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George Saunders, Tenth of Dec…
In Tenth of December, George Saunders uses satire to hilariously and tren… more »
Emma Donoghue, Astray…
Loosely organized around themes of displacement and exile, Emma Donoghue… more »
Junot Díaz, This Is Ho…
Some books, like some songs and movies, can be so achingly sad they… more »
Molly Ringwald, When It Happe…
Whether it’s a chance encounter or code-red crisis, every gesture i… more »
Etgar Keret, Suddenly, a Knoc…
Stories about loneliness, alienation, depression and death in worlds of m… more »
Emma Straub, Other People We …
A promising collection from a bold new writer Take Lorrie Moore… more »
Don DeLillo, The Angel Esmera…
A tour through one of the most fertile literary careers of the past 40 ye… more »
Elissa Schappell, Blueprints …
Stories that dissect the familiar tropes of womanhood The title of Elissa… more »
Alice Munro, The View from Ca…
The escape to a better, imagined life, the poisoning influence of pride a… more »
Jim Shepard, You Think That…
One of the rare books that truly transfigures human suffering When the be… more »
McSweeney’s, McSweeney…
Investigative journalism meets speculative fiction in this must-hear McSw… more »
Ernest Hemingway, The Nick Ad…
Needless to say, Ernest Hemingway’s sudden suicide left his literar… more »
Patricia Highsmith, Patricia …
Patricia Highsmith reveals the troubled minds behind heinous crimes Patri… more »
David Foster Wallace, Girl Wi…
Lean, mean chunks of satire by the author of Infinite Jest If all you kno… more »
James Franco, Palo Alto…
James Franco steps into the lives of average high schoolers Palo Alto is … more »
Ben Greenman, Celebrity Chekh…
A novel about the contemporary Chekhovian archetype — the celebrity… more »
David Sedaris, Squirrel Seeks…
Don’t mistake Sedaris’s darkly witty animal stories for Aesop… more »
Maile Meloy, Both Ways Is the…
A perfect fusion of physical location and the writer’s personality … more »
Robin Black, If I Loved You, …
Expert, unblinking prose about the sturm und drang of family life Familia… more »
T. C. Boyle, Wild Child…
A collection of narratively ambitious and panoramic stories With Wild Chi… more »
Alice Munro, Too Much Happine…
Canada’s foremost storyteller once again demonstrates her tremendou… more »
Uwem Akpan, Say You’re …
Sharp African stories from a promising new voice Given the weight of his … more »
Kazuo Ishiguro, Nocturnes…
Ishiguro turns his finely tuned ear to the theme of music — sweet h… more »
Nelson Mandela, Nelson Mandel…
A refreshingly simple collection of folktales best used for daily doses o… more »
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eMusic Features
Interview: Eddie Huang
By Elisa Ludwig, eMusic Contributor
A Vice TV host with a law degree, a hip-hop obsession, and a NYC restaurant called Baohaus (serving Taiwanese buns, named for his favorite architects), Eddie Huang is a walking culture clash. In his memoir… more »
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