It’s Sunday afternoon, or: your last chance to read all that stuff you meant to read last week before Monday brings a new deluge of things you will want to read. Below, some of our recommendations:
“We Are Alive†by David Remnick (New Yorker): Checking in with Bruce Springsteen who, at 62, is still as prolific, energetic, and “preposterously fit†as ever.Â
“Jersey? Sure†by Lizzy Goodman (New York Times Magazine): Speaking of Bruce: Is the Gaslight Anthem the heir to his Jersey throne?Â
“Phoenixes†by Christopher Glazek (n+1): A rare piece of praise for Casey Affleck’s and Joaquin Phoenix’s I’m Still Here, along with a meditation on River Phoenix, Sofia Coppola, Somewhere, fraternal death, mental illness, and Hollywood psychodrama.
“Q&A: Parker Posey†by Andy Greenwald (Grantland): The actress talks about her part on Louie and “the fine line between sad and funny.â€Â
“The Bookless Library†by David A. Bell (New Republic): What is the role of a library in a world of e-readers?Â
“Amy Winehouse: 1983 - 2011†by Jenny Eliscu (Rolling Stone): A chronicle of the “sweet, maternal†singer’s last years.Â
For more in-depth weekend readings, visit our friends at Longreads.