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october book picks
WHAT TO READ RIGHT NOW
13 New Books for October
This month, we’ve got our eyes on Black Food, MacArthur Park, I Love You but I’ve Chosen Darkness, and 10 other titles by writers from …
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ruth ozeki, the book of form and emptiness
Be Here Now
inter state, josé vadi
Notes of a Native Son
jim harrison
Special Section: The Last Poems of Jim Harrison
contributors book guide
Bound Together
carribean fragoza
Stories: Death and the Female Body
holiday books, fiction, science fiction
Fiction: Science Fiction
jim harrison, poem, weeping birds
Poem: ‘Weeping Birds’
wrong end of the telescope, rabih alameddine
All Writing Is Failure
lynell george
Biography and Memoir: How Octavia E. Butler Wrote
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holiday books, nonfiction, criticism
Nonfiction: Criticism
holiday books, nonfiction, essays
Nonfiction: Essays
ben ehrenreich
Nature: Seeking Hope in the Mojave
holiday books, nonfiction, science
Nonfiction: Science
alice waters in her backyard garden in berkeley
Food and Cooking: Farm-to-Table Wisdom
holiday books, fiction, stories
Fiction: Stories
holiday books, poetry
Poetry
forrest gander
Poetry: The Nature of Intimacy
art books
Art
holiday books, art, comics
Art: Comics
c pam zhang
Novel: Chinese American Voices of the West
larry mcmurtry
Larry McMurtry’s Literature of Place
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larry mcmurtry book primer
A Larry McMurtry Primer
anita kunz, original women
Art: Portraits of Female Greats
jim harrison
Jim Harrison’s Force of Habit
jim harrison, wooden bear
Poem: ‘The Speed of Dark’
jim harrison poem ghosts
Poem: ‘Ghosts’
jim harrison, pencil sharpener
Poem: ‘The Whisper’
jim harrison, joyce harrington bahle
She Helped Him ‘Do Life’
jim harrison poem she
Poem: ‘She’
jim harrison
Poem: ‘Dog in the Tomb’
john freeman
Essays: The Meaning of Change During COVID
contributors book guide, thrillers
Fiction: Thriller
julia flynn siler
History: Battling Slavery in California
holiday books, nonfiction, nature
Nonfiction: Nature
bonnie tsui
Science: Understanding Our Affinity for Water
holiday books, fiction, novels
Fiction: Novels
walter mosley
Thriller: A Black Private Eye Navigates 1969 L.A.
holiday books, nonfiction, biography
Nonfiction: Biography and Memoir
holiday books, nonfiction, food
Nonfiction: Food and Cooking
holiday books, nonfiction, history
Nonfiction: History
last poem, jim harrison
Poem: Untitled
the trees, percival everett
Crime and Punishment
gordo, jamie cortez
This Boy’s Life
on freedom, maggie nelson
Taking Liberties
alta september book picks
14 New Books for September
s qiouyi lu, in the watchful city
City of Night
clark and division, naomi hirahara
A Death in the Family
rude talk in athens, mark haskell smith
Review: ‘Rude Talk in Athens’
always crashing in the same car, matthew specktor
Spheres of Influence
afterparties, anthony veasna so
After the Fall
new august book picks
14 New Books for August
nawaaz ahmed , radiant fugitives
Brave New World
the devils dictionary, ambrose bierce
Excerpt: ‘The Devil’s Dictionary’
until proven safe, geoff manaugh, nicola twilley
Locked Down
matt bell, appleseed
The Agony and the Ecstasy
jennifer lewis
Let’s Talk About Sex
fox and i, catherine raven
Excerpt: ‘Fox & I: An Uncommon Friendship’
fox and i, catherine raven
Call of the Wild
july book picks
12 New Books for July
legends of the north cascades, jonathan evison
Life Lessons
keenan norris, confession of copeland can
Future Shock
everything now, rosecrans baldwin
The Lonely City
lesson in red, maria hummel
The Mystery of Art
far from respectable, daniel oppenheimer
Art for Art’s Sake
alta june 2021 books
13 New Books for June
the quiet boys, ben h winters
Building a Mystery
dream state, mick lasalle
Now Showing: The Hollywood Myth
the mysteries, marisa silver
Ancient Voices of Children
joy lanzendorfer
Talking with Joy Lanzendorfer
going to trinidad, martin j smith
The Good Doctor
the spring, annie connole
Excerpt: ‘The Spring’
the scapegoat, sara davis
When in Doubt
may 2021 book releases
14 New Books for May
right back where we started from, joy lanzendorfer
Excerpt: ‘Right Back Where We Started From’
shin yu pai, ensō
Excerpt: ‘Enso’
index of women, now were getting somewhere, kim addonizio, amy gerstler
Lives of the Poets
the hard crowd, rachel kushner
Containing Multitudes
eladatl, sesshu foster, arturo romo
The Alternate History of Los Angeles