Lydia Millet Talks Pills and Starships on NPR’s Weekend Edition!
Pills and Starships author Lydia Millet talked with NPR’s Scott Simon on Saturday to discuss her new book. Click for more!
June 2014 News & Features
“What Is She?” by Suzon George
Mimi is a girl who walks up on her toes,
bringing laughter and music wherever she goes.
Her buckwheat honey hair holds a good, sturdy braid,
and each day she must wear something pink—any shade . . .
“Stabs in the Dark” by Tammi Browne-Bannister
Late one afternoon, Hazel and I were strolling around the Garrison Savannah, when a little voice called out my name: “Fernando.” When I saw who it was, I was mortified . . .
Johnny Temple Interviews Adam Mansbach and Kellie Magnus
To celebrate the release of Go de Rass to Sleep, the new Jamaican patois translation of the bestselling Go the F*** to Sleep, Johnny Temple spoke with author Adam Mansbach and translator Kellie Magnus about translation, Jamaican culture, censorship, and more.
Morowa Yejidé: On Time of the Locust
Morowa Yejidé talks about the inspiration behind her debut novel, Time of the Locust, out now from Atria Books/Simon & Schuster.
“No-Wheelers” by Jay Eisenberg
Alex is only seven years old, but he has already seen
The Worst Thing In The World, which is:
an abandoned tandem bicycle . . .
“You Must Really Want It” by Marie S.
I woke up feeling cold this morning and the clouds were fighting their way in between the bedroom blinds that were left open in the middle of the night. I found my body naked and bent and I thought about Nicole duFresne and her star quality blonde hair and blue eyes and perfect teeth and I wondered how her hair and face and body fell onto the concrete ground on Rivington Street after she was shot in the chest by that nineteen-year-old boy . . .
Go de Rass to Sleep becomes the 34th International Edition of Go the Fuck to Sleep
We’re excited about Go de Rass to Sleep, our new Jamaican patois translation of Go the F*** to Sleep. Click to see some of our thirty-plus translations!