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When the movers arrive in the morning, if I haven’t finished packing, I’ll face the consequences of my lack of preparedness — a crime, at least to my subconscious.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dr. Rahul Jandial, neurosurgeon, neuroscientist and author of \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/735627/this-is-why-you-dream-by-rahul-jandial-md-phd/\">This is Why You Dream: What Your Sleeping Brain Reveals About Your Waking Life\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, says the major themes and images of vivid dreams like these are worth paying attention to, and trying to derive meaning from. 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Jandial was operating on the left temporal lobe, where language is typically located. Working carefully to avoid damage, he went millimeter by millimeter, stimulating the neurons, and asking the patient to count to ten at each spot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13958728']But after one such zap of electricity, Jandial’s patient experienced a nightmare that had recurred for him since childhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Research has since confirmed that nightmares, and all dreams, arise from brain activity. “Now we know from different measurements of electricity and metabolic usage, the sleeping-dreaming brain is burning hot. It’s sparking with electricity. We might be asleep, but the brain is on fire,” Jandial says.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>3. 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It’s not all great stuff, “But when there are good ideas, it’s from that time. It’s not from two o’clock with my espresso,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>4. Nightmares? Write a new script\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Jandial says nightmares around occasional stressful events, like my dream about the jewelry heist — are usually not cause for concern. But if you’re stuck in a loop of recurring fearful dreams, there is something you can try: Imagery Rehearsal Therapy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is something you can do with a therapist. “If [a patient has] a recurrent nightmare of an explosion or an airplane crashing, they’ll go to the therapist to draw out the map of the dream, the dreamscape, if you will, and then they’ll rehearse that the airplane landed safely,” or that they arrived home from a drive instead of crashing, Jandial explains. After time, he says many patients see their nightmares change.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>5. Dreams about cheating are normal. 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I think I also had ‘best little gay boy in the world syndrome’ — like where you grow up thinking this thing is so bad and wrong that you should be perfect in every other way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Turban’s ideas about his career prospects began to shift on a trip to Europe, as a part of a piece he was writing for \u003cem>The New York Times\u003c/em> on trans kids. “That trip changed everything,” he says. “It was the moment for me when it went from being this intellectualized discussion to the real-life kid in front of you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Turban saw the vast difference between the kids who were being affirmed and those who weren’t. After consulting with some colleagues and doing a child psychiatry rotation, he knew his future was working with transgender children and not, as he puts it, rolling mice to their tanning beds. 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"content": "\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13957998']June is around the corner, meaning summer is almost here! As we look forward to travel and staycations, plane rides and trips to the beach, we’ve asked our book critics for some advice: What upcoming fiction and nonfiction are they most looking forward to reading?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their picks range from memoirs to sci-fi and fantasy to translations, love stories and everything in between. Here’s a look:\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch3>June\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/daughter_custom-b786e59ae645b23b705710ab415dc3a27f150a5f.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (Redhook)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Daughter of the Merciful Deep’ by Leslye Penelope\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I was hooked when I first saw the gorgeous cover for \u003cem>Daughter of the Merciful Deep\u003c/em> by Leslye Penelope. But the novel’s premise put it at the top of my summer reading list. Penelope is known for unforgettable characters, world-building, beautiful writing and robust storytelling. Her latest work, inspired by actual events — the drowned Black towns of the American South — promises a magical, mythical and powerful tale of a young woman’s quest to save her town. A historical fantasy must-read. (June 4) — \u003cem>Denny Bryce\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/futurewascolor_custom-8cf072dcb45a69feb8bf38d30adb3a03422fce58.