Thoughts on books and culture, plus original fiction and essays.
Vol. 1 Brooklyn
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"It’s been said that zillennials, the micro-generation generally defined as those born in the mid to late 1990s, have a particular affinity for nostalgia, coming of age during the denouement of physical media." www.vol1brooklyn.com/2026/06/03/n...
"This question gets me thinking about consciousness and whether we actually have any defining characteristics or whether we are a compendium of the objects we have experienced or choose to think about." www.vol1brooklyn.com/2026/06/09/e...
Cuisine With a Dash of History: A Review of “The Swedish Cookbook” www.vol1brooklyn.com/2026/06/02/c...
“A Literary Event”: A Review of Nicholas Boggs’s “Baldwin: A Love Story”
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"Was there pre-kiss discussion or did the kiss come ex nihilo? Was there tongue initially, or did tongue happen later? Was the first kiss a pure and self-contained act, or was it a gateway move?" www.vol1brooklyn.com/2026/05/31/s...
Weekend Bites: Jimin Han Interviewed, Jesmyn Ward’s Essays, Seefeel’s Latest, and More
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We’d Like to Recommend Some June 2026 Books
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"Can you lift the lid and smell? Do you think it smells bad? Like, unusually? Did you notice weird smells on me?" www.vol1brooklyn.com/2026/06/07/s...
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Music For Fictional Bookstores: An Interview with Real Estate’s Martin Courtney
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Vol. 1 Brooklyn
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So I sat down with Charlene Elsby’s Poor Damned Souls one evening and found myself reading a book about a relationship about to collapse. That quickly turned into something much bleaker, whic…
Nostalgia, A Cautionary Taleby Emma Davey I have an excellent memory. If I close my eyes, I can drop myself into a favorite kindergarten field trip or the way I would always eat Grandma’s-bra…
Hello and welcome to the month of June. We hope that you started out the month with the traditional utterance of “rabbit rabbit.” We are currently immersing ourselves in Ibrahim Alfa Jn…
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Cat Ritualsby Alex Behr Please empty the litter box. He pees a lot. Play the game called “Find the prize” every day with the scooper thing. There are lots of prizes!
The Swedish Cookbook by Niklas Ekstedt is a beautifully crafted celebration of Nordic simplicity, balance and flavor — a book that feels both timeless and refreshingly modern. Ekstedt brings his si…
Righteous Kissby Joe Aguilar I’m standing in a musty side room beside the cafeteria at my five-year high school reunion, looking at our friend the goldfish, when I start to wonder about kissing.&nb…
For more than three decades, the literary world has waited for a definitive, fresh examination of one of the 20th century’s most vital voices. In Baldwin: A Love Story, Nicholas Boggs delivers not …
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In our weekend reading: an interview with Jimin Han, thoughts on Jesmyn Ward’s essay collection, and more.We’re taking the holiday weekend off; normal posting will resume Tuesday.
Following an East Coast screening tour at independent bookstores, the pilot episode of new comedy sitcom Broadway Books was released in conjunction with National Bookseller Day last month. A charmi…
We’d Like to Recommend Some June 2026 Books
www.vol1brooklyn.com/2026/06/05/w...
Hello and welcome to the month of June. We hope that you started out the month with the traditional utterance of “rabbit rabbit.” We are currently immersing ourselves in Ibrahim Alfa Jn…
