Too Many Books In The Kitchen

The internet, as filtered by me, Michael Hingston, a 26-year-old writer and editor who enjoys podcasts, strange sodas, the Wu-Tang Clan, and Moby-Dick.

My book reviews appear regularly in newspapers and magazines across Canada, including the National Post, The Edmonton Journal, The Georgia Straight, and Alberta Views. Check each piece for details.

Email me, if you like, at hingston [at] gmail [dot] com. I'm available for hire and I like free books.

WRITING

Favourites: 2009 / 2010 / 2011
What I Read: 2009 / 2010 / 2011
All Reviews / All Interviews

Mark Abley (1)
Henry Adams (1)
Chris Adrian (1)
Charlie Ahearn (1)
César Aira (1) (2)
Jonathan Ames (1)
Kingsley Amis (1)
Martin Amis (1) (2)
Karen Armstrong (1)
Margaret Atwood (1)
Jane Austen (1)
Paul Auster (1)
Chris Bachelder (1; Q&A)
Nicholson Baker (1) (2) (3)
John Barth (1)
Elif Batuman (1)
Katrina Best (1)
Mike Birbiglia (1)
Andrej Blatnik (1)
Grégoire Bouillier (1)
Grant Buday (1)
Raymond Carver (1)
Adolfo Bioy Casares (1)
Michael Chabon (1)
Dan Charnas (1; interview) (2)
Chris Cleave (1)
Lynn Coady (1; interview) (2)
Douglas Coupland (1; interview)
Amanda Cross (1)
Don DeLillo (1) (2)
Charles Demers (1; interview)
Kristen den Hartog (1)
David Denby (1)
Helen DeWitt (1) (2)
Patrick deWitt (1; Q&A) (2; Q&A)
Nicolas Dickner (1) (2)
Dave Eggers (1)
Alison Espach (1) (2; Q&A)
Percival Everett (1) (2)
Anne Finger (1)
Jonathan Safran Foer (1; interview)
Kaitlin Fontana (1; Q&A)
Cheryl Foggo (1)
Jim Fricke (1)
Marie-Louise Gay (1)
David Gilmour (1)
Malcolm Gladwell (1)
Misha Glouberman (1)
Adam Leith Gollner (1)
Adam Gopnik (1)
Emily Gould (1)
John Gould (1)
Lee Gowan (1)
Adam Haslett (1)
David Hayward (1)
Alan Heathcock (1)
Steve Hely (1)
Aleksandar Hemon (1)
Lee Henderson (1; interview)
Kira Henehan (1)
Sheila Heti (1) (2; Q&A) (3) (4)
Nick Hornby (1)
Robert Hough (1)
Mary-Beth Hughes (1)
Maude Hutchins (1)
Isol (1)
Harry Karlinsky (1)
Esmé Claire Keith (1)
Chuck Klosterman (1) (2; interview)
Ryan Knighton (1)
Jane F. Kotapish (1)
Nam Le (1)
Lawrence Lessig (1)
Jonathan Lethem (1) (2) (3) (4)
Michael Lewis (1) (2)
Tao Lin (1) (2; Q&A) (3)
David Lipsky (1) (2)
Sam Lipsyte (1)
Lisa Lutz (1)
Ben Marcus (1)
Clancy Martin (1)
Zachary Mason (1; Q&A) (2)
Colin McAdam (1; interview)
Tom McCarthy (1)
Herman Melville (1)
David Mitchell (1)
Lorrie Moore (1) (2) (3) (4)
Horacio Castellanos Moya (1)
Haruki Murakami (1) (2) (3) (4)
Michael Murphy (1)
Billeh Nickerson (1; interview)
Benjamin Nugent (1)
Andrew O'Hagan (1)
Daniel Orozco (1)
John Ortved (1)
Patton Oswalt (1)
Boris Pahor (1)
Chuck Palahniuk (1; interview)
Orhan Pamuk (1)
DC Pierson (1) (2; Q&A)
Hannah Pittard (1)
Padgett Powell (1)
Thomas Pynchon (1)
François Rabelais (1)
Nathan Rabin (1)
Ross Raisin (1)
Simon Rich (1; interview) (2)
Edward Riche (1)
Santiago Roncagliolo (1)
Adam Ross (1)
Nicholas Ruddock (1)
Salman Rushdie (1)
Karen Russell (1)
Richard Russo (1)
Mike Sacks (1; interview)
José Saramago (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
Elissa Schappell (1)
Salvatore Scibona (1)
Will Self (1; interview)
Gary Shteyngart (1; interview)
Katherine Silver (1; Q&A)
Zadie Smith (1) (2)
Muriel Spark (1)
Dana Spiotta (1)
J. Courtney Sullivan (1) (2)
John Jeremiah Sullivan (1)
Miguel Syjuco (1)
Justin Taylor (1) (2; Q&A) (3)
Rob Taylor (1; Q&A)
Lynne Tillman (1)
Miriam Toews (1; interview)
Wells Tower (1)
Matthew J. Trafford (1)
Deb Olin Unferth (1)
Jean-Christophe Valtat (1)
Jorge Volpi (1)
Sarah Vowell (1)
David Foster Wallace (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
Russell Wangersky (1)
Mélanie Watt (1)
Teddy Wayne (1; interview)
Colson Whitehead (1)
David Whitton (1)
John Williams (1)
D.W. Wilson (1; interview)
Kevin Wilson (1)
Molly Young (1) (2; Q&A)
Vlado Žabot (1)

OTHER PIECES

"Comic Sans" (The Incongruous Quarterly)
"'No Fear' T-Shirts Based on Board Games" (McSweeney's)

"Jay-Z Builds His Dream Home"
"The Men in the Mirror"
"Moby-Dick; or, My Favourite Book"
"The Pop-Culture Annotated 'Lord's Prayer'"
"Tumblr Recommends"

Percival Everett, Assumption

At least Ogden is determined to see the cases through. His sheriff just wants it all to be over—not for fear of scandal, mind you, but because it’s too stressful. “I’m a fat old man who doesn’t like mysteries,” begins his attempt at rallying the troops. “You two can’t stop me from eating a cheesecake in the next hour, but you can go figure this out and help me sleep at night.”

Two years ago I was bowled over by Percival Everett’s loony picaresque novel I Am Not Sidney Poitier. His follow-up is Assumption, which treads on similar genre territory but, alas, to far less satisfying ends.

My full review was in yesterday’s Edmonton Journal. Read it here.

Dec 19, 2011
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