FOR THE PERSON WHO APPRECIATES FORM AS MUCH AS FUNCTION 1. The Writer’s Map: An Atlas of Imaginary Lands Edited by Huw Lewis-Jones Amid a cornucopia of 167 full-color images, we find here maps of the world as envisaged in
HOLIDAY 2020 GIFT GUIDE: THE TRAVELER
FOR THE PERSON WHO CANNOT STILL THEIR FEET 1. The Women I Think About at Night: Traveling the Paths of My Heroes by Mia Kankimäki In The Women I Think About at Night, Mia Kankimäki blends travelogue, memoir, and biography
HOLIDAY 2020 GIFT GUIDE: LOVED MY OCTOPUS TEACHER
FOR THE PERSON WHO LOVES (OR WOULD LOVE) “My Octopus Teacher” 1. World of Wonders by Aimee Nezhukumatathil From beloved, award-winning poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil comes a debut work of nonfiction—a collection of essays about the natural world, and the way
HOLIDAY 2020 GIFT GUIDE: REFORMED LIT MAJOR
FOR THE PERSON WHO CANNOT READ ANOTHER BOOK FROM THE CANON 1. Be Holding by Ross Gay Ross Gay’s first book of poetry since the publication of his award winning collection CATALOG OF UNABASHED GRATITUDE, winner of the National Book
HOLIDAY 2020 GIFT GUIDE: THE FOODIE
FOR THE PERSON WHO BELIEVES YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT PEOPLE THROUGH FOOD THAN TALKING
HOLIDAY 2020 GIFT GUIDE: LITERARY CONNOISSEUR
FOR THE PERSON WHOSE LOVE OF BOOKS IS ONLY RIVALED BY LOVE FOR THE OBSCURE 1. Aseroë by François Dominique The aesthetic adventures of a mad mushroom hunter. The narrator of Aseroë wanders medieval streets and dense forests, portrait galleries,
HOLIDAY 2020 GIFT GUIDE: POP CULTURE AFICIONADO
FOR THE PERSON WHO CASUALLY REFERENCES CHARACTERS FROM POP CULTURE AS THOUGH THEY’RE FRIENDS 1. There are More Beautiful Things than Beyonce by Morgan Parker The only thing more beautiful than Beyoncé is God, and God is a black woman
HOLIDAY 2020 GIFT GUIDE: LITERARY GRAZER
FOR THE PERSON WHO LIKES THEIR STORIES IN SNACKABLE PORTIONS 1. Everything Inside by Edwidge Danticat A dazzling collection of short stories about community, family, and love, from the internationally acclaimed, bestselling author of Brother, I’m Dying. 2. Verge By
HOLIDAY 2020 GIFT GUIDE: ARMCHAIR SCIENTIST
FOR THE PERSON WHO ENJOYS SCIENCE ON THEIR OWN TERMS 1. The Sirens of Mars: Searching for Life on Another World by Sarah Stewart Johnson A young planetary scientist intimately details the search for life on Mars, tracing our centuries-old
HOLIDAY 2020 GIFT GUIDE: ARCHITECT OF SOCIETY’S FUTURE
FOR THE PERSON WHO ENVISIONS A MORE EQUITABLE FUTURE A MOVEMENT 1. Pleasure Activism by Adrienne Marie Brown How do we make social justice the most pleasurable human experience? How can we awaken within ourselves desires that make it impossible
