We have some October books we’d like to recommend.
Recommended Books: October 2025
Recommended Books: September 2025
Welcome to the month of September; it’s good to have you here. We have some books to suggest for you, from sprawling fiction to insightful nonfiction about how we got to this moment in history. We’ve got old favorites and new faces alike; plus, Glenn Gould is in the mix. You all like Glenn Gould, right? Here we go.
Afternoon Bites: James Brandon Lewis’s Latest, Revisiting “These Savage Shores,” John Warner’s Influences, and More
In our afternoon reading: thoughts on the latest album by James Brandon Lewis, new writing by Helena Fitzgerald and John Haskell, and more.
Afternoon Bites: John Haskell’s Latest, Protomartyr Interviewed, Masha Gessen, Dennis Cooper Revisited, and More
In our afternoon reading: thoughts on books by John Haskell and Dennis Cooper, an excerpt from Masha Gessen’s new book, and more.
Vol.1 Brooklyn’s September 2017 Book Preview
What does the month of September have in store, as far as books are concerned? A whole lot of intriguing short fiction, for one thing–everything from meticulously-arranged tales of the uncanny to stylistically bold explorations of society. There’s also intriguing new works from some of our favorite writers, from an experimentally-structured work by John Haskell to a collection of lectures by Toni Morrison. As summer segues into fall, here are some book that might help ease you in to sweater […]
Went to: “On the Well-Tempered Sentence” at The Center for Fiction
Posted by Tobias Carroll The Center for Fiction, located on East 47th Street, is a modest eight-story building with a small bookstore in the front and event spaces, book collections, and writing rooms on ascending floors. I was there on this particular night to attend an event titled On the Well-Tempered Sentence, assembled by John Madera (the writer and critic behind, among other projects, Big Other). Madera hosted, providing lengthy introductions of each of the four panelists that also served […]