
Javier Marías, Believer Books author and former columnist, will be making the following U.S. appearances in November and December 2009: 11/30: The 92nd St Y, with Paul Auster. 12/1: Princeton University.

We are pleased to announce the publication of Tamler Sommers’s A Very Bad Wizard. The book is a collection of interviews that Sommers conducted with ten acclaimed researchers in the burgeoning field of moral psychology. ...

The Believer is joining forces with Stereogum for a free CMJ party at the Studio at Webster Hall in NYC, on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009, at 8pm. The line-up includes Cold Cave, The Golden Filter, Free Energy, Glasser, plus DJ sets from Dum Dum Girls, Telepathe, and others...

On Saturday, October 17, 2009, at 8:30pm, the Believer will present readings by poets Joshua Clover, Troy Jollimore, and Rae Armantrout at the Latin America Club in San Francisco, as part of Litquake’s LitCrawl 2009. The event is free. More info is available here.

Greil Marcus, with Werner Sollors, is the editor of A New Literary History of America, just published by Harvard University Press. Samples of this impressive book, along with more information, are at newliteraryhistory.com...

The Believer is proud to present a special advance screening of An Education, written and produced by Nick Hornby, at the Embarcadero Center Cinema in San Francisco on Wednesday, October 7, at 8:30 p.m...

Now on sale: Our first ever daily planner, 52 Weeks, Heads, and Quotes, filled with illustrations by Charles Burns and quotes from Believer interviews. You can see page samples here, and you can buy the book here.

“Animal Collective is only one of many bands striving for something more resonant than a catchy melody. ...

“Animal Collective is only one of many bands striving for something more resonant than a catchy melody. ...

Also on Wednesday, August 5, 2009 in NYC: McSweeney’s and Believer contributors Jessica Anthony, Joe Hagan, James Hannaham, Arthur Phillips, and Brandon Stosuy will participate in the “Word for Word” series at the Bryant Park Reading Room. The event is at 12:30pm, and admission is free. Clic...

Wednesday, August 5, 2009, at 7pm, Joe’s Pub, NYC: Brandon Stosuy will be reading from his in-progress oral history of American black metal (first excerpted in the Believer here), with assistance from Matt Luem. ...










