Stop Smiling is my favorite magazine (it’s Jack Shafer‘s, too). I was lucky enough to do a bitchin’ internship there in the summer of 2006 and have been writing periodically for its Web site since. Below are links to some of the stuff I’ve published there, all in a neat little list.
BOOK STUFF
–Interview: Deb Olin Unferth
–review: 145 Stories in a Small Box by Dave Eggers, Deb Olin Unferth, and Sarah Manguso (McSweeney’s)
–review: The Two Kinds of Decay by Sarah Manguso (FSG)
MUSIC STUFF
–Live report: Personal Fest 2007 in Buenos Aires (feat. Snoop Dogg, Chris Cornell, CocoRosie, B Real, Kid Koala, and more — see better photos here)
–CD review: The Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn by CocoRosie (Touch and Go)
–Live report: Touch and Go Records 25th Anniversary Party in Chicago (feat. Shellac, !!!, The Ex, CocoRosie, Calexico, and more)
–Live report: Art Brut in Chicago
–Live report: Slim Cessna’s Auto Club in Chicago
–Live report: Liars in Chicago
IN THE WORKS…
–Book review: Vacation by Deb Olin Unferth (McSweeney’s)
–Interview: Natasha Wimmer, translator of Roberto Bolaño‘s The Savage Detectives and 2666, among many other works.
1 Comment
July 10, 2008 at 12:20 pm
Very nice. We are subscribers and never feel the need to throw away any edition (photography issue from a while back was a big fav). Why don’t you come back to Chicago to intern once more? I’m going bowling with Gabe Holcombe and Dutch girls on Friday.