23 For 2018: A Literary Preview for the Year to Come

With the year drawing to a close, we wanted to spotlight a (somewhat arbitrary) number of books due out next year that we’re excited about. It includes the latest books from writers whose work we’ve long enjoyed to debuts to forthcoming tomes that are utterly unexpected. There’s more to come in this vein–in about ten days, we’ll be publishing our January book preview, which will include a lot more books we’re excited about for the first month of the year. […]

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Versus Convention, Versus the Expected: Reading May-Lan Tan

I was in Portland earlier this year and, not surprisingly, I was in Powell’s making the rounds. I ended up in the small press section and noticed a book by one May-Lan Tan. Below it was a note stating that this was a British edition, and that Powell’s was the only place in the US where it could be purchased. Combine my fondness for a good staff pick (especially if Kevin Sampsell was the one doing the recommending) with my eyes being […]

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