"Transcription" by Kate Atkinson (Little, Brown & Co.)

"The Winter Soldier" by Daniel Mason (Little, Brown & Co.)

NOTE: This is Nippertown’s first piece of fiction. It’s a short story inspired by the characters in the Beatles’ classic “Eleanor Rigby.” And just to make the tie-in, the Spectrum 8 Theatres in Albany will be screening the recently remastered film “Yellow Submarine” at 12noon on Sunday (May 20) and again at 7pm on Monday […]

Early Nippertown readers – or those of you who may have dug waaaay back into the Nippertown archives – might recall the Fiery Furnaces’ call for “deaf description” reviews of their upcoming album, “I’m Going Away.” The catch was that you didn’t actually hear the album before your wrote the review. Well, now, the album […]

“So the clown was walking along the edge of the ocean with God and he said, ‘God, I am so sad.’ And God says, ‘Why are you so sad, beautiful clown?’ And the beautiful clown says, ‘I am sad because I cannot seem to make people laugh.’ “Let yourself slowly down into the perfumed waters […]