June Speed Reads
This month's literary landscape at a glance
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May Speed Reads
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April Speed Reads
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Speed Reads: March’s Literary Landscape at a Glance
After the Workshop: A Novel By John McNally, out now A former Iowa MFA grad suffering from writer’s block and working as a media escort for successful writers must face the accomplishments of others and his own failures in this skewering of the writing life. To Sound in the Know: McNally himself worked as a
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Speed Reads: February’s literary landscape at a glance
Things We Didn´t See Coming By Steven Amsterdam, out now This debut collection follows a single narrator through nine stories and 30 years as the world worsens and deteriorates. To Sound in the Know: Amsterdam, who lives in Melbourne, is a native New Yorker (Upper West Side, Bronx High School of Science) who
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Speed Reads: January’s literary landscape at a glance
Shades of Grey By Jasper Fforde, out now In this satirical novel, what range of colors you can see determines social standing. To Sound in the Know: Besides writing books, Fforde has earned a living working on the sets of movies like Goldeneye and The Mask of Zorro. Hairy By Robert Greene, out now The
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Speed Reads: December’s literary landscape at a glance
Kiss Kompendium by Gene Simmons, Out now This 1200-plus-page collection contains 30 years of Kiss comics, many long out of print, including ones drawn by the legendary Stan Lee. To Sound in the Know: The first Kiss comic, drawn in 1977, used ink that contained the blood of each band member. The Cave Man By
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November Speed Reads
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October Speed Reads
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Speed Reads: September’s Literary Landscape at a Glance
A Gate at the Stairs By Lorrie Moore, Out Sept. 1 Moore’s first novel in 15 years is a comingof-age story set in a Midwestern college town, half a continent away from New York but still living in the shadow of 9/11. To Sound in the Know: Known more for her short stories, Moore published
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