Grace Krilanovich

many many thanks, Jeff!

ACID GREEN VELVET, by Grace Krilanovich. Imprint: Two Dollar Radio. National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 honoree and author of THE ORANGE EATS CREEPS Grace Krilanovich’s ACID GREEN VELVET, in which two young vagabonds navigate class struggle, fringe societies, American identity, and the threat of a menacing man in their central California town in the late 19th century, to Eric Obenauf at Two Dollar Radio, in a nice deal, for publication in September 2026, by PJ Mark at Janklow & Nesbit (world). Rights: Silvia Stramenga

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Great Chefs/Great Cities and Great Chefs of the World. High educational value AND the magical combo of Mary Lou Conroy’s narration, tasteful Spanish guitar, and the often perturbed chef subjects who seem not to want to be on camera at all.

Thanks very much for reading, Jenni! And, I love that description of Harris.

Thank you Bryan!

New interview in Southwest Review!! I‘m talking Charlie Smith, figure drawing, the new novel and more!

Many thanks to Mike Corrao for the great questions, and B.R. Yeager for editing a killer issue.

LA people: this Wednesday 10/22 I’ll be reading at Skylight Books with the amazing Karolina Waclawiak and Katya Apekina! @twodollarradio.bsky.social party!
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almost time for my yearly tradition of blasting Fontanelle with the windows down after school pickup on Halloween

Great piece. I hope it becomes a book!

It was the Buick Roadmaster Estate Wagon that caught my eye in the opening scenes. Impeccable choice of getaway car.

do not attempt

I don’t “get high,” unless you count trying to sing along with Journey records while on the rowing machine.

Why, thank you, Bryan!

Try USA Gold

If they cut references to lobster salad sandwiches, celery with a tiny cardboard salt shaker, or a cup of vanilla pudding with chocolate sprinkles on top I’d ask for a refund

Don’t snooze on Wanda Gág. Beyond “Millions of Cats,” which is everywhere, there’s “The Funny Thing” (doll-eating dog/dragon creature) and “Snippy & Snappy” (sibling mice). Very stylish hand lettering, slightly weird b/w illustrations and they’re nearly 100 years old.

I am a fan of this room

I tell my kids this is the Beatles playing CBGB

Make the iced people call it a “glass of coffee” then, and leave the hot people with a cup (and saucer)

Thoroughly enjoyed the three! An omnibus would be quite nice.

I love all things Taylor & Ng. I just DEVOURED this profile. Incredible level of detail.

Always seemed like a misuse of valuable babysitter time

I remember being ridiculously enraptured by Crimes of the Future in 2022. Not a great a film! It had just been 11 years since I’d been to a movie theater.

LA people: Tomorrow, Friday 5/30, I’ll be introducing a screening of the excessively grim 1981 German film CHRISTIANE F. at Vidéothèque! 8 p.m. Cypress Park.

It will NOT be the dubbed version (sorry if you like shitty dubbing) (I kind of do).

👀🌙 Grace Krilanovich’s cult-classic novel — The Orange Eats Creeps — is being adapted to film, under the title “The Highway That Eats People.”
 
WestEnd Films has boarded worldwide sales for the film, which will be directed by Mary Harron.

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1—Hellions by Julia Elliott 2—The Complete Stories by Clarice Lispector 3—Black Wave by Michelle Tea 4—Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield 5--To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf 6--The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin 7--Theory of Bastards by Audrey Schulman 8--Redemption in Indigo by Karen Lord 9--The Orange Eats Creeps by Grace Krilanovich 10--Nomenclature by Dionne Brand

My recommended book list from the Powell's event last night, including @juliaelliott.bsky.social's Hellions, Michelle Tea's Black Wave, Dionne Brand, and more.

WestEnd boards ‘The Highway That Eats People’ directed by Mary Harron EXCLUSIVE: WestEnd is selling the film at Cannes, starring Anna Cobb and Charlie Plummer.

Inspired choice to cast Jim Gaffigan in this

As someone who sought out AMOK and Feral House books in high school and beyond, I can’t get over this

stack of books with yellow spines: THE ORANGE EATS CREEPS GRACE KRILANOVICH THE DREAM OF MY RETURN HORACIO CASTELLANOS MOYA The Solitary Twin Harry Mathews NDP1301 ANTONIO DI BENEDETTO THE SUICIDES nyrb PROFESSOR ANDERSEN'S NIGHT Dag Solstad NDP1455 SEASON OF THE SWAMP YURI HERRERA O Books / Sun & Moon Press Leslie Scalapino Crowd and not evening or light

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