Of course, to anyone familiar with Scialabba’s journalism, this is far less perilous a career move than your average retiree deciding to blog about lawncare maintenance in the winter of their professional life.
Books
HOT READS: OUR TOP 10 MUSIC BOOKS FOR SUMMER
Books + music + beach = your summer reading roster
ALTERNATE UNIVERSE: QUEER/TRANS NARRATIVES MIX FOR FUN EFFECT IN NEW PERFORMANCE
If WF&S is a success, Jarboe intends to plan many more events in the future that will bring together like-minded people in a safe and inclusive space.
FOTOBOM: SCOTT McCLOUD AT THE BRATTLE THEATRE
Q+A and signing for McCloud's latest graphic novel The Sculptor
Q&A: THE PROCESS BEHIND ‘PROCESS’
"It turns out that I’m super-regimented in the face of a serious deadline like this one, even though the hysteria and panic linger close to the surface."
EXCERPT: THE WRITING LIFE OF DAVID FOSTER WALLACE
Part of a draft of The Pale King was written in a notebook with a character from the animated TV series Rugrats on the cover, another in one featuring a photo of kittens.
BOOK BANTER: ‘I THINK YOU’RE TOTALLY WRONG’ FEELS TOTALLY RIGHT
David Shields and Caleb Powell try to figure out what is wrong with everything.
AN OPEN BOOK: AMANDA PALMER GETS PERSONAL IN ‘THE ART OF ASKING’
The first few ventures into the entertainment world for punk cabaret singer-songwriter Amanda Palmer involved busking on Boston street corners dressed as a bride. When people dropped money into the gauntlet by her feet, Palmer handed them a flower and thanked them silently with her eyes. This first moment of “asking” for help from complete strangers is the very spine of Palmer’s debut book The Art of Asking.
SUB POP: NEW LOCAL INDIE COMICS ANTHOLOGY TAPS INTO SUBCULTURES
With 37 independent cartoonists making up the collection—and about a third of the artists local or Boston-based—it explores everything from Star Wars conventions to Bigfoot trackers, cosplay stories to sadomasochism.
DIRTY OLD BOSTON: CANDIDS FROM EVERY NOOK IN THE HUB
Old Dirty Boston skips over the safe stuff and picturesque renditions of the Freedom Trail. As Botticelli explains in the intro, his book conjures “a place where you could find a parking spot if you needed it.”