
Not Here
by Hieu Minh Nguyen
MADE-UP
It's rare that words feel as embodied as they do in Nguyen's poems: he imagines himself in the bodies of others (his mother's, a blond boy's), he takes other bodies into his own. It brings an intimate... (Tom)

The Trumpet of the Swan
by E.B. White, read by E.B. White
MADE-UP
White's third novel for children may not be as thoroughly enshrined as his first two (Stuart Little and Charlotte's Web), but in our house it's the most beloved, thanks to the audiobook, read by White... (Tom)

The Women in Black
by Madeleine St. John
MADE-UP
I’ve noticed more and more people coming into the bookstore asking for a type of fiction the Guardian has recently dubbed "Uplit." Not escapist fluff to help forget reality, but books to reassure them... (Liz)
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