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Saturday Night Live Skewers Truman Capote

I haven’t been watching the confusingly titled Feud: Capote Vs. The Swans, but I have heard good things about it (or rather the performances specifically). I do know the backstory, and while I didn’t expect SNL to take the chance to poke at Capote’s let’s call it “fraught” relationship with the high-society women he befriended, it is fertile ground. Yang eats this up.

Jesmyn Ward Signs New Three-Book Deal with Scribner

An essay collection next year, followed by new novels in 2027 and 2029. That Jesmyn Ward is writing new books isn’t really a surprise of course, but I do think it is notable that she is staying at Scribner, which is an imprint of Simon & Schuster. I am looking at any and all data points about how S&S is going to run under KKR. Filing this one under “steady as she goes.”

Library Social Media Rockstar Resigning from Job For Mental Health Reasons

Mychal Threets, aka The Internet’s Favorite Librarian, is resigning from his library job due to online harassment (with Twitter cited specifically). Somebody in publishing should snap this guy up to do their social videos for them. Or maybe even smarter: The American Library Association. Dismayingly unsurprised to see this and hope he takes care of himself.

The “It” Books of the Week

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Fiction

Wandering Stars book cover

Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange

I think this is my second most anticipated book of 2024 (at least of the ones that I know about at this point. Who knows what the fall holds). Early indication is that Orange’s follow-up to his breakout debut There, There is excellent. I am hopeful, excited, and expecting this one to solidify his position as one of today’s young masters.

Nonfiction

cover of Grief Is for People by Sloane Crosley

Grief is for People by Sloane Crosley

This is going to be sad. But knowing Crosley, it is going to be funny too. Add that this memoir about grieving the death of a mentor-friend is also a sidedoor story about working in books, and it gets the nod for non-fiction “it” book of the week—both for me and for the bookish world.

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