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Jason Bayani
Locus

Omnidawn Publishing, 2019

New Books in Arts & Letters New Books in Asian American Studies New Books in Literature New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Poetry New Books Network October 15, 2019 Andrea Blythe

“Poetry gave me back a way to find my culture, my history,” says Jason Bayani while discussion his new book Locus (Omnidawn Publishing 2019), which blends memoir and poetry into a stunning exploration of fragmented identities and the Pilipinx-American experience. Drawing inspiration from hip-hop and delving into the knotted complexity... Read More

Oren Harman, “Evolutions: Fifteen Myths That Explain Our World” (FSG, 2018)

Oren Harman
Evolutions
Fifteen Myths That Explain Our World
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018

New Books in Arts & Letters New Books in Folklore New Books in Literature New Books in Politics & Society New Books in Religion New Books in Religion & Faith New Books in Science New Books in Science & Technology New Books in Science, Technology, and Society New Books Network October 14, 2019 Renee Garfinkel

“There are only two ways to live your life,” said Albert Einstein, “One is as though nothing is a miracle; the other is as though everything is a miracle.” Oren Harman clearly agrees with Einstein’s sentiments. In Evolutions: Fifteen Myths That Explain Our World (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018), Harman... Read More

Alan Bradley
The Flavia de Luce Mystery Series

Random House, 2009

New Books in Arts & Letters New Books in Literature New Books Network October 11, 2019 GP Gottlieb

Alan Bradley’s first mystery, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, came out in 2009, and received the Crime Writers’ Association Debut Dagger Award, the Agatha Award, the Barry Award, the Dilys Award, the Arthur Ellis Award, the Macavity Award and the Spotted Owl Award. This book introduced the... Read More

Wiley Cash
The Last Ballad

William Morrow, 2017

New Books in Arts & Letters New Books in Literature New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in the American South October 11, 2019 Beth A. English

Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Wiley Cash discusses his novel, The Last Ballad (William Morrow, 2017) writing fiction inspired by the South, and exploring the complexities of southern class, race, and gender relations against the backdrop of the 1929 Loray Mill strike. Intertwining myriad voices, Wiley Cash brings... Read More

John Birmingham
The Cruel Stars

Del Rey, 2019

New Books in Arts & Letters New Books in Literature New Books in Science Fiction New Books Network October 10, 2019 Rob Wolf

After writing more than 30 books, including memoirs, military science fiction, alternate histories, and a book of writing advice, John Birmingham was ready to try his hand at the sweeping and dramatic science fiction subgenre known as space opera. But you’d never know The Cruel Stars (Del Rey, 2019) is his first attempt at... Read More

K. C. Maher
The Best of Crimes

RedDoor Publishing, 2019

New Books in Arts & Letters New Books in Literature New Books Network October 4, 2019 GP Gottlieb

A man turns himself into the police for kidnapping an underage girl. The police chief tell him to go home but Walter insists on being arrested and charged. Back to the beginning of the story in 1999, Walter is an eighteen-year-old math prodigy who has already earned two doctorates but... Read More

Sofia Grant
Lies in White Dresses

William Morrow, 2019

New Books in Arts & Letters New Books in Historical Fiction New Books in Literature New Books Network October 3, 2019 C. P. Lesley

Francie Meeker and her best friend, Vi Carothers, bought into the promise offered to middle-class, especially white, women in the mid-twentieth-century United States: find a man with a good career, marry young, stay at home, raise the children, keep house, and all will be well. By 1952, despite some successes,... Read More