Welcome to our weekly column, "Staff Picks," in which we ask the staffers at our favorite book, music, and movie stores around to town to share with us what they're reading, listening to, and watching this week. We figure they're good people to ask. Today we're checking in with the staff at Chelsea literary-scene favorite 192 Books to find out what they've been dog-earing lately.
Recommendations are from 192 Books staffers Paula Hartness, Annie Coreno, Michelle Ray, Jeff Brewer, Tatiana Berg, Justine Shakespeare and Patrick Knisley.
Someday this Will Be Funny, by Lynne Tillman: Tillman’s short stories are humorous, sophisticated and short—perfect length for an engaging subway ride. Her skillful play with words makes this a read and reread type of book.
The Dead Beat: Lost Souls, Lucky Stiffs and the Perverse Pleasures of Obituaries, by Marilyn Johnson: Although this one has been out for a couple years now, as New Yorkers we feel the need to keep our summer reads a little morbid. It’s endlessly entertaining and Johnson proves that the nonfiction genre is very much alive—even when her subjects are the dead.
The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Family’s Century of Art and Loss, by Edmund de Waal: Our manager, Paula, devoured this one in a day when it first came out. It’s a family history centers around a Japanese hand-carved figure the titled--Hare with Amber Eyes--whose story takes us back to the turmoil of WWII. Part memoir, part history, more than anything this is a page-turner.
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