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (Counterpoint LLC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘The Future Was Color’ by Patrick Nathan\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Future Was Color\u003c/em> by Patrick Nathan has everything I look for in a book: a unique and startling voice, a queer protagonist and a deep understanding of a particular time and place. George — once György — is a gay Hungarian immigrant working as a screenwriter in McCarthy-era Hollywood, occasionally fantasizing about his officemate, Jack. When a once-famous actress named Madeline invites George to stay and write at her spacious Malibu house, she won’t take no for an answer — and so George finds himself in a hedonistic milieu where pleasure, politics and strong personalities intermingle. (June 4) — \u003cem>Ilana Masad\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/mirrored_custom-278fb8c0571ce760702cf2f0b0e763480f39862b.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (S&S/Saga Press)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Mirrored Heavens: Between Earth & Sky, Book 3’ by Rebecca Roanhorse\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rebecca Roanhorse is one of my auto-read authors — and one major reason is because of her fire \u003cem>Between Earth and Sky\u003c/em> series. That trilogy comes to a stunning, fevered conclusion with \u003cem>Mirrored Heavens\u003c/em>. All of the characters you love, hate and love to hate will converge on the city of Tova. Get ready for an epic battle between ancient gods, their human avatars and the mortals caught in between. (June 4) \u003cem>— Alex Brown\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/singlikefish_custom-08ec44af144d163477bad03e23664864c096488f.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (Crown)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Sing Like Fish: How Sound Rules Life Under Water’ by Amorina Kingdon\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You may know about \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jul/13/loneliest-whale-in-the-world-search\">52 Blue\u003c/a>, whose vocalizations likely go unheard by some other whales; it captured worldwide sympathy and became a pop-culture metaphor. But did you know \u003cem>all\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-68358414\">whale song is critically disrupted by ships\u003c/a>? If that gets you wondering, keep an eye out for \u003cem>Sing Like Fish\u003c/em>, which promises to illuminate the fragile symphony of the deep. (June 4) —\u003cem> Genevieve Valentine\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/consent_custom-08d1ad496975300988db3f69077a2990ae9a4073.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (Pantheon)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Consent: A Memoir’ by Jill Ciment\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I look forward to reading Jill Ciment’s \u003cem>Consent \u003c/em>and to the discussions it’s sure to provoke. In this follow-up memoir to \u003cem>Half a Life,\u003c/em> Ciment reconsiders what she wrote 25 years ago about her teenage affair and marriage to her art teacher, 30 years her senior. \u003cem>Half a Life \u003c/em>was written before the #MeToo movement, and before her husband died at the age of 93 after 45 years of marriage. \u003cem>Consent \u003c/em>promises a fuller picture. (June 11) — \u003cem>Heller McAlpin\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/godmother_custom-ff8270a1d4a20fda0c303d080ef095532b512f9d.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (Publisher Union Square & Co.)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Do What Godmother Says’ by L.S. Stratton\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As we continue to experience the frenzy of Harlem Renaissance celebrations, commemorations and historical resonance, \u003cem>Do What Godmother Says\u003c/em> by L.S. Stratton is the perfect addition to the litany of works set in this artistic period this year. It examines the intense and frequently degenerating relationship between patrons and artists during this intellectual and cultural movement. In this dual-timeline gothic thriller, a modern writer discovers a family heirloom painting by a Harlem Renaissance artist, which connects her family to a mysterious past. This historical novel is one I’m eager to read because it deftly exposes the layers of creative ownership, especially when race and wealth are involved. (June 11) — \u003cem>Keishel Williams\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/horrormovie_custom-585da57f9b35c75005e2591f96db69eb8900038d.