On this week’s Front Table, explore a meditation on hatred as a force for resistance and radical care, witness the transformation of a poet exploring the passage of time, and follow a memoirist who traces body, water, and justice across generations and species. Step into a world where a shapeshifting girl redefines identity and desire, and uncover a haunting portrait of an elusive writer whose life defies comprehension. Confront mortality in a master storyteller’s quintet of final tales, then journey through a feminist retelling of modern Russia where revolution and repression collide.
On this week’s Front Table, dive in to a lyrical anti-epic about the beauty, violence, trauma, and absurdity of the internet age; consider a provocative and meticulously structured exploration of identity, language, and the body; and ponder the biggest challenges of the twenty-first century with two extraordinary thinkers. Then, enjoy an essential collection spanning nearly twenty years of emphatic, fearlessly original poetry from one of America's most celebrated living writers; relish an intimate and sharply written book following a nail salon owner as she toils away for the privileged clients who don't even know her true name; and examine a social manifesto exploring the remarkable resilience of wild nature, and how we can heal ourselves by healing the Earth. Find these titles and more at ...
