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Chaya Bhuvaneswar : White Dancing Elephants

— 12/17/2018
… Fiction / Nonfiction “Bhuvaneswar is unflinching about the lives of those for whom identity is a constant battle & the act of … strength . . .  White Dancing Elephants is a necessary book — & one that introduces a gifted voice to contemporary … “Bhuvaneswar is unflinching about the lives of those for whom identity is a constant battle & …
Fiction / Hybrid / Nonfiction / SF/F

Olga Ravn : The Wax Child

— 09/29/2025
… Olga Ravn : The Wax Child Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, … trials in Denmark, and relayed to us through the voice of a magically animated wax child of one of the accused, Olga Ravn’s new book, which creates something uncannily other from primary …
Hybrid / Poetry

Raymond Antrobus : All The Names Given & The Perseverance

— 12/01/2021
… Raymond Antrobus : All The Names Given & The Perseverance Submitted by Anonymous … has two poetry collections out this year. The US release of his award-winning debut The Perseverance and his … Naimon: Today's episode is brought to you by the German Book Prize winning Where You Come From by Saša Stanišić, a …

Ruth Awad

… is a Lebanese American poet, 2021 National Endowment for the Arts Poetry Fellow, and the author of Outside the Joy and Set to Music a Wildfire , winner ofthe 2016 Michael Waters Poetry Prize and the 2018 Ohioana Book Award for Poetry. Alongside Rachel Mennies, she is the
Fiction

Mary Gaitskill : The Mare

— 12/16/2015
… Mary Gaitskill : The Mare Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 12/16/2015 - 2:00am Fiction From the author of the National Book Award-nominated Veronica : Mary Gaitskill’s The Mare … From the author of the National Book Award-nominated Veronica : Mary Gaitskill’s The Mare …

Priyanka Kumar

… Priyanka Kumar Priyanka Kumar is the author of Conversations with Birds . Her essays and criticism appear in the New York Times , the Washington Post , the Los Angeles … Priyanka Kumar is the author of Conversations with Birds . Her essays and criticism appear …
Nonfiction / Poetry

David Biespiel : A Long High Whistle

— 08/19/2015
… Journal calls David Biespiel’s A Long High Whistle one of the best books about reading poetry you will ever find. … is a poet, editor, essayist, critic, and teacher, and also the writer of the longest-running newspaper column on poetry … Journal calls David Biespiel’s A Long High Whistle one of the best books about reading poetry you will ever find. …
Nonfiction

Chelsea Hodson : Tonight I’m Someone Else

— 07/06/2018
… essays have such a sexy drama to them—and ultimately it’s the romance of just getting through life; the passion that comes from … living to tell about it. I had a real romance with this book.”—Miranda July “Chelsea Hodson tests herself against her … essays have such a sexy drama to them—and ultimately it’s the romance of just getting through life; the passion that …
Nonfiction

Cheston Knapp : Up Up Down Down

— 04/10/2018
… - 2:00am Nonfiction “Cheston Knapp’s Up Up, Down Down  has the uncanny, welcome ability to make so-called mainstream or … strange, & newly open to analysis. He has the eye & ear of an anthropologist, a joyously expansive vocabulary, a … & exact, & a big, booming heart.”—Maggie Nelson “This book made me laugh out loud in embarrassing places—a quiet …
Fiction / SF/F

Carmen Maria Machado : Her Body and Other Parties

— 02/01/2018
… fairy tales, horror movies, TV shows, & a terrific sense of humor, Machado’s work reminds me at different times of … like nobody but herself.”—John Powers, NPR “Fresh Air” “The book abounds with fantastical premises that ring true because … like nobody but herself.”—John Powers, NPR “Fresh Air” “The book abounds with fantastical premises that ring true …