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Newsletter #353

August 14, 2023

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5 books featured in this issue

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ABC and You and Me

by Corinna Luyken

MADE-UP Phinney Kids by Post #92

There is no shortage of picture books to help little ones learn their ABCs, but there are few that will also get them (and you!) up and moving like this one. The illustrations (by one of our favorite... (Tom)

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All Alone with You

by Amelia Diane Coombs

MADE-UP

Angsty loner Eloise would much rather be spending her time gaming than logging volunteer hours at LifeCare—an elder care service that's at odds with her social anxiety—but that's what her guidance cou... (Anika)

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Kairos

by Jenny Erpenbeck, translated by Michael Hoffman

MADE-UP

You could describe Kairos as a Manhattan story—an ill-fated romance between a 50-something man and a teenage girl—or as an allegory for East Germany before, during, and after unification, but neither... (Tom)

Cover of The Jazz Loft Project: Photographs and Tapes of W. Eugene Smith from 821 Sixth Avenue, 1957–1965

The Jazz Loft Project: Photographs and Tapes of W. Eugene Smith from 821 Sixth Avenue, 1957–1965

by Sam Stephenson

There are few moments in the creative history of America as densely potent as the jazz scene in New York City in the late '50s, when you could find Mingus, Monk, Coltrane, Davis, and Evans all gigging... (Tom)

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The Lost Traveler

by Sanora Babb

MADE-UP Phinney by Post #104

This is a first: the first time we've chosen an author twice for our Phinney by Post subscription service. Babb's memoir of her childhood on an unfertile Colorado farm, An Owl on Every Post, has been... (Tom)

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