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Books I’m Excited About: ‘Please Don’t Sit on My Bed in Your Outside Clothes’

Everybody needs a laugh, Uriel included. He's looking forward to the joy of a new Phoebe Robinson essay collection later this year! 2020 was messy, and if you're still mad about it: join the club. I'm personally over folks trying to make sense of it (S___ is f'ed!), but if there's anyone's commentary I want to hear, it's Phoebe … Continue reading Books I’m Excited About: ‘Please Don’t Sit on My Bed in Your Outside Clothes’ →

Books I’m Excited About: ‘Lapvona’

New Ottessa Moshfegh. That's it. That's the post. Stop the presses. Drop everything you're doing. There's a new Ottessa Moshfegh on the horizon. The digital ink on this news hasn't even had time to dry, but I want you to know about it first. I have a few tasty morsels of information (thank you, LitHub) to report … Continue reading Books I’m Excited About: ‘Lapvona’ →

Books I’m Excited About: ‘Bewilderment’

Richard Powers returns this fall with a novel about our dying world and the bewildering prospect of raising a child in it. Uriel hasn't and won't soon forget it. Read more and see why. Psst. Can I tell you a secret? I just finished the new Richard Powers book. Yes, that Richard Powers. The Overstory Richard Powers. Pulitzer Prize and … Continue reading Books I’m Excited About: ‘Bewilderment’ →

Books I’m Excited About: ‘Harlem Shuffle’

Fall 2021's a distant dream, but Uriel's still looking forward to all the wonderful book's we'll be getting when we finally get there. In a year when so many standout authors are making a splash, there's one title he's most stoked for. Read on for more! Colson Whitehead's done it all. He's penned historical novels, a … Continue reading Books I’m Excited About: ‘Harlem Shuffle’ →

Books I’m Excited About: ‘A Little Devil in America’

If you're into music + feeling things, Uriel's got just the book for you! I love Hanif Abdurraqib. The way his mind works, his taste in music and sports, his aura, just everything. And his work—an alchemical blend of criticism and poetry—is some of the very best I've ever read. Yes, I'm prone to hyperbole, … Continue reading Books I’m Excited About: ‘A Little Devil in America’ →

Books I’m Excited About: ‘Hummingbird Salamander’

Sci-fi lovers, here's a book you should be looking forward to! Out next month! I wasn't able to truly get into sci-fi writing until I stumbled across Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach Trilogy sometime in 2014. Comprised of Annihilation, Authority, and Acceptance, it tells of an ecological l wasteland known only as Area X and the scores of scientists and … Continue reading Books I’m Excited About: ‘Hummingbird Salamander’ →

Books I’m Excited About: ‘Gold Diggers’

Uriel's sights are set on a title out next month in this newest installment of Books I'm Excited About. Read on for more! My favorite novels have always been the kind that dazzle me with their originality and brim with an aching familiarity. Sanjena Sathian's Gold Diggers does both. Set in a sleepy Atlanta suburb at … Continue reading Books I’m Excited About: ‘Gold Diggers’ →

Books I’m Excited About: ‘A Touch of Jen’

A new installment of Books I'm Excited About features a most-anticipated book of summer 2021. Read on to see why Uriel is excited about this one! While an unprecedented winter weather episode pummels Texas, I'm dreaming of warmer weather and A Touch of Jen, the sticky-like-spilled-soda debut from former Texan, Beth Morgan. Not only is this cover … Continue reading Books I’m Excited About: ‘A Touch of Jen’ →

Books I’m Excited About: ‘Beautiful World, Where Are You’

Events Coordinator Uriel is kicking off Books I'm Excited About today, a series of weekly blog posts dedicated to spotlighting a novel or two that he can't wait to read/get into your hands. His inaugural post shines a light on a novelist you've definitely heard of... There's no skirting around the fact that I am … Continue reading Books I’m Excited About: ‘Beautiful World, Where Are You’ →