David Breithaupt

David Breithaupt has written for The Nervous Breakdown, Rumpus, Exquisite Corpse, and others. He has worked as a bibliographic assistant to Allen Ginsberg, a newsstand checker for Rolling Stone, and a staff member to the great Brazenhead Bookstore in New York City. He currently works for two sports newspapers in Columbus, Ohio, covering the Cincinnati Reds and OSU collegiate sports.

Articles

“An Exquisite, Terrifying Awareness”: On Iris Smyles’s “Droll Tales”
David Breithaupt reviews Iris Smyles’s new collection, “Droll Tales.”
David BreithauptJul 23, 2022
- Fiction
The Tough Poetry of Noir: A Conversation with Jonathan Ames
The celebrated detective novelist talks about his new book, the style of noir, and the powers of catharsis.
David BreithauptApr 30, 2021
- Noir
In the Back Kitchen
If you could have lunch with a famous person or a departed loved one, whom would you choose?
David BreithauptOct 15, 2020
Poetry in the Time of Melancholia: Rae Armantrout’s “Conjure”
David BreithauptAug 20, 2020
Bending Toward Justice: A Conversation with Simon Tam
David Breithaupt interviews musician and activist Simon Tam.
David BreithauptDec 5, 2019
Life in the Holding Pen: A Conversation with Ryan Chapman
David Breithaupt speaks to Ryan Chapman, author of “Riots I Have Known.”
David BreithauptJul 31, 2019
- Fiction
Life After Noir: A Conversation with Duke Haney
David Breithaupt debriefs Duke Haney, author of “Death Valley Superstars: Occasionally Fatal Adventures in Filmland.”
David BreithauptMar 20, 2019
- Film
- Memoir & Essay
The Torturous Stress of Chess: An Interview with Brin-Jonathan Butler
Brin-Jonathan Butler on the glory and madness of championship-level chess.
David BreithauptNov 3, 2018
- Nonfiction
Darkness in Daylight
The author of a global history of concentration camps on the dehumanization rhetoric in the United States.
David BreithauptJul 29, 2018
- History
- Politics
My Small America: An Interview with Hanif Abdurraqib
On aging rappers, Confederate statues, baseball logos, and surviving Donald Trump.
David BreithauptApr 12, 2018
Hell Is Truth Seen Too Late
David Breithaupt reviews D. Foy’s new novel, “Patricide.”
David BreithauptJun 13, 2017
- Fiction
Dystopia Rising: A Conversation with Michael Tolkin
David Breithaupt interviews Michael Tolkin about his novel “NK3.”
David BreithauptApr 9, 2017
- Fiction
- SF
The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs: An Interview with Johann Hari
David BreithauptMar 31, 2016
- Nonfiction
Old Guys Have More Fun
Jerry Stahl on fatherhood, his literary career, toxicity in everyday life, and what the odds might be for survival.
David BreithauptJul 15, 2015
- Memoir & Essay
The Hurt Business
Brin-Jonathan Butler talks about Mike Tyson, Hemingway, the hurt business, and Cuba's next revolution.
David BreithauptMay 15, 2015
- Nonfiction
- Sports
Got It While She Could
"We can safely say that Janis has inspired many young women of her generation, and later ones too, to get out there and give it everything they’ve got."
David BreithauptJan 14, 2015
- Music