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Book Lists, FeaturesApr 23rd 2018Often when reading I’ll conflate the books I’ve recently read with the ones I’m currently reading, making connections, finding similarities and resemblances that may (or may not) be there. This could be the...
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Features, Kids ArticleApr 21st 2018Joy: We’re going to be talking about TRADITION today, the new YA coming out by Brendan Kiely. We’re all excited about it here in store! Basically, the setting is Fullbrook Academy, which is an elite...
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 16 -- 7 PM
Written in 1914, The Trial is one of the most important novels of the twentieth century: the terrifying tale of Josef K., a respectable bank officer who is suddenly and inexplicably arrested and must defend himself against a charge about which he can get no information.
Indie Bestsellers
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Staff Picks
Finally! An engaging narrative history of the reptiles that once ruled the earth. Part epic scientific history, part real-life Indiana Jones memoir of globe-trotting fossil hunting with all its cultural and political pitfalls, this is a must-have for anyone with an interest in paleontology!
There are plenty of novels that are innovative and thoughtful as well as beautifully written. Then there are the books that push the boundaries of what literature can do, books that literally change your DNA as a reader. THE INVENTED PART by Rodrigo Fresan is just one of these. It's almost beyond description, but it fouses on a writer, his sister and the divorce of their parents. And yet, this description is surely a disservice. It's really about books (Tender is The Night, Slaughterhouse-Five, Naked Lunch, plus tons more ) and writers (William Burroughs, John Irving, Philip K Dick plus tons more) and music (The Kinks, The Beatles, Pink Floyd plus tons more). Along the way literature, pop culture and history are thrown into a blender but handled with the most capable and deft hands because the writing, the writing, is simply brilliant. Funny, ecstatic, generous and quite literally unlike anything I've ever read before, THE INVENTED PART is a warm-hearted journey through a brilliant imagination and what a novel is capable of doing.
Shepard, one of our best fiction writers, brings his signature intelligence to film in this collection that probes the intersection of cinema and politics. Originally written for The Believer during George W. Bush's presidential administration, Shepard covers films ranging from Chinatown to Saving Private Ryan to discuss what they mean to the present political moment. Ten years have passed since he wrote these essays, but now, in the shadow of Trump, they seem somehow even more relevant at charting the ways popular culture can be both solace and propaganda.
Harry Mathews was the first American member of the French group Oulipo. He unfortunately passed away this year, making THE SOLITARY TWIN his final novel. It's a fantastic, kaleidoscopic view of two visitors –– twins–– who arrive at a picturesque town. As their identities unfold, townsfolk are left to wonder –– are the two really twins, or is there only one "twin"? At a brief 160 pages, this book is just long enough for Mathews to really show off his thoughtful, moving writing.
In this sweeping collection of new and selected essays, National Book Award-winner Ta-Nehisi Coates explores the tragic echoes of that history in our own time: the unprecedented election of a black president followed by a vicious backlash that fueled the election of the man Coates argues is America’s “first white president.”
Quips & Quotes
Perhaps the mission of an artist is to interpret beauty to people –– the beauty within themselves.
-- Langston Hughes