Emma Straub

@elizmccracken’s new story collection, out in April, is so pleasurable and so smart, it’s like how I imagine it would feel to travel and talk to other humans only without any of the boring parts. The Souvenir Museum, pub by @eccobooks, loved by me, hooray.

Emma Straub

I don’t re-read very often, but I’m trying to do it more. Because of course I’m different when I last read the book, and so therefore the book is different, too. Guess what—it’s still perfect. Ann is, of course, still perfect. Long may she reign.

Emma Straub

Samantha Irby is absolutely hilarious... this is another essay collection, and this is one where if you are feeling down or you feel like you haven’t read anything you’ve loved in a long time, all you need is Samantha Irby because she will make you laugh on every page.(

Emma Straub

Horses, guns, revenge, all written in the voice of one badass 11 yr old girl. The edition that I read had a cover by Tamara Shopsin and an afterward by Donna Tartt, and if that doesn’t tell you how good this book is, well, then I really can’t help you.

Emma Straub

Oh, man. I have enjoyed Nicole’s writing for years, and I loved her first memoir, but dang—this one, about losing both of her parents surrounding the pandemic, just gutted me.

Emma Straub

Some required American reading, and further proof that we should get together and agree that poets should, in fact, be writing all books.

Emma Straub

Yesterday, I started reading Solito, by Javier Zamora, and I can already tell that it is going to rewire my brain. What a story, what a writer, what an astonishing achievement. Pre-order here, or anywhere, just don't miss it.

Emma Straub

Also, if you have lost a pet, there are very good books out there to help talk about it with kids. My favorites, which we’ll be reading tonight, are Fred by Posy Simmonds and The Tenth Good Thing About Barney by Judith Viorst. ❤️❤️❤️

Emma Straub

I just finished Ann’s new novel, Tom Lake, which comes out in August, and it’s perfect…It’s about Our Town and acting and the magic of place, it’s about choices and ambition, it’s a fucking instant classic, it’s a bucolic pandemic sex mystery, I loved every page and you will too.

Emma Straub

Sad and funny and perfectly New York, three things I love the most in a book.