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Reading from the Satanic Verses in Jaipur (2012)
On Friday, over lunch, I heard the news that Salman Rushdie would not be attending the Jaipur Literature Festival. His visit had been in doubt for some time.
A Eulogy for Psychoanalysis (2012)
This was one of the eulogies delivered over the coffin of the talking cure at an event at Cabinet in Brooklyn, which marked the publication of Jamieson Webster's book, The Life and Death of Psychoanalysis. Following the eulogies, we processed to the Gowanus canal, where the corpse was ignominiously disposed of.
Starred reviews for Gods Without Men in Publishers Weekly and Kirkus (2012)
The Maestro's Loss (2012)
'The Maestro is a world-famous man of letters, renowned for his soaring talent and iron discipline. But one afternoon, a lapse in self-control causes him to lose the precious object that lies behind his genius...'
Joan Didion's Yellow Corvette: interview transcript (2011)
In September 2011 I went to visit Joan Didion at her apartment on the Upper East Side. I was there to interview her for a British women's magazine about Blue Nights, her recently-published memoir. We spoke (among other things) about grief, the aesthetics of failure, California and (at the request of the editor) about her friendship with the Redgrave family.
An Interview with Ryan Trecartin (2011)
On August 31st I interviewed the artist Ryan Trecartin in New York city. Katie Kitamura participated virtually in this interview. Hence the composite K/K identity. Trecartin's video work is some of the most important and exciting art being made in the US today. Below is a 1500 word edit of a very long conversation, made in collaboration with the artist.
99: a text-to-voice performance for Performa 11 NYC 12th November
On 12th November I'll be participating in Performa Radio, part of the Performa 11 festival in New York city.
Why I signed the 'Occupy Writers' statement (Oct. 2011)
I 've been asked by Slate for a quote about why I added my name to the Occupy Writers list. I suspect they may not be able to run the whole statement, so I've asked them to link here. Far more eloquent that anything I can say are the testimonies on this blog.
Page Turner Festival: NYC October 29th
I'll be speaking at the Asian American Writers Workshop's Page Turner festival on Saturday October 29th. Also Junot Diaz, Amitav Ghosh, Amitava Kumar and kimchi tacos, among other people and snacks. Details here.
Recession America: Occupy Wall Street, Not ( October 2011)
There's Occupy Wall Street. Then there's this guy, who I met standing outside an office building on 9th avenue which houses various large companies. He said his sign was working. He'd got a couple of interviews.
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