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April 12, 2022
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Happy National Poetry Month! We're delighted to see Powell's Books marking the occasion with a marquee poetry pick of Sho by Douglas Kearney (Wave Books). “This book is a profound departure from tradition but is also steeped in it,” according to Powell's bookseller Chris L. “Kearney is a truly singular, American voice.”
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Two International Booker Prize Finalists!
Elena Knows
by Claudia Piñeiro, trans. Frances Riddle
Charco Press • July 2021 • 9781999368432
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Remembering Richard Howard
We're saddened by the loss of the acclaimed writer Richard Howard, who passed away recently at the age of 92. A prolific poet and translator, Howard won the Pulitzer Prize in 1970 for his book Untitled Subjects, and his final collection of poems, A Progressive Education, was published in 2014 by Turtle Point Press. For more on Howard's distinctive legacy, read his obituary in the New York Times.
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Three New Picture Books in the NYT
Three new titles from Consortium children's publishers appeared in the New York Times Book Review on April 1. Morgane de Cadier's Just to See, illustrated by Florian Pigé and translated by Johanna McCalmont, is a “whimsical colored-pencil dream,” according to the Times' children's book editor Jennifer Krauss. Pippa Goodhart's Stop the Clock!, illustrated by Maria Christania, is highlighted in the piece for its use of color throughout the story, and Krauss also had high praise for The Depth of the Lake and the Height of the Sky by Kim Jihyun: “It's astonishing to behold.”
Just To See
by Morgane de Cadier, illus. Florian Pigé
Blue Dot Kids Press • May 2022 • 9781737603207
Stop the Clock!
by Pippa Goodhart, illus. Maria Christania Winardi
Tiny Owl Publishing • April 2022 • 9781910328828
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| | Tamarisk Row
by Gerald Murnane
And Other Stories • May 2022 • 9781911508366
★ “The chief pleasures here are his departures from convention, eccentricities of tone and diction, and flights of fancy, all trademarks of his later fiction. . . . An essential entry in this exceptional writer’s corpus.”—Kirkus Reviews
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| | Diary of a Film
by Niven Govinden
Deep Vellum Publishing • May 2022 • 9781646051809
★ “This taut, allusive, and illuminating novel explores creativity and receptivity. . . . A slow fuse leads to a climactic flashpoint, putting all sorts of notions about life and art into fresh perspective.”—Kirkus Reviews
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★ “A beautiful addition to the series, and a worthy addition to library shelves. Lolo is an inspiration and a wonderful portrayal of little girls everywhere.”—School Library Journal
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★ “Levin’s luminous latest reckons with the disorientation of contemporary America. . . . This terrific book will ground readers in the art of questioning, even as the ground quakes.”—Publishers Weekly
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★ “Wordlessly evoking wonder and an appreciation for nature is no easy feat, but in Jihyun’s debut, the feelings of a young boy are effortlessly portrayed, with subtle shifts in tone and color opening up vistas of the titular lake and sky.”—Booklist
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| | Baby Teeth
by Meg Grehan
Little Island Books • May 2022 • 9781915071019
★ “By linking vampirism to themes of queer desire and community as well as repeating personal cycles, Grehan freshens an old trope, building both a central romance and lifetimes-long connections that are by turns realistically sweet and thorny.”—Publishers Weekly
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| | Kalmann
by Joachim Schmidt, trans. Jamie Lee Searle
Bitter Lemon Press • June 2022 • 9781913394684
“[An] endearing slice-of-life mystery. . . . The narrative charms of Schmidt’s unlikely detective will keep readers turning the pages. Nordic crime fans won’t want to miss this unusual take on a familiar story.”—Publishers Weekly
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“Poet and librarian Mosab Abu Toha's first collection focuses on his life in Gaza. There is a duality to the poems, a contrast of beauty and violence. . . . Recommend Abu Toha to readers of Naomi Shihab Nye and Brian Turner's Here, Bullets.”—Booklist
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Love books, indie presses, and spreadsheets? We're hiring a full-time Sales Assistant to join our Minneapolis team.
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Juan Pablo Villalobos’s fifth novel adopts a gentle, fable-like tone, approaching the problem of racism from the perspective that any position as idiotic as xenophobia can only be fought with sheer absurdity.
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Featuring Tim Burton-esque pointilism art, this tongue-in-cheek story introduces young readers to Ethan Alby, a charming ghost who's eager to befriend the “spooky living people” he lives among.
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At once a love letter to Zen Buddhism and a critique of turn-of-the-century American Zen, Untangling Karma is a memoir about accepting and healing personal trauma, both on and off the meditation cushion.
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Bad Handwriting
by Sara Mesa, trans. Katie Whittemore and Frances Riddle
Open Letter • July 2022 • 9781948830553
From the acclaimed author of Four by Four and Among the Hedges comes a collection of unsettling, captivating stories that delve into themes of childhood and adolescence, guilt and redemption, power and freedom.
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