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (William Morrow)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Horror Movie: A Novel’ by Paul Tremblay\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Paul Tremblay is one of the most entertaining and innovative voices in contemporary fiction regardless of genre. \u003cem>Horror Movie\u003c/em>, a story about a cursed movie that never came out and is about to get a remake, is a love letter to horror novels and horror movies, as well as a tense narrative that will redefine the cursed film subgenre. Tremblay is one of the modern masters of horror, and this new novel promises to be packed with the author’s distinctive voice, knack for ambiguity and intrigue, and superb atmosphere. (June 11) —\u003cem> Gabino Iglesias\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/cuethesun_custom-d017b905e1f57c346bd155e2b1e00b7e8a5018b3.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (Random House)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Cue The Sun! The Invention of Reality TV’ by Emily Nussbaum\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every so often there’s a nonfiction title I covet like it’s the next installment in my favorite mystery series. This summer it’s \u003cem>Cue the Sun! \u003c/em>Based on in-depth interviews with more than 300 sources from every aspect of the production process, this book is a cultural history of the genre that ate American entertainment, from \u003cem>New Yorker\u003c/em> critic Emily Nussbaum. It combines the appeal of a page-turning thriller and the heft of serious scholarship. Juicy and thoughtful, it’s a must-read for anyone interested in television or popular culture. (June 25) — \u003cem>Carole V. Bell\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch3>July\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/undermining_custom-0ab0ee15894c33905bc361a0c1dd2073df28cf79.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (Orbit)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘The Undermining of Twyla and Frank’ by Megan Bannen\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In this return to the delightfully wacky world established in one of my personal top-five romance novels of all time, \u003cem>The\u003c/em> \u003cem>Undertaking of Hart and Mercy\u003c/em>, Megan Bannen takes on the friends to lovers trope with a combination of madcap \u003cem>joie de vivre\u003c/em> and the exhausted practicality of a mom who’s had enough. Also, there are dragons! (July 2) \u003cem>— Caitlyn Paxson\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/anthropologists_custom-fafa91131dbe50c4d7e17dad7a6d5e8262282d1f.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (Bloomsbury Publishing)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘The Anthropologists’ by Ayşegül Savaş\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I am eagerly awaiting Ayşegül Savaş’ \u003cem>The Anthropologists\u003c/em>. Born in Istanbul, Savaş has lived in England, Denmark and the U.S. also and now resides in France; in this novel she takes up themes of cultural migration through focus on a young couple seeking an apartment in a foreign city. I’m intrigued to discover how Savaş gifts her characters with an anthropological lens of exploration. (July 9) — \u003cem>Barbara J. King \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/elevator_custom-dcdd9705bb7ed0ee4d0cd6c1044b7affb5f454c9.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (New Directions)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Elevator in Saigon by Thuân’ translated by Nguyen An Lý\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Elevator in Saigon\u003c/em> is a literal and structural \u003cem>exquisite corpse\u003c/em>, capturing Vietnam’s eventful period from 1954 to 2004. Mimicking an elevator’s movement, the novel heightens our yearning for romance and mystery, while unflinchingly exposing such narrative shaft. Channeling Marguerite Duras and Patrick Modiano, the book also offers a dead-on tour of a society cunningly leaping from one ideological mode to the next. As if challenging Rick’s parting words to Ilsa in \u003cem>Casablanca\u003c/em>, Thuận’s sophomore novel in English implies that geopolitical debacles might have been mitigated if personal relations were held in more elevated regard than “a hill of beans.” (July 9) —\u003cem> Thúy Đinh\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/goodnighttokyo_custom-5e0f418add83234a499f5adf8225cb5a1671c022.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (Europa Editions)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Goodnight Tokyo’ by Atsuhiro Yoshida, translated by Haydn Trowell\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Atsuhiro Yoshida’s \u003cem>Goodnight Tokyo\u003c/em> begins with a film company procurer who’s tasked with finding fresh kumquats for a production. From there, interlinked tales of Tokyo residents unspool in unpredictable directions. Characters range from a cabdriver to a star of a detective TV series who might be an actual detective. Readers will be reminded of Jim Jarmusch’s 1991 movie \u003cem>Night on Earth\u003c/em>, which also takes place in the wee hours of the morning and threads together the stories of strangers. (July 9) — \u003cem>Leland Cheuk \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/navola_custom-9ffec1a70800c395d9dfba994a9592218ea4b9ca.