Jimmy Cajoleas

Nov 26, 2024 | southwestreview.com | Jimmy Cajoleas

The Guest List is a regular book column that surveys the reading habits of our favorite musicians. In this edition, Jimmy Cajoleas spoke with Jake Xerxes Fussell, acclaimed folksinger and guitarist. His excellent new album, When I’m Called, was released in July on Fat Possum Records. Jimmy Cajoleas: What have you been reading lately? Jake Xerxes Fussell: I recently read Donald Barthelme’s collection Forty Stories, which I liked very much.

Oct 24, 2024 | southwestreview.com | Jimmy Cajoleas |Robert Rea

By Jimmy CajoleasAt some point in the last few years, Latin American horror became all the rage. My scary-story-loving friends and I eagerly anticipated each new release from writers like Samanta Schweblin, Mónica Ojeda, and Mariana Enriquez, sharing books and recommendations and arguing with the kind of enthusiasm that means something important is happening and we all feel lucky to be witness to it.

Jun 23, 2023 | thebaffler.com | Jimmy Cajoleas

Harrison crashed the four-wheeler because the brakes didn’t work. A 1999 Honda, hunter green. He wrecked it off the Spring Lake levee. We should have called an ambulance, but how would an ambulance have gotten there? Betsey Harmon, the only girl who ever hung out with us, pounding his chest and crying. We didn’t have cellphones, not yet. We were fourteen. In the hospital room, all the old ladies from church came.