Featured Stories I can't keep up with technology. While others around me are transitioning from CD to iPod, I'm just now going from cassettes to CDs. Since the millennium, many friends of mine have made soft-yet-point ... More
The Superior Format
Adventures in the cassette ghetto.
Featured Stories I can't keep up with technology. While others around me are transitioning from CD to iPod, I'm just now going from cassettes to CDs. Since the millennium, many friends of mine have made soft-yet-point ... More
McSweeney's #17
Lit mag-as-pile of mail masks its standout works of fiction.
Books McSweeney's #17 Edited by Dave Eggers (McSweeney's Books, $24)How far will the editors and designers of Dave Eggers' literary enterprise McSweeney's go before it becomes inaccessible? Issues have been ... More
COME HELL AND HAIKU
The Mountain Goats' John Darnielle explains himself, 17 syllables at a time.
Music Stories John Darnielle is currently recognized by the music press as one of the premier poetic songwriters in modern music. But the 38-year-old songwriter has been engaging a devout audience with his lyrical ... More
Authentic American Despair
Sam Lipsyte's latest novel deserves a larger readership.
Books It just doesn't seem fair. New York writer Sam Lipsyte has now written two novels that should be modern classics, and yet he's barely known. The Subject Steve was a surprising story of a guy apparentl ... More
THE JOGGERS - Solid Gold
Album Reviews THE JOGGERS Solid Guild (Startime International)These kids play their hits (and this LP is packed with 'em) like they're knitting their sweatpants out of guitar string. Singer and guitar clanger B ... More
Testy at Best
Beulah's frontman talks about the band's right to be glum, the unpopularity of its music and fans who won't pay for anything.
Music Stories Beulah's a little bitter, which is difficult to notice at first thanks to the group's layered, euphoric pop. But with its fourth album, Yoko (Velocette), the large, multi-instrumental band has cre ... More
State Secrets Revealed
Mates of State let WW in on their disturbingly wholesome behavior.
Music Stories Circus music: Can it be sexy? Sure it can. Especially if you have a strapping young man bouncing around his drums, a cute blonde manipulating a pile of organs, and their dueling vocals, crisscross ... More
Maine Events
Lewis Robinson's new collection of short stories puts Maine on the current literary map.
Books Perhaps in Maine there's an abundance of men who have trouble connecting with parents, women, seemingly friendly strangers, or law-enforcement officials. If so, Lewis Robinson must know his share. ... More
LIT PICKING
A New Unsung Hero: Mark Jude Poirier quietly squeezes his way into Portland's literary
Books KEVIN SAMPSELL: AN EDITOR'S NOTE Sampsell is the author of the recently released Etiquette for Evil, (Kapow! Books) and publisher of Future Tense Books. ... More
Top Articles from Kevin Sampsell
COME HELL AND HAIKU
The Mountain Goats' John Darnielle explains himself, 17 syllables at a time. The Superior Format
Adventures in the cassette ghetto. LIT PICKING
A New Unsung Hero: Mark Jude Poirier quietly squeezes his way into Portland's literary Authentic American Despair
Sam Lipsyte's latest novel deserves a larger readership. THE JOGGERS - Solid Gold
State Secrets Revealed
Mates of State let WW in on their disturbingly wholesome behavior. McSweeney's #17
Lit mag-as-pile of mail masks its standout works of fiction. Testy at Best
Beulah's frontman talks about the band's right to be glum, the unpopularity of its music and fans who won't pay for anything. Maine Events
Lewis Robinson's new collection of short stories puts Maine on the current literary map.
The Mountain Goats' John Darnielle explains himself, 17 syllables at a time. The Superior Format
Adventures in the cassette ghetto. LIT PICKING
A New Unsung Hero: Mark Jude Poirier quietly squeezes his way into Portland's literary Authentic American Despair
Sam Lipsyte's latest novel deserves a larger readership. THE JOGGERS - Solid Gold
State Secrets Revealed
Mates of State let WW in on their disturbingly wholesome behavior. McSweeney's #17
Lit mag-as-pile of mail masks its standout works of fiction. Testy at Best
Beulah's frontman talks about the band's right to be glum, the unpopularity of its music and fans who won't pay for anything. Maine Events
Lewis Robinson's new collection of short stories puts Maine on the current literary map.
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