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (Knopf)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Navola: A Novel’ by Paolo Bacigalupi\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I love when a beloved author — especially one known mostly for a certain type of book — throws us a daring curveball. \u003cem>Navola\u003c/em> is exactly such a pitch. Paolo Bacigalupi, who has won pretty much every major award in the science-fiction field with his climate-conscious dystopianism, is veering hard left with his new novel. It doesn’t take place in the future, and it isn’t a cautionary tale. Instead, it’s a hefty tome of high fantasy set in a dreamed-up world akin to Renaissance Florence. Only with, you guessed it, dragons. But also high finance, political intrigue, and de’ Medici-esque opulence. Bacigalupi is one of today’s most gripping spinners of speculative fiction, and I can’t wait to dive into this surprising magical foray. (July 9) \u003cem>— Jason Heller \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/luckyones_custom-d83a34ee0f3f90aaf4c10d5cf111eea0a9af1313.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (Crown)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘The Lucky Ones: A Memoir’ by Zara Chowdhary\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2002, two train carriages were set on fire in Gujarat, India. Within three weeks, more than 2,000 Muslims were murdered in response by Hindu mobs. By the end of the year, more than 50,000 Muslims became refugees in their own country. \u003cem>The Lucky Ones \u003c/em>is a unique memoir in English of this largest-ever \u003ca href=\"http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/01/india.arson.case/index.html\">massacre in independent India\u003c/a>. It is also about a communal crisis bringing a fractured family together. A must-read in our warring world today. (July 16) — \u003cem>Jenny Bhatt\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/16/sharks_custom-b9e1d9ca19799e9b94e3376fd8cb3928daa3b31d.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (Pantheon)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Sharks Don’t Sink: Adventures of a Rogue Shark Scientist’ by Jasmin Graham\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Author Jasmin Graham is a marine biologist specializing in smalltooth sawfish and hammerhead sharks. Who are the real sharks in this story? Graham had to face the sharp-teethed truths of academia, while creating a world of curiosity and discovery around the complex lives of sharks. To combat the racism she encountered in academia, Graham created an “ocean of her own” to become an independent scientist and a champion of social justice, a journey she unspools in this new memoir. (July 16) —\u003cem> Martha Ann Toll\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/liars1_custom-61788f1e8cc522d62ed49db9f9f6f48b020cd8bd.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (Hogarth)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Liars’ by Sarah Manguso\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I have long been a fan of Sarah Manguso’s crystalline prose, from her fragmented illness memoir\u003cem> The Two Kinds of Decay \u003c/em>to her tightly constrained 2022 novel \u003cem>Very Cold People\u003c/em>. Her second novel\u003cem>,\u003c/em> \u003cem>Liars\u003c/em>, marries restraint with rage — in it, Manguso traces the full arc of a 15-year relationship between Jane, a successful writer, and John, a dilettante artist-cum-techie, in aphoristic vignettes. The result is a furious, propulsive meditation on wifehood, motherhood and artistic ambition. (July 23) —\u003cem> Kristen Martin \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/horse_custom-03be9b1d7e9c48e6deeff68af65f228511ae27be.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (Harper)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘The Horse: A Novel’ by Willy Vlautin\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Musician and \u003cem>Lean on Pete\u003c/em> author Willy Vlautin captures the American West like few other writers. His prose is always excellent, his characters always beautifully drawn, and that promises to be the case with his next novel, about an isolated Nevada man in his 60s who is visited by a blind horse that refuses to leave. (July 30) — \u003cem>Michael Schaub\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch3>August\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/einstein_custom-e50a08faa4e05056ec6279194d5b40d0db8a1b74.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (Bloomsbury Publishing)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Einstein in Kafkaland: How Albert Fell Down the Rabbit Hole and Came Up With the Universe’ by Ken Krimstein\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Art and science collide in Ken Krimstein’s new graphic biography\u003cem>.\u003c/em> In this book, the author of the brilliant and whimsical \u003cem>The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt \u003c/em>similarly translates careful research into scenic, emotive comics — in this case tracking the potential effects of an adventitious meeting in Prague between two geniuses on the cusp of world-changing discoveries. 