One of the best things about summer is that we spend more time outside, either on vacations, in our yards or at summertime events. With all of this time outside we tend to take more pictures or videos of our...
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FeaturesMay 22nd 2017Brazos Bookstore has a new face! Laura is a student at Rice University who will be interning with us for the duration of the summer. We're excited to teach her the ins and outs of bookstore life!
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Kids ArticleMay 18th 2017Today I am fortunate to get to talk about picture books and how they are created with authors Hannah Barnaby and Bethany Hegedus and editors Alessandra Balzer and Kristin Daly Rens. Hannah is the author of many...
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21 -- 7 PM
Normally, we take summer as an opportunity to read a large book in several sessions. Instead, this time we're working through the career of an author. We start with an early-career book of Cormac McCarthy's: CHILD OF GOD. Look forward to BLOOD MERIDIAN and THE ROAD in the coming months.
Staff Picks
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The cursed lineage of Uganda's mythological first man parallels the African nation's history in this epic debut novel from the nascent Transit Books press. Spanning centuries and centering on the collision of tradition and modernity, KINTU is destined to become a contemporary classic of world literature. Stellar!
$26.95
In a single night, amidst a haze of opium smoke, musicologist Franz Ritter reflects on memory and dreams and his lifelong fascination with the Middle East. As beautiful as it is intellectual, this powerful narrative manages to blend the East and the West, focusing on cultural figures from the past two hundred years amidst myriad other subjects. Enard's novel has been shortlisted for the Booker International Prize and for obvious reason. An ideal novel for fans of W.G. Sebald and Laszlo Krasznahorkai.
Full disclosure: Lawrence is my buddy from MFA school days--but even if he weren’t, I’d be wild about his debut book of smartypants essays with heart. Lawrence writes vividly about personal history, pets--including, um, improper acts with dogs--and Greek mythology, all with pathos and humor. This is the work of a brilliant mind, one that explores the world in surprising and inventive ways.
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NIGHTWOOD is fascinatingly decadent, both in style and in setting. Character development is at its natural peak in this 1930s portrait of a woman and her sense of society, which crumbles even as she interacts with its members. Though the narrative is laced with a sense of doom, the absurdity of the characters' sense of class and poise lends a level of hilarity that is utterly original.
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This novella packs a punch. In only eighty pages, Zweig crafts a compelling and grand tale about the Royal Game — not to mention some of the most romantic descriptions of chess I've ever read. Part allegory, part philosophy, the contest on the board soon represents the ways in which we as humans vie for understanding and purpose. A powerful psychological drama that will leave the reader reeling.
Quips & Quotes
Reading rebels against the managed world of information and the chaotic world of data. Reading is meaning.
-- Jeanette Winterson