And for more books by Big Red authors, peruse our previous round-ups<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Ling Ma, MFA \u201916<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n An indie bestseller, Ma\u2019s collection of eight short stories<\/a> has received numerous accolades, including being named to best-of lists by the New York Times<\/em>, the New Yorker<\/em>, Vogue<\/em>, and Kirkus<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEach story unspools like a dream sequence privately remembered,\u201d says Vanity Fair<\/em>, while Esquire<\/em> called the book \u201cweird and wonderful, surreal and subversive.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s the sophomore entry for the author\u2014a faculty member<\/a> at the University of Chicago\u2014following her widely praised 2018 novel Severance<\/em>. <\/p>\n<\/div> \u201cThe women populating these stories are not merely at the center, they are the center,\u201d observes the New York Times<\/em>. \u201cAs they move languorously through the world, observing and operating with a cool detachment, their questionable choices\u2014stalking an ex-lover, having sex with a Yeti, living with her husband and 100 ex-boyfriends\u2014fuel the narratives, and heighten their stakes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n David Muchow, GR \u201966\u201368<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Muchow has spent decades as an attorney, entrepreneur, investor, and consultant; now, he has channeled that experience into a hands-on guide<\/a> aimed at both aspiring startup founders and the leaders of existing firms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n It covers a host of practical dos and don\u2019ts\u2014from creating a business plan and courting investors to managing risk and safeguarding intellectual property. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMany business books deal with general information on management or \u2018motivation,\u2019\u201d Muchow writes.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n \u201cThat\u2019s fine, but I\u2019ve never had a client ask about motivation. Entrepreneurs are some of the most highly motivated people on the planet. Rather, they ask me about practical things like, \u2018Should I incorporate in Delaware? How can I cut my legal fees and when do I need a non-disclosure agreement?\u2019\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n The detailed advice<\/a> is interspersed with a series of vignettes starring \u201cProfessor Scooter Magee,\u201d a fictional startup expert who goes on adventures and solves business problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Alli Frank \u201992<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The novel is the second collaboration for Frank and her co-author<\/a>, Asha Youmans, who first teamed up for 2020\u2019s Tiny Imperfections<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The two bring a multicultural perspective to their work: Frank is white and Youmans is Black, and their books explore such issues as race, religion, family, love, and belonging. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In their latest, their protagonists are next-door neighbors: Marjette, a Black Baptist kindergarten teacher at a California private school, and Noa, a white Jewish woman whose daughter is one of Marjette\u2019s students. <\/p>\n<\/div> While Marjette is initially standoffish with Noa, a tragedy brings them together. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Says Publishers Weekly<\/em> in a starred review: \u201cAs these neighboring families blend, the authors do a good job exploring the common ground between African American and Jewish experiences: the characters feel like real people with racial and religious identities that inform their worldviews, but don\u2019t define them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Karen Levy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Levy, an associate professor of information science on the Hill, has devoted much of her research<\/a> to the intersection of technology and privacy. Her nonfiction book<\/a>, from Princeton University Press, is subtitled Truckers, Technology, and the New Workplace Surveillance<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In it, she explores how digital surveillance has upended the trucking industry: an iconic field that once embodied independence on the open road\u2014as fictionalized on TV and in movies like Smokey and the Bandit<\/em>\u2014has become increasingly monitored and controlled.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n \u201cData Driven<\/em> does not disappoint,\u201d says the American Prospect<\/em>. \u201cIt is an exceptional exploration of how new rules and AI are transforming modern long-haul trucking, and how almost everyone who talks about the future of robots and work is getting it wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Robin Roe \u201907, BS \u201905<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Roe\u2019s young-adult novel<\/a> follows a wealthy Texas teen named Sayers, who finds himself trapped in a windowless room, the victim of a kidnapping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Not only is the experience terrifying, but it forces him to question his own privilege and past behavior\u2014leading to unexpected changes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cUnlike hostage stories that end with the rescue, Roe digs deep into what happens in the aftermath as Sayers tries to learn how to be a functioning individual again and struggles with rebuilding his entire self,\u201d says Kirkus<\/em>. <\/p>\n<\/div> \u201cThere are no easy answers for Sayers\u2019s issues, but with determination and help from key friends, he finds hope.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n Roe\u2019s previous YA novel<\/a>\u20142017\u2019s A List of Cages<\/em>, about a high school senior reunited with his foster brother\u2014garnered numerous accolades and was translated into more than a dozen languages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ryan Silbert \u201902<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Silbert, a filmmaker and author<\/a>, shares a byline with the late comics legend Stan Lee as one of three writers of this new graphic novel<\/a> (which also credits two artists). <\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s the latest entry in the bestselling Alliances<\/em> universe, following up on A Trick of Light<\/em> and A New Reality<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The new tale concerns a man who\u2019s on an interstellar quest to find the source of his supernatural abilities; in his travels, he encounters an eclectic group called the Orphans, eventually joining forces with them. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n \u201cOrphans<\/em> is a fast-paced, intergalactic treasure hunt that explodes the Alliances<\/em> universe into the cosmos,\u201d says the publisher. \u201cIt introduces an extraordinary band of lone survivors that must become a family to save the very fabric of reality.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lauren Berlant, PhD \u201985<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The volume, from Duke University Press, is the final book<\/a> by the late scholar and cultural critic<\/a>, who passed away in June 2021. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In it, the publisher says, \u201cBerlant focuses on the encounter with and the desire for the bother of other people and objects, showing that to be driven toward attachment is to desire to be inconvenienced.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n The author, who taught at the University of Chicago, was best known in nonacademic circles for the 2011 book Cruel Optimism<\/em>. <\/p>\n<\/div> It explored an intriguing concept: the things that people desire most are actually impediments to their personal growth and happiness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe author is as sharp as ever at drawing from postcolonial, queer, and affect theory,\u201d Publishers Weekly<\/em> says of On the Inconvenience of Other People.<\/em> \u201cFans of Berlant\u2019s bright, electrifying thinking will want to check this out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\nBliss Montage<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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