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The resulting book highlights the late author’s commitment to interrogating what it means to survive on this planet — and how Lorde’s radical understanding of ecology can guide us today. 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As a fan of both Mr. Peabody and the Muses, the idea of combining Maia Lee-Chin’s thoughtful scholarship and Marta Bertello’s dynamic artistry is captivating. Their new book reimagines the world of Latin’s invention and tops my summer reading list. (Aug. 27) — \u003cem>Marcela Davison Avilés\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>June is around the corner, meaning summer is almost here! As we look forward to travel and staycations, plane rides and trips to the beach, we’ve asked our book critics for some advice: What upcoming fiction and nonfiction are they most looking forward to reading?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their picks range from memoirs to sci-fi and fantasy to translations, love stories and everything in between. Here’s a look:\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch3>June\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/daughter_custom-b786e59ae645b23b705710ab415dc3a27f150a5f.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (Redhook)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Daughter of the Merciful Deep’ by Leslye Penelope\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I was hooked when I first saw the gorgeous cover for \u003cem>Daughter of the Merciful Deep\u003c/em> by Leslye Penelope. But the novel’s premise put it at the top of my summer reading list. Penelope is known for unforgettable characters, world-building, beautiful writing and robust storytelling. Her latest work, inspired by actual events — the drowned Black towns of the American South — promises a magical, mythical and powerful tale of a young woman’s quest to save her town. A historical fantasy must-read. (June 4) — \u003cem>Denny Bryce\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/futurewascolor_custom-8cf072dcb45a69feb8bf38d30adb3a03422fce58.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (Counterpoint LLC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘The Future Was Color’ by Patrick Nathan\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Future Was Color\u003c/em> by Patrick Nathan has everything I look for in a book: a unique and startling voice, a queer protagonist and a deep understanding of a particular time and place. George — once György — is a gay Hungarian immigrant working as a screenwriter in McCarthy-era Hollywood, occasionally fantasizing about his officemate, Jack. When a once-famous actress named Madeline invites George to stay and write at her spacious Malibu house, she won’t take no for an answer — and so George finds himself in a hedonistic milieu where pleasure, politics and strong personalities intermingle. (June 4) — \u003cem>Ilana Masad\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/mirrored_custom-278fb8c0571ce760702cf2f0b0e763480f39862b.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (S&S/Saga Press)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Mirrored Heavens: Between Earth & Sky, Book 3’ by Rebecca Roanhorse\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rebecca Roanhorse is one of my auto-read authors — and one major reason is because of her fire \u003cem>Between Earth and Sky\u003c/em> series. That trilogy comes to a stunning, fevered conclusion with \u003cem>Mirrored Heavens\u003c/em>. All of the characters you love, hate and love to hate will converge on the city of Tova. Get ready for an epic battle between ancient gods, their human avatars and the mortals caught in between. (June 4) \u003cem>— Alex Brown\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/singlikefish_custom-08ec44af144d163477bad03e23664864c096488f.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (Crown)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Sing Like Fish: How Sound Rules Life Under Water’ by Amorina Kingdon\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You may know about \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jul/13/loneliest-whale-in-the-world-search\">52 Blue\u003c/a>, whose vocalizations likely go unheard by some other whales; it captured worldwide sympathy and became a pop-culture metaphor. But did you know \u003cem>all\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-68358414\">whale song is critically disrupted by ships\u003c/a>? If that gets you wondering, keep an eye out for \u003cem>Sing Like Fish\u003c/em>, which promises to illuminate the fragile symphony of the deep. (June 4) —\u003cem> Genevieve Valentine\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/consent_custom-08d1ad496975300988db3f69077a2990ae9a4073.