Vauhini Vara Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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[A] novel set in Spain featuring, among other memorable characters, a dark-hearted nun with one of the wildest back stories I’ve ever read

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I devoured it the way I devour any story—written or otherwise—about someone’s affair with their friend’s wife. I should not, I told myself afterward, be so prejudiced against canonical white male writers.

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I devoured this book from @jaminlin, a ghostly mix of memoir and myth, with gorgeous, complex art from her sister @cori.lin.art, coming this fall.

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I could not be prouder to know @kbeccaandrews, whose sensitively reported and beautifully written book NO CHOICE — about the past, present, and future of abortion in America — is out today. We're all shouting from the rooftops today at @lighthousewrite.

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My library is open for outdoor pickups! What are people reading? For beautiful characters & an immersive sense of place, I recommend @Doug_D_Stuart's Shuggie Bain. For great storytelling that'll also teach you about US-China relations, @MaraHvistendahl's The Scientist & the Spy.

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I was astonished by BROTHER ALIVE by @zaintkhalid — a 2021 @PeriplusCollect Fellow — and so is @nytimesbooks. It’s out today from @groveatlantic. Go get it. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/12/books/review/zain-khalid-brother-alive.html

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I love — and am honored to be on — this list. Here are two more: BROTHER ALIVE by @zaintkhalid (I’m reading it now and it is phenomenal) and ALL THIS COULD BE DIFFERENT by @smathewss. https://twitter.com/browngbookshelf/status/1475874973415845896

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[A] thrilling puzzlebox of a novel about how identities, gay and otherwise, are performed.

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@TDFcommunity @KaliMaFaja @johnwenzel @denverpost Thank you, Denver Foundation! Same here — and I'm also very excited for new books from Colorado writers Harrison Candelaria Fletcher (Finding Querencia), @ErikaKrouse (Tell Me Everything) & Aby Kaupang (& there’s still you thrill hour of the world to love).

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[Aira's] written more than a 100 novels, last I checked, and I’ve never read one that’s anything less than genius.... [Dinner] started out being about a man and his mother going to a friend’s house for dinner and ended up with a zombie apocalypse.