Jay Ritchie of Canadian origins recommends “I have to live” by Aisha Sasha John. His suggest is to love it forever. Maggie Lee talks of “Things to Make and Break” by May-Lan Tan who believes it should always be on an end-of-year book list. EE Scott simply rules. Bell Hooks “All About Love” changed EE Scott’s life. Beach Sloth has read Bell Hooks extensively and agrees strongly that she definitely is a writer worth checking out. Lucy K Shaw’s “Jane: A Murder” reveals a fondness for Maggie Nelson. Caroline Rayner’s “Deepstep Come Shining” by C.D. Wright has a cryptic haunted beauty to it, which feels particularly appealing as summer is the best time of the year. every tweet that Yoko Ono has done is 2017 appealed greatly to Sarah Jean Alexander, thus proving the importance twitter has had on literature. Emily Fridlund’s “The History of Wolves” explores the political systems established by wolves in the late 18th century before they began a foolhardy invasion of Russia, before being defeated by the Russian winter. Michelle Lyn King clearly picked wisely. Marcela Huerta chooses a book exploring the move away from the city into the countryside called “Uncomfortably Happily” by Yeon-sik Hong. 2017 had a lot of Beach Sloth’s friends leave the cities, for either smaller cities or the countryside. Currently Beach Sloth has been unable to determine whether this is unique to their friend group or something wider-based.
Matt Nelson reads, a lot apparently. A lot of books made his list, though the one Beach Sloth is most familiar with is “They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us” by Hand Abdurraqib, of which multiple excerpts are peppered across the internet. It is definitely a worthy read. Kristen Felicetti picked out “Homesick for Another World: Stories by Ottessa Moshfegh”, prickly little pears of stories. “Death By Sex Machine” by Franny Choi is probably what the future holds for a select few. Sennah Yee chooses wisely. The end of the world probably will happen shortly, and thus Carmen Brady’s “Signs Preceding the End of the World” by Yuri Herrera feels timely. Tommy Pico is an amazing writer, and “Nature Poem” really should beat down Beowulf at some point, Jordan Hoxsie is totally right. Beach Sloth is excited to see that “Things We Lost in the Fire” is more than a Low album (great Low album by the way) but also a book by Mariana Enriquez. Sarah Jean Grimm discusses a little bit about the way that these short stories function. Carolyn DeCarlo embraced Molly Brodak’s “Bandit” for its portrayal of the loneliness of youth. A second vote for Tommy Pico’s “Nature Poem” comes from Rachelle Toarmino. “The Sellout” feels particularly in tune with the amount of people who sold their souls in 2017, Paul Beatty does good work with social satire whose bite leaves marks. Jamie Perez enjoys the whole “let those feelings feel”. Experiments with voice defines Jackson Nieuwland’s pick of “Tail of the Taniwha” by Courtney Sina Meredith.
Beach Sloth loves Jackson Nieuwland, the lovable giant from New Zealand. People who meet him notice how tall he is, and while that is a easy observation it is not all he is. Additionally Jackson Nieuwland supports many with his optimism and happiness. Beach Sloth is glad to call him a dear friend.
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