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (Pantheon)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Consent: A Memoir’ by Jill Ciment\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I look forward to reading Jill Ciment’s \u003cem>Consent \u003c/em>and to the discussions it’s sure to provoke. In this follow-up memoir to \u003cem>Half a Life,\u003c/em> Ciment reconsiders what she wrote 25 years ago about her teenage affair and marriage to her art teacher, 30 years her senior. \u003cem>Half a Life \u003c/em>was written before the #MeToo movement, and before her husband died at the age of 93 after 45 years of marriage. \u003cem>Consent \u003c/em>promises a fuller picture. (June 11) — \u003cem>Heller McAlpin\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/godmother_custom-ff8270a1d4a20fda0c303d080ef095532b512f9d.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (Publisher Union Square & Co.)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Do What Godmother Says’ by L.S. Stratton\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As we continue to experience the frenzy of Harlem Renaissance celebrations, commemorations and historical resonance, \u003cem>Do What Godmother Says\u003c/em> by L.S. Stratton is the perfect addition to the litany of works set in this artistic period this year. It examines the intense and frequently degenerating relationship between patrons and artists during this intellectual and cultural movement. In this dual-timeline gothic thriller, a modern writer discovers a family heirloom painting by a Harlem Renaissance artist, which connects her family to a mysterious past. This historical novel is one I’m eager to read because it deftly exposes the layers of creative ownership, especially when race and wealth are involved. (June 11) — \u003cem>Keishel Williams\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/horrormovie_custom-585da57f9b35c75005e2591f96db69eb8900038d.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (William Morrow)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Horror Movie: A Novel’ by Paul Tremblay\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Paul Tremblay is one of the most entertaining and innovative voices in contemporary fiction regardless of genre. \u003cem>Horror Movie\u003c/em>, a story about a cursed movie that never came out and is about to get a remake, is a love letter to horror novels and horror movies, as well as a tense narrative that will redefine the cursed film subgenre. Tremblay is one of the modern masters of horror, and this new novel promises to be packed with the author’s distinctive voice, knack for ambiguity and intrigue, and superb atmosphere. (June 11) —\u003cem> Gabino Iglesias\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/cuethesun_custom-d017b905e1f57c346bd155e2b1e00b7e8a5018b3.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (Random House)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Cue The Sun! The Invention of Reality TV’ by Emily Nussbaum\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every so often there’s a nonfiction title I covet like it’s the next installment in my favorite mystery series. This summer it’s \u003cem>Cue the Sun! \u003c/em>Based on in-depth interviews with more than 300 sources from every aspect of the production process, this book is a cultural history of the genre that ate American entertainment, from \u003cem>New Yorker\u003c/em> critic Emily Nussbaum. It combines the appeal of a page-turning thriller and the heft of serious scholarship. Juicy and thoughtful, it’s a must-read for anyone interested in television or popular culture. (June 25) — \u003cem>Carole V. Bell\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch3>July\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/undermining_custom-0ab0ee15894c33905bc361a0c1dd2073df28cf79.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (Orbit)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘The Undermining of Twyla and Frank’ by Megan Bannen\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In this return to the delightfully wacky world established in one of my personal top-five romance novels of all time, \u003cem>The\u003c/em> \u003cem>Undertaking of Hart and Mercy\u003c/em>, Megan Bannen takes on the friends to lovers trope with a combination of madcap \u003cem>joie de vivre\u003c/em> and the exhausted practicality of a mom who’s had enough. Also, there are dragons! (July 2) \u003cem>— Caitlyn Paxson\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/anthropologists_custom-fafa91131dbe50c4d7e17dad7a6d5e8262282d1f.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (Bloomsbury Publishing)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘The Anthropologists’ by Ayşegül Savaş\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I am eagerly awaiting Ayşegül Savaş’ \u003cem>The Anthropologists\u003c/em>. Born in Istanbul, Savaş has lived in England, Denmark and the U.S. also and now resides in France; in this novel she takes up themes of cultural migration through focus on a young couple seeking an apartment in a foreign city. I’m intrigued to discover how Savaş gifts her characters with an anthropological lens of exploration. (July 9) — \u003cem>Barbara J. King \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/elevator_custom-dcdd9705bb7ed0ee4d0cd6c1044b7affb5f454c9.