“Every story another tweaker told me while we were getting high”: A guide to the end of summer’s hottest books

For August, I posed a series of questions – with, as always, a few verbal restrictions – to six authors with new books: Kathleen Alcott ("Infinite Home," novel, out today) Dean Bakopolous ("Summerlong," novel, out now), Jennine Capó Crucet ("Make Your Home Among Strangers," novel, out today), Eileen G’Sell ("Portait of My Ex with Giant Burrito," poetry), Bucky Sinister (Black Hole, novel, Aug. 11), and Jonathan Weisman ("No. 4 Imperial Lane," novel, out today).

Without summarizing it in any way, what would you say your book is about?

G'SELL: Frank O'Hara, Anne Sexton, and Nicki Minaj roadtrip through the desert, smoke rising from the hood. Song, sadness, snow; beauty, death, and dessert.

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Published on August 04, 2015 14:13
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