Daniel Knox’s voice plays over the credits of the new horror film Tarot . For longtime fans, it’s a situation that seems kismet. For a guy who’s been singing about ghosts for over 20 years, it was only a matter of time for the cinematic-sounding singer to be featured on the silver screen. We spoke […]
The following is from Hari Kunzru’s Blue Ruin . Kunzru is the author of six novels, Red Pill, White Tears, Gods Without Men, My Revolutions, Transmission, and The Impressionist . He is a regular contributor to The New York Review of Books and writes the “Easy Chair” column for Harper’s . He teaches in the […]
How to support a friend through grief: 1. Suffer a tremendous loss early in your life. Perhaps the death of a parent at such a young, pivotal age that grief becomes a central part of who you are. Your homeland. Become comfortable in grief, learn its coastlines and caves intimately, so that when someone you […]
At a recent visit to the doctor, I could hear “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” long before I could see its musicians. It was a jaunty rendition, with synth beats and a full-sized xylophone echoing off the long corridor I had to walk to reception. I suppose it did exactly what it was meant […]
