Ben Fama’s ‘If I Close My Eyes’ pits two survivors against the world
The novel traces the aftermath of a mass shooting at a Kim Kardashian book signing, blending absurd structures with emotional authenticity
Desired Scenes: Claudia Dey cuts to the core of ‘Daughter’
The author speaks on her latest novel, centering the pleasures, pains, and universalities of the family drama
Genesis according to Lauren Groff
Upon the release of ‘The Vaster Wilds,’ the author talks archival interventions, iambic pentameter, and historical fiction’s bad reputation
The superstructure behind Yiyun Li’s fiction
In elegiac, lyrical, wry, snarky, and wonderfully plain-spoken prose, the author crafts characters through conversational pairs
Claire A. Nivola’s ‘The House in the Country’ reckons with the past, and leaves it behind
Between mulberry picking and rubbing shoulders with the art-world elite, the book finds universality within an extraordinary childhood
Excavating the missing girl—or, at least, the idea of her
‘Brutes’ and ‘All-Night Pharmacy’ destroy the canonical bad girl, allowing for pure(r) heroines to emerge
Motherhood at the end of the world
In ‘The Quickening,’ Elizabeth Rush contemplates parenting and procreation amid Antarctica’s rapidly vanishing ice sheets
Sophia Giovannitti on sex, art, and labor
Working across mediums, the author of ‘Working Girl’ grapples with the contradictions of life under capitalism—complicating notions of consent in a totalizing system
Edan Lepucki’s ‘Time’s Mouth’ is a supernatural labyrinth of past and present
The author and LA native speaks on her latest novel, wrestling with California-specific ideals of place, tempo, and doctrine
For Donatien Grau, all roads lead to LA
California’s cultural capital is the muse behind ‘De Civitate Angelorum,’ the curator’s new book composed entirely in Latin
Maya Binyam’s ‘Hangman’ is an existential journey
The writer’s debut novel traverses an unnamed African nation, exploring the symptoms of diaspora in terms of mourning, identity, and truth
Instructions for living from Inès Longevial’s bookshelf
From Colette to Camus, the French painter shares her favorite reads for finding inspiration in the quotidian
Overheard at Casual Encounterz’s Lower East Side salon
Document discloses the gossip we caught at the series’s New York send-off, between boxed wine, cigarette smoke, and Notes app fiction
Caroline Calloway lies to tell the truth
In the wake of ‘Scammer,’ the memoirist joins Document to set the record straight—again
Samantha Joy Groff’s required reading for a ‘Pennsyltucky’ girlhood
From a hauntingly prescient bildungsroman to a sardonic story of working-class life, the emerging painter offers Document tales of family, survival, and longing
May Rio’s booklist for reinventing the damsel in distress
Following the release of her sophomore album ‘French Bath,’ the musician compiles incisive texts by modern female authors
The Deep Water Literary Festival builds upon George Orwell’s enduring vision
The small town of Narrowsburg, New York will host contemporary literature’s visionaries, as they reflect on the great English novelist’s legacy
Reading Sean DeLear: A vicarious, astral convergence of past and future lives
Journey Streams reflects on ‘I Could Not Believe It,’ the artist’s 1979 diary archiving the complex landscape of adolescent Black queerness
Frans de Waal and Isabella Rossellini find models for morality in the past and the primal
At Pioneer Works, the two met to investigate where man went wrong, and the misused excuses of biology for prejudices
Szilvia Molnar’s ‘The Nursery’ paints a grim portrait of parenthood
Against a cultural backdrop of #TradWives and #BossQueens, the novel delves into the dark side of nuclear family, in scenes shockingly blunt and intimate
Claire Dederer’s ‘Monsters’ is a story about us
The author set out to write a book about the art of monstrous men—in the process, she rendered a complex portrait of humanity
Cillian Murphy and Geoff Dyer evaluate the cross-medium art of observation
Years ago, the actor requested the cinematic rights to the writer’s ‘Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi’—here, they revisit the proposal
Miami is a poem we write together
Vignettes from O, Miami Festival: bee-keeping, traffic, and readings cementing a quick-changing city’s literary scene
An Orwellian guide to the making of a literary festival
At a New York City soirée ahead of the Narrowsburg event, Deep Water founder Aaron Hicklin read out the 11-step plan that started it all
Ruth Wilson Gilmore’s politics of care
The prison abolitionist and scholar discusses community policing, the failure of Anglo-American geography, and the notion of freedom as a place
The noirish, alternative world of ‘The Biography of X’
Author Catherine Lacey sits down with Document, discussing her latest novel’s take on narcissism, art-world celebrity, and the tragedy of US history
