First Sentences, Early Titles, and Self-Awareness: An Interview With Scaachi Koul

Scaachi Koul’s debut essay collection, One Day We’ll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter, has the best title I’ve encountered in a long time. It’s also a fantastic book, encompassing everything from questions of family and mortality to an exploration of the way that online communities can turn horrifically toxic. I talked with Koul about the origins of the book, the way the collection came together, and how she comes up with memorable first sentences, among other […]

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Vol.1 Brooklyn’s May 2017 Book Preview

And here we are, on the first of May in the year 2017. What books does May bring with it? Well, let’s see. There are incisive essay collections by the likes of Scaachi Koul and Samantha Irby; there are challenging works in translation by João Gilberto Noll and Rodrigo Fresán, and there’s a new edition of a genre-defying novel by Kirsten Bakis, for starters. Here’s a look at some of the May books that have piqued our interest.

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