Some upcoming books by pals
Monday reading #35
Monday Reading is my weekly recommendation of something I’ve found thought-provoking or fascinating. Sometimes it is about something I have read. Sometimes it is about television or food or music or projects I care about supporting. Sometimes I do not send it on Monday. Please share with anyone who might like the vibes!!
‘Tis the season for Barnes & Noble preorder discounts! If you sign up for the store’s (free) rewards program, you can get 25% off preorders today and tomorrow. I have three recommendations for forthcoming books by friends of mine:
Emma Eisenberg, Housemates: A Novel (May)
Emma’s the author of the nonfiction book The Third Rainbow Girl, and this is her first novel, “a glorious celebration of queer life, and how art and love might save us all.” It’s a queer road trip story about two housemates and artists who head from Philadelphia to rural Pennsylvania, “documenting America through words and photographs … [and] discover[ing] what it means to chase their own ideas and dreams, and to embrace what they are capable of both romantically and artistically.” Emma is coming to Chicago in June!
Eiren Caffall, The Mourner’s Bestiary (October)
My friend and former neighbor’s Whiting Award-winning debut is “a literary memoir braiding together environmental research and the personal journey of generational healing, grief, and chronic illness.” Eiren writes about climate catastrophe and her family’s genetic inheritance of polycystic kidney disease, or PKD. Her essay “Red Tides” is a beautiful preview of this book. She also has a novel about climate catastrophe and living on the roof of the American Museum of Natural History, All the Water in the World, coming out early next year, which you can also preorder.
Daniel Lavery, Women’s Hotel (October)
Danny’s first novel is about the Beidermeier, a fictional 1960s women’s hotel (a poor relation of the Barbizon), with Rona Jaffe and Dawn Powell vibes. A perfect confection. Isn’t this cover great?
Maybe something here will strike your fancy??
See you next week!
P.S. This month I interviewed farmer Chris Newman about his new ebook & his vision for cooperative agriculture.