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Staff Recommendations A listing of current favorites, recommended by the bookstore staff. Check back for new recommendations each month as we bring you the best of what we're reading. Browse by title, author or staff member!   Anah   |  Andy   |  Don   |  Elaine   |  Elaine Kahn   |  Garrett   |  Gent   |  Jeff   |  Jolene   |  Layla   |  Linda   |  Lawrence   |  Maia   |  Matt   |  Nancy   |  Paul   |  Peter   |  Scott   |  Stacey   |  Tân   |  Vanessa

<<< 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 >>>     sort list by title | author | publication date   All-American Poem Matthew Dickman One of the best young poets writing in America today. A joy to read. Says Tony Hoagland, APR/Honickman First Book Prize judge "Matthew Dickman's all-American poems are the epitome of the pleasure principle; as clever as they are... Miss Lonelyhearts & The Day of the Locust Nathanael West The Day of the Locust (1939) is West's great dystopian Hollywood novel based on his experiences at the seedy fringes of the movie industry. Said novelist and screenwriter Budd Schulberg: "A new public [has] discovered in the writings of West... The Halfway House Guillermo Rosales The Halfway House is another amazing introduction to the Anglophone world by New Directions editor Barbara Epler, who is responsible for first publishing Roberto Bolaño, Javier Marias, Horacio Castellanos Moya and W.G. Sebald in the United States. Red Dust A Path Through China Ma Jian Red Dust is a rich, strange, searching travelogue through the outposts of communist China by an adventurous, dissident poet. Author Ma is often compared to the Beats--but imagine if Kerouac had to escape from a Kafka novel in order to go "on the road"... Another Country James Baldwin James Baldwin's Another Country is one of the most powerful books I've ever read. As only he so beautifully and evocatively can, Baldwin places the reader in the eye of the storm of late 50s American tensions around race, gender, class, power, and freedom Big Sur Jack Kerouac An interesting biography of what happens when fame and age taint the dream of being "on the road" in the life of this aspiring poet. The book details Kerouac's descent into alcoholism and hope for salvation. I think this is one of his greatest... Rules for Radicals Saul Alinsky How'd Obama do it? Read his playbook to find out. What Machiavelli's The Prince is for the oppressor, Rules for Radicals is for the oppressed. Required reading... Discipline & Punish The Birth of the Prison Michel Foucault At the end of 2006, the United States had approximately 7.2 million people who were either incarcerated, on probation, or on parole. Our society's propensity for punishment and justice has manifested into the modern prison system, arguably... Lolita Vladimir Nabokov One of the most well-crafted books I've ever read. Not one word in this masterpiece isn't as it should be. My advice is to read it in big pieces, as it will take you into a world of Nabokov's making. The images and characters will stay with you... Love in the Time of Cholera Gabriel Garcia Marquez In this magnificent story of a romance, Garcia Marquez beautifully and unflinchingly explores the nature of love in all its guises, small and large, passionate and serene. Love can emerge like a disease in these characters, but it can also outlast bleak.. Hard Candy A Book of Stories Tennessee Williams Recommended by Jade, City Lights Books The Black Book of Colors Menena Cottin "Thomas says that yellow tastes like mustard, but is as soft as a baby chick's feathers." Words in white on all black pages can be read aloud, as a child traces raised line illustrations (in this case, of feathers) which help the sighted "see"... Manufacturing Consent The Political Economy of the Mass Media Noam Chomsky, Edward S. Herman Read this to see through the media filters that protect the powerful, maintain the status quo, and leave Americans blind to the reality of contemporary America. You've always sensed the media was screwed... find out just how screwed it is. Howl on Trial The Battle for Free Expression Bill Morgan, Nancy J. Peters The inside story of the publication and defense of Howl in correspondence, documents and photographs. <<< 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 >>>