Book ExtrasStaff Picks

In honor of awards season, our staff selected their top picks for their most-anticipated literary fiction and nonfiction reads. Browse the list below for eGalleys, audio information, and more. Browse an extended collection on Edelweiss here. Rachel’s Pick Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues by Jonathan Kennedy A sweeping look at how […]

Author LetterFrom the Author

Like most writers, I’ve always been obsessed with libraries. My obsession extended to me earning a master’s degree in library science, publishing an article about zine collections in Public Libraries magazine, starting a zine archive at the State University of New York at Buffalo, and volunteering both at the library on Alcatraz(!) and my local […]

Author LetterFrom the Author

Dear Librarians, The day Toni Morrison died I was working an hour away from home, conducting meetings with a team of insurance professionals I’d managed for the best part of twenty years. I’d been balancing a double life, as a writer, the entire time I worked my full-time job. When my phone started buzzing, ringing, […]