with director Nora Ephron, actor Jeffrey Wright, and video artist Mika Rottenberg, Geoff Dyer on Tarkovsky, as well as horrible advice by Lena Dunham, columns by Nick Hornby, Daniel Handler, and Greil Marcus, and the announcement of the editors' shortlists for the Believer Book Award and the second annual Believer Poetry Award.
The Believer is a monthly magazine where length is no object. It features long articles, interviews, and book reviews, as well as poems, comics, and a two-page vertically-oriented Schema spread, more or less unreproduceable on the web. The common thread in all these facets is that the Believer gives people and books the benefit of the doubt (the working title of this magazine was the Optimist). On each issue, Charles Burns's beautiful illustrations adorn the cover; our regular raft of writers, artists, and photographers fill the pages; and the feel of the Westcan Printing Group's gorgeous "Roland Enviro 100 Natural" recycled acid-free heavy stock paper warms your heart.
The Believer is a monthly magazine where length is no object. It features long articles, interviews, and book reviews, as well as poems, comics, and a two-page vertically-oriented Schema spread, more or less unreproduceable on the web. The common thread in all these facets is that the Believer gives people and books the benefit of the doubt (the working title of this magazine was the Optimist). On each issue, Charles Burns's beautiful illustrations adorn the cover; our regular raft of writers, artists, and photographers fill the pages; and the feel of the Westcan Printing Group's gorgeous "Roland Enviro 100 Natural" recycled acid-free heavy stock paper warms your heart.
Unexpected tales of the fantastic, & other odd musings by Nalo Hopkinson, Karen Joy Fowler, Karen Russell, Jeffrey Ford, and many others Contains stories by the amazing Jeffrey Ford, the fabulous Karen Joy Fowler, the unlikely Kelly Link, the thrilling Nalo Hopkinson, the shockingly good Karen Russell, the unnerving James Sallis, and dozens of uncanny others, as well as useful lists of many kinds and straight-shooting advice from Aunt Gwenda. Edited by Kelly Link & Gavin J. Grant
Introduction by Dan Chaon Contents include:
"Travels with the Snow Queen" by Kelly Link
"Scotch: An Essay into a Drink" by Gavin J. Grant
"Unrecognizable" by David Findlay
"Mehitobel Was Queen of the Night" by Ian McDowell
"Tan-Tan and Dry Bone" by Nalo Hopkinson
"An Open Letter Concerning Sponsorship" by Margaret Muirhead
"I Am Glad" by Margaret Muirhead
"Lady Shonagon's Hateful Things" by Margaret Muirhead
"Heartland" by Karen Joy Fowler
"What a Difference a Night Makes"
"Pretending" by Ray Vukcevich
"The Film Column: Don't Look Now" by William Smith
"A Is for Apple: An Easy Reader" by Amy Beth Forbes
"My Father's Ghost" by Mark Rudolph
"What's Sure to Come" by Jeffrey Ford
"Stoddy Awchaw" by Geoffrey H. Goodwin
"The Rapid Advance of Sorrow" by Theodora Goss
"The Wolf's Story" by Nan Fry
"Three Letters from the Queen of Elfland" by Sarah Monette
"Tacoma-Fuji" by David Moles
"Bay" by David Erik Nelson
"How to Make a Martini" by Richard Butner
"Happier Days" by Jan Lars Jensen
"The Fishie" by Philip Raines and Harvey Welles
"Dear Aunt Gwenda, Vol. 2" by Gwenda Bond
"The Film Column: Greaser's Palace" by William Smith
"The Ichthyomancer Writes His Friend with an Account of the Yeti's Birthday Party" by David J. Schwartz
"Serpents" by Vernoica Schanoes
"Homeland Security" by Gavin J. Grant
"For George Romero" by David Blair
"Vincent Price" by David Blair
"Music Lessons" by Douglas Lain
"Two Stories" by James Sallis
"Help Wanted" by Karen Russell
"'Eft' or 'Epic'" by Sarah Micklem
"The Red Phone" by John Kessel
"The Well-Dressed Wolf: A Comic" by Lawrence Shimel and Sara Rojo
"The Mushroom Duchess" by Deborah Roggie
"The Pirate's True Love" by Seana Graham
"You Could Do This Too"
"The Posthumous Voyages of Christopher Columbus" by Sunshine Ison
Introduction by Dan Chaon Contents include:
"Travels with the Snow Queen" by Kelly Link
"Scotch: An Essay into a Drink" by Gavin J. Grant
"Unrecognizable" by David Findlay
"Mehitobel Was Queen of the Night" by Ian McDowell
"Tan-Tan and Dry Bone" by Nalo Hopkinson
"An Open Letter Concerning Sponsorship" by Margaret Muirhead
"I Am Glad" by Margaret Muirhead
"Lady Shonagon's Hateful Things" by Margaret Muirhead
"Heartland" by Karen Joy Fowler
"What a Difference a Night Makes"
"Pretending" by Ray Vukcevich
"The Film Column: Don't Look Now" by William Smith
"A Is for Apple: An Easy Reader" by Amy Beth Forbes
"My Father's Ghost" by Mark Rudolph
"What's Sure to Come" by Jeffrey Ford
"Stoddy Awchaw" by Geoffrey H. Goodwin
"The Rapid Advance of Sorrow" by Theodora Goss
"The Wolf's Story" by Nan Fry
"Three Letters from the Queen of Elfland" by Sarah Monette
"Tacoma-Fuji" by David Moles
"Bay" by David Erik Nelson
