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From the esoteric to the sonic, tQ’s bookshelf revealed
In August's edition of her literature in translation column, Jen Calleja considers the rising tide of xenophobia legitimatised by Brexit, the gathering popularity of Polish culture (from the written word to recorded sound), and speaks to English-to-Polish translator Marta Dziurosz. (Illustration by Richard Phoenix)
Following the release of her newest book, Witch Hunt, Juliet Escoria speaks with fellow author Luke B. Goebel about mental health, relocating from San Diego to West Virginia, intra-marital artistic jealousy and the mechanics of breakfast buffets
The KLF, the cult of the individual and the bollocks of neoliberalism are all up for discussion alongside Robert Anton Wilson, multiple model agnosticism, and a sincere optimism about the upcoming generation when Ben Graham meets with author John Higgs
We have Deborah Smith to thank for Han Kang – and we are truly grateful. Fresh from winning an Arts Foundation Award, next month sees Smith launch a publishing house that will transform a literary landscape choked with diversity issues. (Portrait of Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay by Richard Phœnix)
Ahead of his appearance at this weekend's Louder Than Words festival in Manchester, we publish an extract from Peter Bebergal's new book on the occult roots of rock & roll and the author talks to John Doran about the magickal obsessions of some of our favourite musicians
Looking at psychological and social power structures and stark capitalist reality through the lens of Candy Crush and YouTube wormholes, Joe Kennedy considers the ideas of productive and unproductive pleasures and sympathy with pretentiousness via Alfie Bown's Enjoying It
Digging into Carrie Brownstein's memoir — Hunger Makes Me A Modern Girl — Alex Robert Ross finds a work that, removed from interaction with her collaborators, is as rife with tension as her work with Sleater-Kinney, packed full of introspection and self-laceration, but one which never strays into rock memoir cliché
Having come across one another’s work on The Quietus, British-Maltese writers Jen Calleja and James Vella worked together to create versions of two poems by celebrated Maltese poet Adrian Grima using literal translations. But should ‘versioning’ be considered translating? And can Maltese poets do without English translators altogether? (Portrait of Adrian Grima by Richard Phœnix)
Published by the ever-excellent Berlin-based Readux as part of their latest set, Hannes Bajohr's Timidities repurposes text gathered from the internet (erotic amateur fiction, BDSM forum posts, and sex advice) to create something that is — at once — powerful, tender, playful and poignant
Kit Caless, publisher at Influx Press, speaks to Wayne Holloway - author of Land Of Hunger, a book of short stories that could be (and maybe sort of is) a novel - about the value of sentiment, 'banging for Marx', and balancing left-wing views with capitalist reality
Here is an exclusive extract from Kris Needs' new, authorised biography of NYC duo Suicide, with focus on Marty Rev as a young jazz fan hanging with Tony Williams and bewildered by Dizzy Gillespie's rubber chicken. Followed by author Q & A