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July 1, 2009

Summer is here, even if it's raining once a day. Last weekend, I attended my first Gay Pride Parade and worked on my Irish tan (off-white, of course). My colleagues have begun vacationing, taking advantage of the slack in our production schedule. Yet we in the Book Review aren't getting too relaxed. Summer means fall is just around the corner; fall means a tidal wave of new books. The brains behind BookSmack! are cooking up scintillating content for your information and pleasure, hoping to repeat the success of Jeanne Bogino's viral zombie lit article. Our new Short Takes series on parenting guides by Julianne J. Smith is an example of this work, but we'd like to hear from readers. What do you want covered and how? Barbara Genco, just retired from the Brooklyn Public Library, will no doubt help us fine-tune our coverage in her new role as Editor, Collection Management, of Library Journal. Barbara is a well-known innovator in collection development and intimately involved in the library, publishing, and vendor worlds. Welcome, Barbara.—Heather McCormack, Editor (follow me on Twitter at @hmccormack and @LJBookReview)

• RA Crossroads: The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane
  When given a copy of Katherine Howe's The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane, I pretty much stopped everything to read it. This time-slip story of the Salem witches, Ph.D. studies, and women, immediately makes you reach for some history. With a beautiful weaving of worlds and times, a portentous feel, deftly described magic, and attention to details, it also conjures parallels to The Crucible book and film, Robert Hellenga, A.S. Byatt, and a fantasy by Maria V. Snyder. more » » » 

• Black, White, Red, Brown, and Yellow: America's Growing Pains in Graphic Novels
  We’ve had over 200 years of practice at making our country work, and you know what? We still have a long way to go. But the Fourth of July is a good time to revisit our triumphs and missteps, as well as celebrate all the diverse people who have learned—more or less—to live and work together in our part of North America. These 14 graphic novels bring historical movers and shakers to life, illuminate key documents and movements, and even imagine alternate Americas. more » » » 

• Prepub Exploded: November 2009, Pt. 2
  In the last issue, Prepub Exploded covered big November fiction; here's the list of leading nonfiction titles for that month. Among the lead authors: Ken Auletta and Jame Bradley, Mary Karr and Augusten Burroughs...who could ask for anything more? more » » » 
• Starred Reviews: July 2009
  A lot of publishing folk have been talking about what to read while vacationing in the woods or at the beach. We'd like to point you to the 44 outstanding works being starred in our July 15 print issue. Read on for a sneak peak of excellent summer fiction from Philip Caputo, Pat Conroy, and Jeannette Walls. See also Martha Cornog's review of David Small's graphic novel Stitches, which many people consider the book of BookExpo America 2009. more » » » 

• Short Takes: Parenting Guides
  A good parenting book should reflect long-term child development research, not play to parents' fears or anxieties, and, God Save the Queen, be lean and digestible. To contextualize the massive child rearing market, Julianne J. Smith will be reviewing parenting books online in LJ's Short Takes format. This inaugural column offers a survey of notable spring and summer titles. Look for another installment in an August issue of BookSmack! more » » » 

• Books for Dudes: A Punk Rock Bibliography
  When I load up my iPod for a long run or make a mix CD for someone special, I look for excellence from which to pull and ponder. Even if I don’t wind up choosing a particular Clash song, a song with a similar vibe might fill the spot. Is it all that different when I’m blogging about a new resource that connects people with information? Is there a huge difference between a deep-in-the-stacks bibliography pull or sitting on the floor at home sorting through knee-high piles of CDs and albums? more » » » 

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