Hello, friends. It’s June now. We’re baffled by it, too. Perhaps the only up side to the sixth month of the year beginning is the fact that a new month brings new books, and this month has a lot to offer. As always, some writers we’ve long admired have new books out, whether fiction or nonfiction. Read on for some reading recommendations for the month we’re in.
It’s the cottage where a New York City teacher named Frank McCourt wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning Angela’s Ashes. Since McCourt’s time there in the 1990s, this Milford, Pennsylvania cabin owned by former AMC-TV head and current indie film producer Josh Sapan has served as the periodic retreat – an “accidental art colony” in his words – for creative-minded friends and friends of friends. It has hosted everyone from national book award winner Colum McCann, who worked on his acclaimed international bestseller Apeirogon there, to a bevy of poets, painters, photographers and composers.
In our afternoon reading: Sally Wen Mao on poetry, how book bans are affecting libraries, and more.
In our morning reading: interviews with Alexis M. Smith and Edan Lepucki, book recommendations from Babak Lakghomi, and more.
In our afternoon reading: Jane Alison and Ander Monson on writing, new music from The Mekons, and more.
In our weekend reading: interviews with Sally Wen Mao and Leland Cheuk, when strange ideas become amazing books, and more.
In our afternoon reading: an excerpt from Mitchell S. Jackson’s new book, notable poetry for the new year, new writing from Jeff Jackson, and more.
A new year has begun. What does the new literary year have in store for us? If January is any indication, there’s a host of acclaimed short fiction on the way; in addition to that, there are new works by some of our favorite writers, as well as acclaimed fiction from around the globe. Here’s a look at some of the January books that have caught our eye.