Summer reading
What:
Summer reading
Where:
In stores and online
When:
Most can be with you before Christmas, or buy a subscription and tell your giftee to wait for it.
How much:
$14.95-$200
Nothing divides sentient humanity like a summer reading list, so I want to clarify that the following books have been chosen according to a unique set of criteria that I made up just then. Will it make me look smart if falls out my bag? Is it waterproof? Can I use it as an excuse for being disorganised about Christmas? In many cases below, the answer is yes.
Read 1: McSweeney's 33, The San Francisco Panorama
Details: US $16 plus shipping from The McSweeney's Store. The most ambitious McSweeney's project ever: the newspaper of your dreams.
Read 2: My Name Is Charles Saatchi And I Am An Artoholic
Details: AUD $14.95 at good book shops. Charles Saatchi is the world's most famous art collector. Refuses to be interviewed. These are the only answers he's ever giving.
Read 3: The Thing Quarterly
Details: Subscriptions US $200 from here. The Thing sends you a piece of art every issue. Recent editions include a window blind by Miranda July that says "When this shade is down I'm not the person you think I am."
Read 4: Nobody Told Me There'd Be Days Like These, Amanda Maxwell and Sarah Larnach.
Details: Around $24 at Serps Press and The Thousands Shop. Amanda should stop what she's doing and write short stories the whole time. We see you Amanda, get back to your desk.
Read 5: The Psychic Soviet, Ian Svenonius
Details: Prices vary wildly, Sunshine & Grease and Drag City. Waterproof collection of philosophical rants by Ian Svenonius. If you don't know who he is lucky it's waterproof because imma dump this bucket of beans on you.
By Penny Modra
Format: Book
Genre: Other
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