Book Picks - Oblong Books And Music

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Joe Donahue

Published September 3, 2019 at 11:12 AM EDT

Book covers for the books listed below on this page

This week's Book Picks come from Suzanna Hermans of Oblong Books in Millerton and Rhinebeck, New York.

List:
"The Need" by Helen Phillips
"The Secrets We Kept" by Lara Prescott
"The Swallows" by Lisa Lutz (launch event at Oblong Rhinebeck, Tues, 9/17, 6pm)
"Cold Storage" by David Koepp
"The Outlaw Ocean" by Ian Urbina
"A Stone Sat Still" by Brendan Wenzel
"Hungry Jim" by Laurel Snyder, illustrated by Chuck Groenink
"Stargazing" by Jen Wang

Events:
Salman Rushdie - September 10 at 7 p.m. - Fisher Center, Bard College
Elizabeth Strout - October 17 at 7 p.m. - Hotchkiss School, Walker Auditorium

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