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Three Upcoming Events

9th Ave: Tupelo Hassman and Laura Albert

Wed, 08/21/2019 - 7:30pm

Tupelo Hassman discusses her new novel, gods with a little g, with Laura Albert.

9th Ave: Rick Moody

Mon, 08/26/2019 - 7:30pm

Rick Moody discusses his new memoir, The Long Accomplishment: A Memoir of Hope and Struggle in Matrimony.

Sharon Marcus and David Henkin

Thu, 09/12/2019 - 7:30pm

Sharon Marcus discusses her new book, The Drama of Celebrity, with David Henkin.

New Books We Like

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This Land: How Cowboys, Capitalism, and Corruption are Ruining the American West Cover Image

As Long as Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock Cover Image

In the Valleys of the Noble Beyond: In Search of the Sasquatch Cover Image

Colonize This!: Young Women of Color on Today's Feminism Cover Image

Crisis in the Red Zone: The Story of the Deadliest Ebola Outbreak in History, and of the Outbreaks to Come Cover Image

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Book of the Month

Each month, we select a brand new book that we love so much that we guarantee you'll love it too—and if you don't, we'll give you your money back. This month we're recommending Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino.

Jia Tolentino's first book of essays takes on topics from her fundamentalist upbringing and her teenage stint on an early aughts reality show (Boys vs. Girls) to 21st Century capitalism's push to make us all productive—and all of us products—in every spare moment. At the heart of the book is always our idea of the self, and our current misunderstanding of it. Am I my Instagram selfies? Are we the spandex in our athleisure? Even as she takes down mainstream feminism's acceptance of hours-long skincare regimes and barre exercise classes (not for a man, for 'me'), she allows for empathy and understanding for each of us, how we're all coping with what sometimes feels like the end of the world. Economic precarity, political unpredictability and impossible standards of beauty notwithstanding, Tolentino is still finding moments like church, moments of wonder, in everything from bio luminescence to the chopped and screwed Houston sound. And she's writing the hell out of all of it. —Leigh

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