The Political Eisenberg
by Andrea ScrimaBooks
Deborah Eisenberg’s stories spin taut, glistening webs between people and places that resonate at mesmerizing frequencies; they come as close to what can only be called reality as literature, at its best, can do.
RICHARD HINE with Sarah Gerard
by Sarah GerardBooks
Blustery fall winds whip the scarves of sidewalkers outside Think Coffee, in Union Square South. I’m prepared with my digital recorder and strategic questions, waiting for the funnyman, Richard Hine, to arrive
Blank Like Me
by Brendan ByrneBooks
South African novelist Lauren Beukes bleeds her characters of color as effectively as the smear masks they wear for anonymity, not for simple provocation, but to warn of the self-replicating nature of segregation.
Lost and Congealed
by Samantha Ecker AngerameBooks
You don’t exactly read Grace Krilanovich’s debut novel The Orange Eats Creeps; you trip and fall into it.
A Fate More Than Death
by Sarah GerardBooks
Hannah Pittard’s debut novel reverberates with the delicate soul of dwindling Americana, forming a beautiful mosaic of a town’s shared grief.
Empire Wilderness
by Adam FitzgeraldBooks
In his eagerly awaited second book, The Cloud Corporation, Timothy Donnelly's poetic evolution and mastery are even more distinct—that is, the poems in this new book, no less enwrapped and intoxicated with rhetoric, fully emerge.
The Other Paris
by Gary LainBooks
Crafted during a two-month sabbatical in Paris in the spring of 2008, this docufiction posits Jaffe as self-styled flâneur mining the seams of Paris as post-imperial, multi-ethnic metropolis.
Forget It, Santiago, It's Chinatown
by Jeffrey StanleyBooks
Not quite a detective story, Adam Dunn’s tech-noir novel lives up to its front-cover claim that it’s “a mile a minute” page-turner.
From the Woods, A Peach
by Nicolle ElizabethBooks
Poetic, insightful, and delightfully honest, Mike Young tells stories of mundane days with a vulnerable, esoteric filter reminiscent of Denis Johnson’s Jesus’ Son.
History for the Taking
by David VarnoBooks
Tabloid culture has become so prevalent that we hardly notice it, which may be because it’s easier to ignore. With access to the internet and on-demand television, we only saturate ourselves with celebrity gossip when we want to.
Books
- The Political Eisenberg by Andrea Scrima
- RICHARD HINE with Sarah Gerard by Sarah Gerard
- Blank Like Me by Brendan Byrne
- Lost and Congealed by Samantha Ecker Angerame
- A Fate More Than Death by Sarah Gerard
- Empire Wilderness by Adam Fitzgerald
- The Other Paris by Gary Lain
- Forget It, Santiago, It's Chinatown by Jeffrey Stanley
- From the Woods, A Peach by Nicolle Elizabeth
- History for the Taking by David Varno
