Stephen Graham Jones's Blog, page 147
July 17, 2020
The flip/flop
Or . . . doesn’t Pynchon call it the ‘yo-yo’ in V., maybe? The Only Good Indians, first being one thing, then another—both of which I like. I mean, it’s kind of a werewolf, yes? Shine the right light on it, it becomes #1 in horror. Under a different light, it’s #1 in Native lit.
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PEN Center for Fiction
Talking with Victor LaValle: this was my whole plan with this book. If I could just somehow maneuver everything such that he and I could have an excellent conversation, then . . . what else could I ask for, right?
landing page: https://centerforfiction.org/videos/american-horror-stephen-graham-jones-on-the-only-good-indians-with-victor-lavalle/…
Apple Books Must Listen
For July! So cool. I would have used an exclamation point in that subject line/heading up there, but I feel like I’m becoming someone with just one volume setting. So, how about instead . . . bold? No, no: LARGE:
APPLE BOOKS
https://apple.co/3gX3XkT …
The Graveyard Shift
About the best you can have: imagining you’re the attendant at the spooky place, and you get to bring books and some etcetera with you:
http://kendallreviews.com/graveyard-shift-to-celebrate-the-release-of-the-only-good-indians-stephen-graham-jones-is-this-weeks-warden/…
Shelf Awareness Interview!
Such a fun conversation—I got to talk about books!
https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3783#m49145…
Shaney
Kind of a special-to-me write-up—”Shaney” (click through to read):
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3180792050…
Best Reviewed of the Week
Wow, cool, didn’t even know this was a thing. But they break it down nicely, and a certain elk book sneaks to the top:
https://bookmarks.reviews/the-best-reviewed-books-of-the-week-7-17-2020/…
Fully Read
So honored by a read like this:
Same here. Post its all over
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