"How to Make a Martini" by Richard Butner
"Happier Days" by Jan Lars Jensen
"The Fishie" by Philip Raines and Harvey Welles
"Dear Aunt Gwenda, Vol. 2" by Gwenda Bond
"The Film Column: Greaser's Palace" by William Smith
"The Ichthyomancer Writes His Friend with an Account of the Yeti's Birthday Party" by David J. Schwartz
"Serpents" by Vernoica Schanoes
"Homeland Security" by Gavin J. Grant
"For George Romero" by David Blair
"Vincent Price" by David Blair
"Music Lessons" by Douglas Lain
"Two Stories" by James Sallis
"Help Wanted" by Karen Russell
"'Eft' or 'Epic'" by Sarah Micklem
"The Red Phone" by John Kessel
"The Well-Dressed Wolf: A Comic" by Lawrence Shimel and Sara Rojo
"The Mushroom Duchess" by Deborah Roggie
"The Pirate's True Love" by Seana Graham
"You Could Do This Too"
"The Posthumous Voyages of Christopher Columbus" by Sunshine Ison
Anyone who writes or has ever thought about writing will want Best of The Writer: 125 years of timeless tips from top authors. Offering exceptional how-to articles culled from 1,500 issues of practical writing advice and inspiration, it's also an intriguing look back at writers and the writing life. Writers will discover the best tips on how to find inspiration and stay motivated, how to write fiction and nonfiction, secrets for getting published, and more. Advice from well-known authors, interesting historical highlights, and memorable quotes are included!
The Best of Wholphin includes Are You the Favorite Person of Anybody, written by Miranda July and directed by Miguel Arteta; Heavy Metal Jr., directed by Chris Waitt; Two Cars, One Night, directed by Taika Waititi; The Pity Card, directed by Bob Odenkirk; Please Vote For Me, directed by Weijun Chen; Chonto, directed by Carson Mell; and more.
[The] unchallenged king of the comic Southern short story. --The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
George Singleton writes about the rural South without sentimentality or stereotype but with plenty of sharp-witted humor. . . . A raconteur of trends, counter-trends, obsessions and odd characters.--NPR Morning Edition
Thank God for George Singleton, who makes us laugh and makes us think.--The Times-Picayune
There's a place just down the way where a trip to the salvage yard reveals infidelity and theft. There's another where an unlicensed entomologist celebrates his freedom with a compulsive liar while a manhunt ensues on the streets outside. Places where a con man and his nephew sell stolen parachutes to veterans in case the ground beneath them should suddenly give way and where Chuck Norris's face graces only the walls of the finest trailers. A place where tongues get left in rental cars and a place where everyone insists an absolute stranger is your boyhood friend.
Between Wrecks takes readers on a raucous bar crawl through an America both startlingly familiar and hilariously absurd, examining paranoia, fear, relentless "truths," longstanding personal habits gone awry, and what it means to look toward a horizon that may or may not be a mirage.
George Singleton is the author of two novels and five short story collections, including Stray Decorum. A 2013 SIBA Book Award finalist, his work has appeared in Atlantic Monthly, Harper's Magazine, and Playboy. A former Guggenheim Fellow, he was awarded the Hillsdale Award for Fiction by the Fellowship of Southern Writers in 2011. He holds an MFA degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and currently teaches writing at South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities. He lives in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
For Chicago sociology professor Amelia Emmet, violence was a research topic--until a student she'd never met shot her. He also shot himself. Now he's dead and she's back on campus, trying to keep up with her class schedule, a growing problem with painkillers, and a question she can't let go: Why? All she wants is for life to get back to normal, but normal is looking hard to come by. She's thirty-eight and hobbles with a cane. Her first student interaction ends in tears (hers). Her fellow faculty members seem uncomfortable with her, and her ex--whom she may or may not still love--has moved on. Enter Nathaniel Barber, a graduate student obsessed with Chicago's violent history. Nath is a serious scholar, but also a serious mess about his first heartbreak, his mother's death, and his father's disapproval. Assigned as Amelia's teaching assistant, Nath also takes on the investigative legwork that Amelia can't do. And meanwhile, he's hoping she'll approve his dissertation topic, the reason he came to grad school in the first place: the student attack on Amelia Emmet. Together and at cross-purposes, Amelia and Nathaniel stumble toward a truth that will explain the attack and take them both through the darkest hours of their lives.