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (New Directions)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Elevator in Saigon by Thuân’ translated by Nguyen An Lý\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Elevator in Saigon\u003c/em> is a literal and structural \u003cem>exquisite corpse\u003c/em>, capturing Vietnam’s eventful period from 1954 to 2004. Mimicking an elevator’s movement, the novel heightens our yearning for romance and mystery, while unflinchingly exposing such narrative shaft. Channeling Marguerite Duras and Patrick Modiano, the book also offers a dead-on tour of a society cunningly leaping from one ideological mode to the next. As if challenging Rick’s parting words to Ilsa in \u003cem>Casablanca\u003c/em>, Thuận’s sophomore novel in English implies that geopolitical debacles might have been mitigated if personal relations were held in more elevated regard than “a hill of beans.” (July 9) —\u003cem> Thúy Đinh\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/goodnighttokyo_custom-5e0f418add83234a499f5adf8225cb5a1671c022.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (Europa Editions)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Goodnight Tokyo’ by Atsuhiro Yoshida, translated by Haydn Trowell\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Atsuhiro Yoshida’s \u003cem>Goodnight Tokyo\u003c/em> begins with a film company procurer who’s tasked with finding fresh kumquats for a production. From there, interlinked tales of Tokyo residents unspool in unpredictable directions. Characters range from a cabdriver to a star of a detective TV series who might be an actual detective. Readers will be reminded of Jim Jarmusch’s 1991 movie \u003cem>Night on Earth\u003c/em>, which also takes place in the wee hours of the morning and threads together the stories of strangers. (July 9) — \u003cem>Leland Cheuk \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/navola_custom-9ffec1a70800c395d9dfba994a9592218ea4b9ca.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (Knopf)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Navola: A Novel’ by Paolo Bacigalupi\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I love when a beloved author — especially one known mostly for a certain type of book — throws us a daring curveball. \u003cem>Navola\u003c/em> is exactly such a pitch. Paolo Bacigalupi, who has won pretty much every major award in the science-fiction field with his climate-conscious dystopianism, is veering hard left with his new novel. It doesn’t take place in the future, and it isn’t a cautionary tale. Instead, it’s a hefty tome of high fantasy set in a dreamed-up world akin to Renaissance Florence. Only with, you guessed it, dragons. But also high finance, political intrigue, and de’ Medici-esque opulence. Bacigalupi is one of today’s most gripping spinners of speculative fiction, and I can’t wait to dive into this surprising magical foray. 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(That much is evident in the ridiculous social media \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@thekathleenhanna/video/7368929147986529582\">videos Hanna has recently been posting\u003c/a> to promote the release of her \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13957749/kathleen-hanna-interview-bikini-kill-le-tigre-rebel-girl\">new autobiography, \u003c/a>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13957749/kathleen-hanna-interview-bikini-kill-le-tigre-rebel-girl\">Rebel Girl\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13957749']That said, even avid followers of the singer were treated to a side-splitting surprise Tuesday night in San Francisco, when Hanna sat down in conversation with Oakland musician and author \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101904684/brontez-purnell-on-his-memoir-in-verse-and-a-life-of-making-transgressive-art\">Brontez Purnell\u003c/a>\u003cem>, \u003c/em>as part of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cityarts.net/\">City Arts & Lectures\u003c/a> series.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The way these conversational events so often go is that only one person at a time is allowed to be unfiltered and unhinged onstage. The joy of seeing Hanna and Purnell in action together is that neither one of them is willing or able to play the “straight man” role. (Pun intended.) The pair have also been friends for many years, having first exchanged mail back when Purnell was a 15-year-old Bikini Kill fan who sent Hanna a selfie he took on a disposable camera. To say these two have a good rapport at this point is a gross understatement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every member of the Sydney Goldstein Theater audience benefitted from that chemistry, treated to a magnificent zig-zag of subject matters, occasionally landing on the audience at a dizzying — and very funny — pace. 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