Word’s pick: “Get in Trouble” by Kelly Link
If you are a fan of the weird and strange; of melding genres and meddling with reality; if you love fairy tales, sci-fi, and fantasy whipped into reality and baked into a totally fresh dish — then pick up Kelly Link’s newest collection. With tales of super heroes and space opera ghost stories, Link’s book offers a little something for every reader.
— Emma Nichols, Word [126 Franklin St. at Milton Street in Greenpoint, (718) 383–0096, www.wordbrooklyn.com].
Community Bookstore’s pick: “Dodge Rose” by Jack Cox
The literary world has been rumbling about Jack Cox’s manuscript for “Dodge Rose” since it appeared in a slush pile years ago. And after a series of punishing delays, the little novel about Australian tax law and inheritance has finally arrived in Brooklyn bookstores. The novel pushes the boundaries of sentence, syntax, and sound, easily bearing comparisons to the work of Woolf and Joyce. Grab a copy, devour each word, chew loudly, and rejoice.
— Hal Hlavinka, Community Bookstore [43 Seventh Ave. between Carroll Street and Garfield Place in Park Slope, (718) 783–3075, www.communitybookstore.net].
Greenlight Bookstore’s pick: “The Red Parts” by Maggie Nelson
Graywolf Press has reissued Maggie Nelson’s memoir “The Red Parts,” a meditation on the 2005 murder trial of a man accused of killing her aunt Jane in 1969. Nelson had been about to publish her poetry collection “Jane: A Murder” when a detective called her about a DNA match on the unsolved case of her aunt’s death. “The Red Parts” is a thoughtful look at how grief is carried through generations, and how evidence plays out in a murder trial.
— Jess Pane, Greenlight Bookstore [686 Fulton St. between S. Elliott Place and S. Portland Avenue in Fort Greene, (718) 246–0200, www.greenlightbookstore.com].
