POP-UP READING THREAD: When I stopped nightly #GMGReads last month, I said I'd continue from time-to-time, so here's Edition #102! Through this weird time, I've been tweeting my five favorite books on a general theme—and a link to an indie bookstore where you can order them.…
Today, July 7th, is the pub date I'm most excited for this summer, not least because it's pub day for @TanaWojczuk's LADY ROMEO, the incredible story from @AvidReaderPress of 19th Century queer actress Catherine Cushman, America's first celebrity: bookshop.org/books/lady-rom…
Here are the five other books publishing today I'm excited to read. Remember, if you were hot to trot to buy anti-racist books a couple weeks ago, you can support Black bookstores by ordering other books too! Pick up the following from @SemicolonChi here: semicolonchi.com/shop
1) Few people remember that Hot Springs, Arkansas, was once Organized Crime USA, but David Hill's (
@davehill77
) THE VAPORS dives into its old culture, a southern family, the New York mob, and the rise and fall of America’s "forgotten capital of vice": bookshop.org/books/the-vapo…
2) Ravi Somaiya's (@ravisomaiya) THE GOLDEN THREAD, an investigation into the mysterious death of UN chief Dag Hammarskjold in the midst of the Cold War seems like it's going to be a fantastic window into a long forgotten story: bookshop.org/books/the-gold…
3) Scientist Sarah Stewart Johnson's (@biosigs) THE SIRENS OF MARS mixes her own story of becoming a planetary scientist with the human quest to understand the red planet: bookshop.org/books/the-sire…
4) Greg Mitchell's (@GregMitch) THE BEGINNING OR THE END tells the story of the interplay of the atomic arms race, Hiroshima, and Hollywood: bookshop.org/books/the-begi…
5) Lastly, Larry Tye's (@LarryTye) DEMAGOGUE promises to be the definitive biography of one of the 20th century's most important and influential politicians, Joe McCarthy, whose red scares shaped so much more of our politics than we realize: bookshop.org/books/demagogu…
PS: If you want more books to check out coming this year, read my list of my own most anticipated books:
as well as my list of new books by Black authors I'm excited to read this summer, like SA Crosby's BLACKTOP WASTELAND, which comes out July 14th. Preorder now and surprise yourself when it arrives next week!
Those are tonight's pop-up #GMGReads. What have you been reading? What new books this summer have caught your eye? Share! I just finished @jomc's LURKING, about the development of social media. #avidreadersunite
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