Email Author Zach Baron

2009 Stories by Zach Baron

• Less Bumbling: The Meta-Mumbling of Joe Swanberg’s Alexander the Last

  published March 11, 2009

  Two blond sisters, their faces inches apart, exchange mock wedding vows in bright sunlight; when they get to the man-and-wife part,... More >>

• Lit Seen: Max G. Morton’s Apocalypse Junkyard; Brian Evenson on Last Days

  published February 18, 2009

  The cursed union that birthed Max G. Morton began at a Blue Cheer show. His mother, drawn by the flyer, showed up to see a proto-metal band so... More >>

• Lit Seen: Michael Robbins's "Alien Vs. Predator" Explained; David Denby on Snark

  published January 21, 2009

  The poet Michael Robbins, in the January 12 issue of The New Yorker, calls Rilke a "jerk." The second stanza of "Alien Vs.... More >>

• Rappers for Obama, and Vice Versa

  published January 21, 2009

  Young Jeezy's prophetic "My President" hit websites on August 20, slightly more than two months after Hillary Clinton gave way to Barack Obama... More >>

• All Systems Goo: Fiction Inspired by Sonic Youth

  published January 14, 2009

  A cursory look around the Internet turns up little Sonic Youth–inspired fan fiction, so let's invent some. Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon... More >>