Poured Over: Kayla Min on The Fetishist
The Fetishist by Katherine Min is a darkly humorous and provocative novel of love, revenge, and identity published after her…
Jenna Seery
Jenna Seery has been a Barnes & Noble Bookseller since 2017 and a reader since birth. After getting a degree in English Literature (and a couple other degrees for good measure) she joined the BN team to be around books as much as she could. She’s most at home among the fiction shelves (literary fiction to the front, please!) but she spends a fair share of her time with poetry and history books as well.
Poured Over: Julie Myerson on Nonfiction (A Novel)
Julie Myerson’s newest novel Nonfiction is intricate and raw, featuring themes of motherhood, addiction and what it means to write.…
Poured Over: Ashley Flowers & Alex Kiester on All Good People Here
“People always asked ‘what made you want to write fiction?’ And I’m like, this isn’t a departure. I feel like…
Poured Over: Vanessa Chan on The Storm We Made
“Our ancestors, our grandparents, love us by not speaking…” The Storm We Made by Vanessa Chan follows one family in…
Poured Over: Colson Whitehead on Crook Manifesto
“New York is a character in the book, and I hate it when people are like ‘the city’s almost a…
Poured Over: This Was a Very Good Year for Books (featuring Gilbert Cruz, The New York Times Book Review)
“I think it’s actually good for discussion, because you want to see a range of variety of books on these…
Poured Over: Ned Blackhawk on The Rediscovery of America
Winner of the National Book Award for Nonfiction, The Rediscovery of America by Ned Blackhawk puts Indigenous history at the…
Poured Over: Sowmya Krishnamurthy on Fashion Killa
Fashion Killa by Sowmya Krishnamurthy offers an in-depth look at the significant cultural intersection between hip-hop music and the world…
Poured Over: Lindsay Hunter and Roxane Gay on Hot Springs Drive
Hot Springs Drive by Lindsay Hunter is a raw and visceral novel that explores primal desires, shocking secrets and the…
Poured Over: Emily Wilson on The Iliad
Emily Wilson’s new translation of The Iliad brings to life this divine tale of conflict, love and honor in a…
Poured Over: Merlin Sheldrake on Entangled Life: Illustrated Edition
“It’s important for us to examine those inherited perspectives that … guide the way that we think and feel and…
Poured Over: Ed Park on Same Bed Different Dreams
Ed Park’s Same Bed, Different Dreams blends history, technology and pop culture in a novel that spans time and reality…
Poured Over: Helen Garner on The Children’s Bach and This House of Grief
With the U.S. debut of The Children’s Bach and This House of Grief, Helen Garner’s voice returns in two of…
Poured Over: Jeff Tweedy on World Within a Song
In Jeff Tweedy’s newest book World Within a Song, the accomplished musician shares fifty influential songs that have shaped his life…
Poured Over: Tracy K. Smith on To Free the Captives
Former U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith’s To Free the Captives combines the beauty of a memoir with a grander look at…
Poured Over: Sigrid Nunez on The Vulnerables
The Vulnerables by Sigrid Nunez reflects our complicated and constantly changing world, featuring unlikely connections and even a parrot named…
Poured Over: Michael Cunningham on Day
Set on one day in April in three different years, Day by Michael Cunningham is an intimate analysis of family…
Poured Over: Melissa Broder on Death Valley
“Shift in perception is a miracle” Death Valley by Melissa Broder is part desert survival story, part examination of grief…
Poured Over: Stephanie Land on Class
“I think the bigger stuff isn’t going to happen if we can’t change the fact that we’re not really seeing…
Poured Over: Viet Thanh Nguyen on A Man of Two Faces
Viet Thanh Nguyen’s new memoir, A Man of Two Faces, is an unconventional and impeccable personal narrative that tackles the…