10.06.2009

some books i'm looking forward to that may or may not exist yet

Here are ten books that are coming out or i want to come out by writers i like in no order whatsoever:

1) Firework by Eugene Marten. I read the excerpt at the Brooklyn Rail and realized I should read his other book first. I got an excited feeling.
2) Museum of Fucked by David Peak. I got to read an early version of this and I think people will be surprised.
3) Easter Rabbit by Joe Young. I have the PDF of this, and having enjoyed Joe Young in the past, this one should be really really good. Cover is great.
4) A book of fiction by Rachel B. Glaser. No idea why really. I like her stuff. I think she's fresh and new and talented and someone should do a book of hers.
5) Fences by Ben Brooks. This may have just come out, like today, from Fugue State, but I've read it and loved it. I think Ben has two more books coming out in the next year. Boom.
6)We Take Me Apart by Molly Gaudry. Good early hype, great cover, and molly is a good writer who wants to be read. Will probably be successful.
7) A novel by Matt Bell. I like Matt's short stuff, and he's really passionate, so I'd be curious to see a novel. Maybe something 40k long. No idea why that length.
8) The Drunk Sonnets by Daniel Bailey. I think Daniel is really funny on his blog and in person, and so is his poetry, but it's also pretty amazing on an image level. Excited to see a full length from him.
9) A book of fiction from Rauan Klassnik. Not sure why, because he writes poetry, but a book of fiction excites me. Insane images.
10) A full length book of poems by Kathryn Regina. I loved her chapbook "i am in the air right now" and want to see more.

Could have made this list a lot longer but will stop now.

8 comments:

ben spivey said...

Thanks for mentioning David's book. Glad that you liked it.

BlogSloth said...

Pretty strong list.

Mike Young said...

http://rachelbglaser.blogspot.com/2009/10/publishing-genius-is-publishing-my.html

Shane Jones said...

ben - it good.
sean - thank you.
mike - huh. that's really exciting.

Chris East said...

10 is a good number

Kathryn said...

thank you shane, that warms my heart

Molly Gaudry said...

#2 is great. I would also like to read a Matt Bell novel.

Mark said...

Shane,
Thanks for making this post. I had kind of heard rach b glas name a little, but I hadn't read any stories. Maybe a poem once. Yesterday, I spent all day reading her stories and reading the archives of elimae and it made me realize there was a lot of good stuff out there.