All Things To All People
McSweeney’s always publishes beautiful editions — that’s one of my favorite things about their books, the idea of them as objets d’arte is as important as the literature inside — which often is, of course, worthy of such a beautiful form. On…
[Purchase Book] Even though, like most people, I loved Maus, I think it was Breakdowns that really cemented me as a fan of Spiegelman’s work. So I was pretty excited when it turned out that McSweeney’s was publishing a three-volume set of…
[Purchase Book] For a long time, I’d been somewhat interested in checking out Donald Barthelme‘s work. I’d heard him referenced near and by some of my favorite authors — most recently, an issue of McSweeney’s was half-devoted to him. Recently, in a…
[Purchase Book] Full Disclosure Time: This book was written by Ivan Henley, whose name you may recognize as a Kittysneezes contributor. (In fact, I’d hope you WOULD recognize it, as he wrote the piece before last.) However, I had nothing to do…