Summer Reading List 2017

The Village Voice's annual Summer Literary Special is filled with recommendations for the best novels, memoirs, poetry collections and other page-turners for basking on the beach or sweating on the subway.

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Roxane Gay
Roxane Gay Is The Hardest-Working Woman In Letters | The Village Voice
Village Voice - by Jonathan Durbin
By now, the release of a new book by Roxane Gay has become a cultural event. The New York Times bestselling author is a rare mainstream crossover, …
Jun 13, 2017
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Art
Jeremiah Moss Mourns the Loss of New York’s Soul | The Village Voice
Village Voice - by Molly Fitzpatrick
On a gray, drizzly Friday in July, I joined Jeremiah Moss for a walk. We met at the Astor Place cube, as the artist Tony Rosenthal’s 1967 black …
Jul 18, 2017
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Biographies
Separating Fact From Fiction In Scott McClanahan’s Hillbilly Elegies | The Village Voice
Village Voice - by Nate McNamara
“There is only one thing I know about life,” Scott McClanahan writes in The Sarah Book. “If you live long enough you start losing things.” McClanahan …
Jun 27, 2017
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New York City
NYC's Best Independent Booksellers Share Their Picks For Summer Reading | The Village Voice
Village Voice - by Atossa Araxia Abrahamian
With its legendary eighteen miles of books, the Strand is a good first stop to find the summer’s ideal beach read. Leigh Altschuler, the Strand’s …
Jun 14, 2017
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Mystery Novel
Don Winslow's New York Is Strong With The Dark Side In "The Force" | The Village Voice
Village Voice - by Bilge Ebiri
Don Winslow has no problem being called a “crime writer,” though his work has increasingly broken free of the genre. His meticulously researched, …
Jun 14, 2017