For The Book Obsessed
[ad_1] Poet and curator Cheryl Boyce-Taylor returns with her sixth collection of poems, We Are Not Wearing Helmets, a tribute to the women who have lifted her and an acknowledgment of the grief she still feels after losing her late son Malik “Phife Dawg” Taylor of A Tribe Called Quest. She gets political in this … Read more
[ad_1] When we first meet Mira, the protagonist of Sheila Heti’s stunning, elegiac new novel Pure Colour, the universe is a roughly hewn first draft destined for the rubbish bin. Mira has just been accepted to study at the American Academy of American Critics. She works at a lamp store surrounded by bijoux glass. Her … Read more
[ad_1] Marlon James’ drive to explore African mythology—beyond boyhood Anansi stories in Jamaica—required a “fact-finding mission to find my own history.” In a New York Times interview, he expresses his desire to create an “electrifying” story: his Dark Star trilogy. Assuming multiple roles—anthropologist, archeologist, historian, skeptic, and scholar of religion—to develop the shapeshifters, vampires, and … Read more
[ad_1] If Six of Crows is in your pile of Re-Read Forever books, then here are a few more high stakes thrillers we think should be on your list! League of Liars by Astrid Scholte Get ready for high stakes, a ragtag group of criminals on the run, and an INTENSE prison break. League of Liars is coming to shelves this … Read more
[ad_1] Paris is burning and Judge Dee and Jonathan are on the run. To guarantee their safety, they join a band of seven vampires escaping to England. The only problem? Someone in their midst is killing off members of their group one by one. It’s of no matter to the Judge, provided they don’t breach … Read more
[ad_1] As I approach middle age, my brain has started to shrivel into the pickled nostalgia that’s the birthright of every generation, and because I attended high school during the ’90s, I’ve relived fantasies of youth by continually playing the music that was popular then, even if I didn’t actually listen to that same music … Read more
[ad_1] Refreshingly, sociologist Danielle J. Lindemann, author of True Story: What Reality TV Says About Us isn’t interested in asking whether or not reality TV is “really real.” This question, she says, misses the point. The genre demonstrates that “all reality is socially constructed.” Unscripted programming plays a role in shaping the narratives we hold … Read more
[ad_1] If you’re a hopeless romantic looking to keep your shelves stacked with love stories all year long, here’s your guide to 2022’s most-anticipated romantic reads! All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir – March 1 From #1 New York Times bestselling author Sabaa Tahir comes a brilliant, unforgettable, and heart-wrenching contemporary YA novel about family and forgiveness, … Read more
[ad_1] Sasha Fletcher is a poet who has catapulted himself onto the fiction scene with his first novel, Be Here to Love Me at the End of the World. An unpolished description of the text could be the following: an absurdist, historical fiction love story set in the near future. Sam and Eleanor are an … Read more
[ad_1] It’s officially swoony season, and that means swoony reading! Today, we’re sharing chapter 1 from Kiss & Tell by Adib Khorram, a smart, sexy YA novel about a boy band star, his first breakup, his first rebound, and what it means to be queer in the public eye. Hunter never expected to be a boy band star, … Read more