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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American Music
Written by Angela
By Jane Mendelsohn (Random House $23.95)
Jane Mendelsohn is one of those rare writers who can make even the darkest themes shine through brightly with her poetic narratives. American Music does this perfectly as Mendelsohn layers time through the love story of an Iraq war veteran and his physical therapist. Each time they touch during their sessions, they are somehow thrown into the lives of a man from the 1930s and a woman in the 1960s. Through experiencing these people's stories, love grows in the most difficult of circumstances for them all. You won't want to put this book down, and it will stay with you long after it's finished.
Welcome to Utopia
Written by Sarah
By Karen Valby (Spiegel & Grau, $25.00)
A wonderful, mind-opening read that reminded me how essential great journalism is to an enlightened culture.
Manhood for Amateurs
Written by Stewart
By Michael Chabon (Harper Perennial, $14.99)
Chabon has an attentive eye to the struggles of manhood, and he delves into the well-examined life of all things manly in this collection of essays. It's a charming, existential endeavor that takes us through the insanity of the 70's, suburbia, and how to talk to our kids about one's former drug habits.
Jane Mendelsohn is one of those rare writers who can make even the darkest themes shine through brightly with her poetic narratives. American Music does this perfectly as Mendelsohn layers time through the love story of an Iraq war veteran and his physical therapist. Each time they touch during their sessions, they are somehow thrown into the lives of a man from the 1930s and a woman in the 1960s. Through experiencing these people's stories, love grows in the most difficult of circumstances for them all. You won't want to put this book down, and it will stay with you long after it's finished.
A wonderful, mind-opening read that reminded me how essential great journalism is to an enlightened culture.
Chabon has an attentive eye to the struggles of manhood, and he delves into the well-examined life of all things manly in this collection of essays. It's a charming, existential endeavor that takes us through the insanity of the 70's, suburbia, and how to talk to our kids about one's former drug habits.