I wrote a profile of Taylor Momsen for the current issue of NYLON Japan. If you are fluent in Japanese, feel free to track down a copy and have at it!
Chin up. Now look over at me. Shoulders back. Good. →
The Millions posted an interesting essay by Edan Lepucki about author photos. I’ve found myself thinking about them a lot recently and I’m not really sure why. The writer makes a funny point about authors who “cup their heads” in an attempt to appear more thoughtful. She cites Amy Hempel there (with a photo of her doing that move), but I have to say, her photos usually rank among some of my favorites. Par exemple (by Bill Hayward):
Other ones I like: Ann Beattie’s photo for Where You’ll Find Me (she has a weird clip in her hair and looks amused). The photo of Jean Rhys used for The Complete Novels (she looks pretty, but also prone to violent outbursts). Oh, and any time a person poses with a medium or large sized dog outside (which is another thing Lepucki doesn’t really like). Click the headline to read the essay.
Here’s a page from the September TV issue of NYLON. Christina Hendricks and Vincent Kartheiser of Mad Men talk about rabbits and embarrassing pull-quotes on the left, and Community’s Gillian Jacobs talks about LOL-ing on the right. Click the image to read.
One thing Alex Olson and I have in common: Prank calling our friends on IP-Relay. One thing we don’t have in common: A skateboarding legend dad. Sorry Barry, but you’re just not… (Sept 09 NYLON Guys). Click the image to read.
This Q&A with the artist Jonathan Harris was much, much longer, but had to be cut down due to the magazine being called NYLON Guys and not Jonathan & Mallory’s Bi-Monthly Chill Sesh. His work is beyond fascinating. Click the image to read.
The summer I spent trying to obtain a galley of A Gate at the Stairs, failed, felt annoyed.
There’s a three page feature on Lorrie Moore in the September issue of Elle. I ripped it out of someone else’s copy (you, uh, get them for free anyway, right Kevin?).
Here’s a quote from Moore in the story:
“I’ve been falsely accused of drawing too much from real life. But I am a petty thief–I take little things. And, I mean, I can hardly write 10 words before I start to make things up. I start to invent because that’s what I want to do. I’m running away to an invented place.”
This is a poem I wrote that was published in my school’s literary magazine. They later re-printed it in the newsletter (where I took this screen shot from). It says I was a freshman but I was actually a sophomore when I submitted it. Whatevs, no big deal.
The film Tokyo! used a quote from the feature I wrote for NYLON about its directors on the poster. So cool! Michel Gondry fangirl 4e.
No One Belongs Here More Than Miranda July →
There’s a really good Q&A with Miranda July in the August issue of Interview. I’ve been dreading going back to school this fall, but her answers made me feel excited to start having realizations and epiphanies “on the regs” again.
They had her friends and colleagues–people like Lorrie Moore, Spike Jonze, and Michel Gondry (nice life)–ask her anything they wanted and she answered them. I typed up the three I like the most (9, 10 and 11) before I realized the whole thing is online. Oops.
Anyway, click the headline to read it at their site.
Dee and Ricky are a little vial of youth and imagination that older designers drink to stay relevant. This was for the Summer 09 issue of NYLON Guys. Click the image to read.
After interview time was over, Lister, our friend Mac, and myself were talking about a Nick Walker piece that’s on the side of Roebling Tea Room. Mac and I were talking shit (“poor man’s banksy. rah.”) and Lister was just quiet about it. I walked by a few days later, and he had painted an awesome, gigantic piece right next to it. Magic. (Spring 09 NYLON Guys.)
On a whim, I went to New Orleans by myself last summer. I wrote about the 48 hours I spent there for the November 08 issue of NYLON. Click the photo to read the story.
I stayed at this place in Montana almost exactly a year ago. I still think about it almost exactly everyday. Let’s move? Click the image to read. (Nov 08 NYLON.)
When I walked up to Nigel Sylvester’s storefront in Queens, he and the store’s other owners were all outside playing dice. They offered to let me join but I don’t know how/was broke. (Fall 08 NYLON Guys.) Click the image to read.
