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
Hons and Rebels
Written by David
By Jessica Mitford (NYRB, $15.95)
I've been reading my fair share of great memoirs lately, and I have to say that this one is definitely my favorite. It is the first book in a very long time that made me cry.
The Golden Age
Written by Dustin
By Michal Ajvaz (Dalkey Archive Press, $14.95)
Ajvaz is a literary bully. He has Eco in a headlock. He's stolen Calvino's lunch money, sent him home crying. He knocked over Popper's mailbox. He's leering at Derrida's sister. It's no wonder he turned out this way, hanging around old blind Borges like he does. This book in particular is a brilliant matroishka of vivid adventure story and semiotic play, perhaps his masterpiece.
The Gardner Heist
Written by David
By Ulrich Boser (Harper, $14.99)
In March of 1990, two thieves posing as police officers stole $500 million worth of paintings from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. It still stands as the biggest art heist in history, and, to this day, the perpetrators and paintings are still at large. Ulrich Boser's book is about more than just how it happened and what's been done to solve the crime. It's also a personal testament of a journalist who became obsessed in his desire to crack the case. If you at all share my love of art heist reporting, you'll love this book.
I've been reading my fair share of great memoirs lately, and I have to say that this one is definitely my favorite. It is the first book in a very long time that made me cry.
Ajvaz is a literary bully. He has Eco in a headlock. He's stolen Calvino's lunch money, sent him home crying. He knocked over Popper's mailbox. He's leering at Derrida's sister. It's no wonder he turned out this way, hanging around old blind Borges like he does. This book in particular is a brilliant matroishka of vivid adventure story and semiotic play, perhaps his masterpiece.
In March of 1990, two thieves posing as police officers stole $500 million worth of paintings from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. It still stands as the biggest art heist in history, and, to this day, the perpetrators and paintings are still at large. Ulrich Boser's book is about more than just how it happened and what's been done to solve the crime. It's also a personal testament of a journalist who became obsessed in his desire to crack the case. If you at all share my love of art heist reporting, you'll love this book.