‘Boo’ by Neil Smith
Smith ventures to convey a reality about bullying and mental health that is far braver than any you’ve ever read, as Boo is a spelunking adventure deep into the caves of life, death, good, evil, mortality, loss and grief.
‘Smash Cut: A Memoir of Howard & Art & the ’70s and the ’80s’ by Brad Gooch
In his new memoir Smash Cut, novelist and biographer Brad Gooch recounts his experiences in New York City during the turbulent ’70s and ’80s
‘The Man With the Overcoat’ by David Finkle
It is October, on an
Yarrott Benz: On Revisiting a Harrowing Adolescence and Writing His New Memoir ‘The Bone Bridge’
“Whether I like it or not, the story of The Bone Bridge is the defining story of my life.”
‘Visions and Revisions: Coming of Age in the Age of AIDS’ by Dale Peck
Peck compiles and re-edits material principally presented as stand-alone essays in their original publication, weaving a sort of non-linear portrait of the period during which HIV/AIDS was typically a terminal illness
‘Things Half in Shadow’ by Alan Finn
Alan Finn mines the fertile history of post-Civil War Philadelphia and the country’s obsession with Spiritualism during that period to craft a superbly rich, historically-detailed whodunit in Things Half in Shadow
‘Lost Boi’ by Sassafras Lowrey
Lost Boi is a counterculture fairy tale, but the way Lowery turns all expectations upside down and finds hope in the darkest corners is the real magic here.
‘Delicious Foods’ by James Hannaham
To describe Hannaham’s novel by referencing other writers would be too easy, and perhaps unfair. With Delicious Foods, James Hannaham has himself become a reference point.
Read an Excerpt from Larry Kramer’s ‘American People: Volume I’
This month, Farrar, Straus and Giroux is releasing the long-awaited new novel from author Larry Kramer, The American People: Volume 1: Search for My Heart: A Novel.
‘JD’ by Mark Merlis
Jonathan Ascher, an acclaimed 1960s