McKenzie Wark on raving and the infrastructure of queer life
The writer meets with Document to discuss her latest book, the low genre of autofiction, and the makings of a good party
With ‘Cyberfeminism Index,’ Mindy Seu snapshots a mutating movement
Following the release of her book, the designer and researcher speaks on information activism, the art of collecting, and the power in rendering grassroots technologies
Maggie Millner breathes new life into old traditions with ‘Couplets’
In her searing literary debut, the poet renders a portrait of contemporary desire that resists categorization
Perverted Book Club’s raunchy required reading
Co-founders Matt Starr and Zack Roif share a series of texts that any aspiring pervert should keep on their shelves
Tommy Pico and Carmen Maria Machado investigate horror as a reflection of the American psyche
For Document’s Winter/Resort 2023 issue, the writers delve deep into our collective subconscious to reveal the inextricable link between desire and fear
Indie romance author Susan Meachen faked her own death, committing social suicide in the process
The writer’s falsified death opened her up to receive the social judgment she already perceived in life
Books Unbanned underscores the library’s legacy as the last institutional bastion of freedom of information
Brooklyn Public Library's program, which features reading material deemed "inappropriate" for youth, combats conservative fear of discourse around protest, bodily autonomy, and reparations
Saint Laurent revisits ‘Sex,’ Madonna’s seminal text on all things desire
The collector’s coffee table centerpiece has been out of print for years. Now, it’s set to re-enter the cultural dialogue around sexual autonomy and pleasure
‘Aesthetica’ is a modern tale of the timeless desire to be seen
The potentially lethal cosmetic procedure in Allie Rowbottom's debut novel exposes the nuances of self-obsession and self-objectification
Overheard at the launch of fashion personality Katie Grand’s ‘Tears & Tearsheets’
Document shares an inside look at the stylist’s retrospective book, catching passing remarks on Courtney Love and nepotism exposés
Perverted Book Club is New York’s raunchiest reading circle
At Blue Door Video, literary discussions over coffee and crackers were replaced by carnal discourses over panties and poppers
A beginner’s guide to Nobel Prize winner Annie Ernaux, from her most decorated titles to lesser-known gems
“Tending to the past, Ernaux casts out fearlessly into stormy waters and recovers what has been cloaked beneath their surface.”
In ‘Bliss Montage,’ Ling Ma falls out of narrative and into stasis
The author’s latest collection tries to escape the market and literary clichés—but is this a cliché in itself?
Jordan Castro’s ‘The Novelist’ is a metafictional exploration of mundanity
The author joins Document to discuss his debut novel, the bizarre and incoherent actions of man, and merging the highbrow with the lowbrow
In ‘Bad Thoughts,’ Nada Alic imagines a world for women who are aspirational for all the wrong reasons
In a series of short films debuting exclusively for Document, the author offers cinematic interpretations of scenes from her upcoming novel
Iggy Pop and Ottessa Moshfegh examine the pathologies of contemporary culture
For Document’s Tenth Anniversary issue, Iggy Pop joins Ottessa Moshfegh to discuss raging against the machine, weaponizing established paradigms, and leaving New York for greener...
Cookie Mueller’s cult classic writings gain a second life in an intimate reissue
‘Walking Through Clear Water in a Pool Painted Black’ follows the iconic creative on her almost-unbelievable exploits
Patti Smith is on Substack, and she wants to say ‘a late hello’
The iconic artist’s newsletter is home to ‘The Melting’—her new longform serial—and a collection of personal videos, poems, and musical livestreams
Tao Lin’s ‘Leave Society’ is a neurotic’s guide to natural healing
In conversation with Leah Dieterich, the writer speaks on trusting nature, believing no one, and drinking dirt for breakfast
Marlowe Granados wants to center the muse
In her debut novel Happy Hour, the Toronto-based writer and filmmaker reveals the latent power of hyperfemininity
Lulu Yao Gioiello is expanding conceptions of Asia with crosscultural book series ‘Far-Near’
In collaboration with Nike Every Stitch Considered, Document highlights innovative creatives who are expanding our cultural landscape through acts of exploration, process and education
Provocateurs Peter Berlin and Brontez Purnell on public sex, immortality, and the importance of self-authorship
For Document's Summer/Pre-Fall 2021 issue, the photographer and the writer share stories from the vanguard of art's erotic avant-garde
Chris Kraus and R.O. Kwon on the transgressive power of sex
For Document’s Summer/Pre-Fall 2021 issue, the authors discuss anger, ambition, and kink as a tool of self-discovery
