Starring a lop-eared bunny Hamlet and a host of other jealous, poison-drinking, murderous woodland creatures, Look Hamlet is the irresistible lovechild of Edward Gorey and Beatrix Potter. It’s illustrated with grim whimsy and surprising depth of feeling by award-winning Swedish artist Anna Höglund, and we’re delighted to share a look at those illustrations here.
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The Dancing Elephant tote! For fans of Rivka Galchen's magical Rat Rule 79, and for those who haven't read it yet but really should right away because they'll love it. And for fans of dancing elephants.
Winner of the Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing Grace Talusan will be touring the country this fall. Her acclaimed memoir The Body Papers excavates memories of migration, childhood abuse, and cancer, laying bare extraordinary pain and resilience. Celeste Ng calls it “a stunning work by a powerful new writer who—like the best memoirists—transcends the personal to speak on a universal level.” We hope to see you at one of her events this fall!
Oct. 7: Illinois Wesleyan University (Bloomington, IL)
Oct. 7: Prairie Lights Bookstore (Iowa City, IA)
Oct. 11–13: Filipino American International Book Festival (San Francisco, CA)
Oct. 14: UC Berkeley Multicultural Community Center (Berkeley, CA)
Oct. 20: Boston Book Festival (Boston, MA)
Oct. 22: Decolonize Your Bookshelves (Enoch Pratt Library, Baltimore, MD)
Oct. 26: Concord Festival of Authors—Breakfast with the Authors (Concord, MA)
Oct. 29: Bowdoin College (Brunswick, ME)
Nov. 2: He Done Her Wrong: The Redemptive Value of Reframing Violence against Women in Story at the San Diego Public Library (San Diego, CA)
Nov. 4: Adventures by the Book—Conversations Worth Having: A Dinner Adventure with Grace Talusan (San Diego, CA)
Nov. 17: Sunday Salon at Von Bar (New York, NY)
Nov. 24: Miami Book Fair International (Miami, FL)
Nov. 25: Reading Public Library (Reading, MA)
Nov. 27: University of Michigan Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies Program, Ann Arbor, MI [details TBA]
Winner of the Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing
Winner of the Massachusetts Book Award for Nonfiction
Grace Talusan’s critically acclaimed memoir The Body Papers, a New York Times Editors’ Choice selection, powerfully explores the fraught contours of her own life as a Filipino immigrant and survivor of cancer and childhood abuse.
Paperback ISBN: 9781632060242 • Mar 3, 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 9781632061836 • Apr 9, 2019
© Alonso Nichols
Grace Talusan was born in the Philippines and raised in New England. A graduate of Tufts University and the MFA Program in Writing at UC Irvine, she is the recipient of a U.S. Fulbright Fellowship to the Philippines and an Artist Fellowship Award from the Massachusetts Cultural Council. Talusan teaches the Essay Incubator at GrubStreet and at the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts. She is the Fannie Hurst Writer-in-Residence at Brandeis University for 2019–2021. The Body Papers, winner of the Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing, is her first book.
Embrace your passion for literature and activism with the Reading Is Resistance Tree Tote! This beautifully designed tote features an intricate tree graphic from Mexican artist EKO that symbolizes growth, knowledge, and the strength of community. Perfect for carrying your favorite Restless books, groceries, or everyday essentials!