In Grace Krilanovich’s Acid Green Velvet, nearly everyone is trying to invent a new self. Tramps become philosophers, grifters become visionaries, labor organizers become prophets, mystics be…

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It’s September, and the weather outside is starting to feel a little autumnal. (At least it is in New York….sometimes after dark, when a breeze picks up.) If you’re looking to get…

Acid Green Velvet , the new novel by the author of the cult classic  The Orange Eats Creeps , brings the countercultural spirit of the 1960s into the…

The Lit Hub Author Questionnaire is a monthly interview featuring seven questions for five authors with new books. This month we talk to: Grace Krilanovich (Acid Green Velvet) Emily Ogden (Darkness…

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Flash fiction, sweeping histories and bold memoirs — discover the highly anticipated fiction and nonfiction our book reviewers are dipping into this autumn.

The actor who narrates the audiobook of Stephen King and Peter Straub’s ‘Other World Than These’ answers our questions.

California’s literary folklore is carried mostly in sleazebaggery. Criminals and hardened detectives, drunken romps through Los Angeles, groupies (and more) of the 60s and 70s, conflict between the…

The feisty, fiery photographer and bass player for L7 has stayed true to the punk spirit since the formative days on the LA punk scene. As the band reunites for a new album and tour,

Acerbic orange underlies a collage of spidery chrysanthemums, a bashful wolf, and a figure ready to pounce

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Our review of Grace Krilanovich’s new novel, "The Orange Eats Creeps."