“Luxury” by Louise Wareham Leonard
And in all the feeding of fine foods . . .
2013 News & Features
Archipelago Books Launches New Website!
Our neighbors at Archipelago Books have launched a new design of their website!
Johnny Temple Interviews Steven Savile, coauthor of H.N.I.C.
Steven Savile is the coauthor—with Prodigy of Mobb Deep—of H.N.I.C., the debut title in the Infamous Books imprint. Johnny Temple asks Steven about his music tastes, his writing habits, and what three films are scarier than The Exorcist.
Listen (free!) to the first chapter of the Audiobook for H.N.I.C. at Complex Magazine
Following features in the New York Times, Publishers Weekly, and the Village Voice, Complex Magazine is offering a free audio excerpt of the first chapter or H.N.I.C.!
“Laffey Minor” by Seamus Scanlon
The new teacher, Mister Moran, was on an exchange program from New York. Our school was a nickname maelstrom—Ghoul, Moose, Bull, Scab, Pox-face, Arse-brain. He was Moron straight off. He got off easy. You should have seen him . . .
Weekly Roundup for 7/12/13
Every Friday, the Akashic team highlights industry news, reviews, and features from around the web. This week’s roundup comes to you from Akashic intern Melissa Bean!
Chain & the Gang Announces US Summer Tour Dates
Supernatural Strategies for Making a Rock ‘n’ Roll Group author Ian F. Svenonius will be touring the US this summer with his band, Chain & the Gang!
“The Peyote Factory” by Jonathan Santlofer
I always told myself that I’d never use anything stronger than pot. I was a middle class kid away from home, NYU, my second year of art school, and hard drugs scared the shit out of me. But pot, I loved it. I smoked in the morning, afternoon and night. I’d go to school stoned, paint stoned, fuck stoned. It was 1970 and I was living on Avenue C. It looked like the set for an end of the world movie: deserted tenements, bums, hustlers, junkies and pushers on every corner . . .