Happy New Year! We’re going meta this month, focusing on books set in bookstores and libraries. If there is a unifying theme in most of these books, it is the high quirk factor that accompanies life in a repository of literature. Award-winning author and bookseller Louise Erdrich’s new one is a salute to booksellers wrapped in a horror story wrapped in social commentary. A turbooken, if you will.
I am writing this on Cyber Monday, ostensibly the day when everyone goes online to polish off their holiday shopping in one fell swoop. Call this a commercial, call it a public service announcement, call it a heartfelt plea - this month’s blog is a bald-faced exhortation to shop locally. If you are shopping online, please shop at a place that has a storefront in your community.
It’s fall, and for many, the darkening of the days brings out the desire to read dark literature. When it comes to deep explorations into the murky corners of the human psyche, you can’t go wrong with Shirley Jackson as your tour guide.
September is National Translation Month! This month we'll explore a few great translated works. Thankfully for us Anglphones, some great literature has been translated into English over the years. Read on -
No theme this month, just a bunch of books that I have enjoyed over the past few years. Plus, a guest writer this month!! Scroll down to read our intern Max Carroll's review of Monk!
April is Earth Month and National Poetry Month, so the focus this month is nature, poetry, and nature poetry. I’ll start with one of my favorite nature books from the past year, Aimee Nezhukumatathil’s sumptuous essay collection, World of Wonders.
