Summer Books I loved, 2017

This summer I read some startling poetry—Paschen, Kaschike, and Sinclair, 2 amazing debuts by Clemmons and Cline, Lincoln In The Bardo by George Saunders, a book that tips over the whole concept of a novel into something new, Hunt’s book which speaks to what every woman I know goes through, The Snyder which is a really important little manifesto by a brilliant scholar…

What We Lose by Zinzi Clemmons
The Girls by Emma Cline
The Nightlife by Elise Paschen
The Infintesimals by Laura Kaschike
The Answers by Catherine Lacey
Do Not Become Alarmed by Maile Meloy
The Dark Dark by Samantha Hunt
On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder
Abandon Me by Melissa Febos
Cannibal by Safiya Sinclair