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BETHANY If He Hollers Let Him Go by Chester Himes This 1940s novel about a black man working in a Los Angeles shipyard during World War II is incredibly moving, powerful, and unlike anything I've read before. It closely follows the inner life of the protagonist, Bob Jones, through four emotionally turbulent (yet typical) days … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
Julie is BookPeople's Marketing Director. She reads a whole lot of fiction, long and short. When not standing at her desk, she's busy drinking too much La Croix and taking pictures of her cat, Sam, and rabbit, Nate. In the summer months she likes to read on her stoop, unless there are bugs. (Editor's note: She … Continue reading Julie’s Summer Reading Picks
~post by Julie W. Today I drove down to Texas State University's Wittliff Collections where Amy Hempel (AMY. HEMPEL.) gave a reading. First of all. Amy Hempel is my patron saint of short fiction. The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel was one of the first books I purchased from the very first indie bookstore that employed me. I sought out … Continue reading Are You Sitting Down? Amy Hempel Co-Wrote A Novel & It’s Coming Out in July !!!
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