March 2017: Books to Read and Review
My books-to-read stack took a particularly beautiful turn this month, with gorgeously designed novels by Paul La Farge, Ali Smith and Kanishk Tharoor. As an H.P. Lovecraft fan, I’m really looking forward to La Farge’s book, which seems to be in some capacity about the Old Gods. The sleeper here, I think, is Kei Miller’s book Augustown. I had the pleasure of reading through his book of poetry The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Zion (Carcanet Press) for a project at my day job, and he’s without a doubt a top-tier poet. Excited to see how Miller is as a novelist, but I’ll probably go through Tharoor, Smith and La Farge titles first, since they’re already in bookshops.
My stack, from top to bottom, as of March 2017:
Swimmer Among the Stars by Kanishk Tharoor (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
Borne by Jeff VanderMeer (FSG Originals)
Autumn by Ali Smith (Pantheon)
Augustown by Kei Miller (Pantheon)
Somebody with a Little Hammer by Mary Gaitskill (Pantheon)
The Night Ocean by Paul La Farge (Penguin Press)
- The Black Cathedral by Marcial Gala - March 15, 2020
- Indelicacy by Amina Cain - March 2, 2020
- Abigail by Magda Szabó - February 22, 2020
