“If I made it I might as well destroy it by eating it” – Blake Butler In this interview episode of The Velvet Podcast, Caleb J Ross interviews Blake Butler, author of Ever(Calamari Press), Scorch Atlas (Featherproof Books) and the forthcoming There is no Year (Harper Perennial). Blake and Caleb discuss the impact of eReaders on visual-dependent literature, the   Read More ...

Discussion of other mediums like film and television has always been an important aspect of The Velvet, because we find that our shared tastes in books translates well to art and entertainment in general. Inspired by one of our most popular forums, this episode features three Velvet staffers and author Stephen   Read More ...