Jonathan Carroll, Tao Lin…

Announcement

Happy Friday, New Pop Lit’ers! Some fun offerings for the last few hours of your working week…

Check out Lloyd’s latest news story on Jonathan Carroll’s new book, Bathing the Lion at NPL News.

Also, Karl weighs in on the continuing implosion of Tao Lin, with nods to Ed Champion, n+1, Alex Shephard… read the disinfecting truth here: Tao Lin and American Cronyism.

Thank you, interviewmagazine.com... also The Coen Brothers?

Thank you, interviewmagazine.com… also The Coen Brothers?

The Old Guard

Opinion

A new addition to our Opinion page!

New Pop Lit editor Karl Wenclas weighs in on the controversy surrounding Paul Elie’s Vanity Fair article “How Salman Rushdie Survived the Satanic Verses Fatwa”.

Catch Karl’s essay, The Old Guard, or check out previous commentary here.

Thank you to Vanity Fair and Washingtonian for the photo.

Creating the New

Opinion

At New Pop Lit we’re devoted to finding the next big thing in literature. We want to nurture writers who are taking their art to the public in a way that has never been done before.

To that end, we challenge our readers and contributors to create the new. What does that look like? Editor Karl Wenclas discusses Creating the New in our latest essay on the Opinion page… tell us what you think! Send us your new pop lit!