Don't miss out on this special Labor Day surprise. The internationally revered Kennedy shares with us her comedic repertoire. “Her stand-up is startlingly good. She works the audience and makes the most of her cleverness with words, her knack for seeing things freshly. She has a great riff about people scraping moss off each other every morning in Scotland, but the audience seems most to enjoy the material about pubic hair." - The Guardian
She's assertive, well-timed, and she will be at McNally Jackson Books for one night only.
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Staff Picks
I Want a Cat
Written by Cheryl
by Tony Ross (Anderson Press, $8.95)
If you ever were a child or knew a child who desperately wanted a live pet, this stunningly color-pencil-illustrated tale of existential longing and tenacious pursuit will appeal to you. With a covert wink to Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are, Tony Ross evokes the covetous animal in us all.
In Other Rooms, Other Wonders
Written by Kat
by Daniyal Mueenuddin (Norton, $23.95)
Daniyal Mueenuddin's linked stories offer intimate glimpses into the lives of people connected by an aging member of Pakistan's fading aristocracy. From servant to landowner, Muenuddin treats the passions, intrigues, and struggles of each of his characters with the same respect.
Noon
Written by Sam
(Noon, Inc., $12.00)
How had I not even heard of Noon before this issue? I'm not sure. There's so much to like here. Deb Olin Unferth is doing her usual poignant weirdness. Ditto lit it-kid Tao Lin. Also not worth missing: Rebecca Curtis' "On Rape," Christine Schutt's "Hair of the Dog," and Gary Lutz's "I Have to be Halved," a great little story in thirty-three parts. Gems abound throughout the issue. A new favorite.
If you ever were a child or knew a child who desperately wanted a live pet, this stunningly color-pencil-illustrated tale of existential longing and tenacious pursuit will appeal to you. With a covert wink to Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are, Tony Ross evokes the covetous animal in us all.
Daniyal Mueenuddin's linked stories offer intimate glimpses into the lives of people connected by an aging member of Pakistan's fading aristocracy. From servant to landowner, Muenuddin treats the passions, intrigues, and struggles of each of his characters with the same respect.