Illuminated Manuscripts History, Debut Poetry, and Gatsby Cook Book: August Books Roundup
The First Book: Twentieth-Century Poetic Careers in America by Jesse Zuba
Our regular look at the new books that have recently caught the eye of our print and online editors this month.
The First Book: Twentieth-Century Poetic Careers in America by Jesse Zuba
A look at how poets including Wallace Stevens, Marianne Moore, John Ashbery and Louise Glück made their debut in 20th century America and the challenges of launching and making a career. From Princeton University Press.
Illumino: A History of Medieval Britain in 12 Illuminated Manuscripts by Michelle P. Brown
The story of Britain and its culture through a dozen illuminated manuscripts - and more than 100 illustrations - and those who made them. Published by Reaktion Books.
Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler by Susana M. Morris
Morris's biography of the first major Black woman writer of science fiction and how her life should be seen within the cultural context of her times and movements such as Civil Rights, Black Power, women’s liberation, and queer rights. From HarperCollins.
The Great Gatsby: The Complete Novel with 15 Recipes Inspired by the Roaring ’20s by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Ideas inspired by the meals and drinks in Fitzgerald's classic alongside the complete text of the novel such as Daisy's Julep. From Chronicle Books.
Baldwin: A Love Story by Nicholas Boggs
A new biography of James Baldwin - the first in several decades - using new archival material and interviews as well as original research, focusing on the influence on his work of his relationships with mentor Beauford Delaney, muse Lucien Happersberger, and collaborators Engin Cezzar and Yoran Cazac. From Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Drawn to the Stacks: Essays on Libraries, Librarians and Archives in Comics and Graphic Novels by Carrye Kay Syma, Robert G. Weiner, and Donell Callender
A wide range of essays on how librarians and archivists as well as libraries and archives have been depicted in sequential art from Golden Age publications to the 21st century. From McFarland & Company
The Caxtonian
The Caxton Club has released the 2020 issues of the Caxtonian which means that all issues from the first in 1993 through 2020 are available to members and non-members alike.
