FICTION: toni morrison, annie dillard, mark haddon, margaret atwood, ambrose bierce, garrison keillor, kurt vonnegut, john kennedy toole, barry eisler, howard norman, leslie marmon silko, alice mattison, jonathan franzen, willa cather, china mieville, john o’hara, bentley little, sarah waters, cormac mccarthy, 10 philip roth first editions, contemp stories by american indians, granta lit mags- the family and the body
GENERAL NON-FICTION & ETC.: how it feels to be attacked by a shark, aj jacobs- the know it all, the mathematical experience, annie leibovitz (a photographer’s life), thomas more- utopia, the essential writings of ralph waldo emerson, beautiful boy (a father’s journey through his son’s addiction), the kingdom of strangers (penniless across america), getting stoned with savages (a trip through the islands of fiji and vanuatu), naomi klein- no logo, david sedaris- when you are engulfed in flames, isac’s storm (a man, a time, and the deadliest hurricane in history), from act up to the wto (urban protest and community building in the era of globalization), pennsylvania disasters, off ramp (adventures and heartache in the american elsewhere), the murder of king tut, zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance, mailer (his life and times), full frontal feminism, lap dancing for mommy (tender stories of disgust, blame, and inspiration), the beauty myth, book binding for book artists, class matters, our bodies ourselves, dave eggers- zeitoun, chuck klosterman- IV, sex at dawn (the prehistoric origins of modern sexuality), everything you know is wrong (the disinformation guide to secrets and lies), the good vibration guide to sex, autobiography of a blue-eyed devil (my life and times in a racist, imperialist society), holiday book of food and drink (1952), the end of nature, the very hard way (bert loper and the colorado river), ron kovic- born of the fourth of july, gonzo (the life of hunter s thompson)
MUSIC: woody guthrie (a life), john lennon (the life), glory days (bruce springsteen in the 1980s), F’ed up and photo copied (punk flyers, posters, set lists…), jim morrison writings vol 1 & 2, bob dylan chronicles vol 1, a history of the pianoforte and pianoforte players, practical violin study (1929), the art of practicing, this is your brain on music
PLAYS:: wole soyinka, yasmina reza, modern african drama,,
GRAPHIC NOVELS/COMIC BOOKS: daniel clowes, the acme novelty library, percy gloom, erika moen, adrian tomine
FOOD: holiday book of food and drink (1952), gardencycle (a gardener’s day journal, retro diner (roadside recipes), barbara kingsolver- animal vegetable miracle, the omnivore’s dilemma (a natural history of four meals), alone in the kitchen with an eggplant (confessions of cooking for one and dining alone)
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