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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-snNYz2eZQ "Normally, I don’t like my vlogs to be anchored to one fixed point in time. If you watch any of my vlogs, then you know that I like to speak to the overall human experience. Why we read what we read and how it helps us to understand the the world better-- rather than … Continue reading Book Vloggin’ with Jan: Mad Men Book Recs
HARDCOVER FICTION Summer House With Swimming Pool by Herman Koch Signed Copies Available While Supplies Last! It all started the previous summer. Marc, his wife, and their two beautiful teenage daughters agreed to spend a week at the Meier’s extravagant summer home on the Mediterranean. Joined by Ralph and his striking wife Judith, her mother, … Continue reading New Release Picks for the Week!
Fourth of July Creek by Smith Henderson Review by Molly Smith Henderson has been on our radar for some time. He won the 2011 PEN Emerging Writers Award as well as several other prizes, and has published several pieces in national literary magazines. Henderson has just published his first novel, Fourth of July Creek, and … Continue reading FOURTH OF JULY CREEK: Deeply Humanistic
MATTHEW Tigerman by Nick Harkaway On Sale July 29 - Available to Pre-Order "From the author of The Gone-Away World, Nick Harkaway comes a mysterious and timeless new novel. It centers on a old and young man trying to communicate with one another, but not doing so very effectively. The Gone-Away World was the talk of … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
Comedian Amy Poehler just revealed the cover of her upcoming memoir, Yes Please, and we're loving it: The book will be on our shelves in October. According to Today, Poehler "...will tackle a variety of topics, from friendship and parenting to advice on love and life, all done with her inimitable wit." Can't wait to … Continue reading AMY POEHLER COVER REVEAL!
The Noble Hustle by Colson Whitehead Reviewed by Andrew H. Colson Whitehead's latest, The Noble Hustle, is the darkly humorous tale of him joining the World Series of Poker (WSOP) after a lifetime of playing $5 buy in games with friends. The book opens with the definition of anhedonia, which is an inability to feel … Continue reading THE NOBLE HUSTLE: Darkly Humorous
Loss, it seems, is often considered a close relation to grief. Today, we must remind ourselves that they are not entirely the same. We must remind ourselves that in loss, there is also joy. To lose something means to have had it in the first place. To die, one must have been born and lived. … Continue reading Remembering Maya Angelou
HARDCOVER FICTION Above the East China Sea by Sarah Bird In her most ambitious, moving, and provocative novel to date, Sarah Bird makes a stunning departure. Above the East China Sea tells the entwined stories of two teenaged girls, an American and an Okinawan, whose lives are connected across seventy years by the shared experience … Continue reading New Releases 5/27/14
Tibetan Peach Pie: A True Account of an Imaginative Life by Tom Robbins Reviewed by Christy Popp Tom Robbins, a.k.a. Tommy Rotten, Picasso Triggerfish, Buffalo Silver, Max Saint Cherokee, and NOT the Unabomber, has succeeded in writing what must be classified as memoir, but is in fact a delicious explanation of what Robbins calls his … Continue reading TIBETAN PEACH PIE: Succinctly Melodic
When an author opens an event with erotic fiction about Mr. Rogers, you know you're headed for something special. We've been following Roxane Gay online for quite some time now and were so happy to discover she's as charming, witty and ready to talk about Beyoncé in person as she is on twitter. Hearing about … Continue reading Reading Recommendations from Roxane Gay
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