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        Alien Daughters Walk Into the Sun

        Alien Daughters Walk Into the Sun

        Alien Daughters Walk Into the Sun

        An Almanac of Extreme Girlhood

        by Jackie Wang

        ISBN: 9781635901924

        Publisher: Semiotext(e)

        Pub Date: November 21, 2023

        The early writings of renowned poet and critical theorist Jackie Wang, drawn from her early zines, indie-lit crit, and prolific early 2000s blog.
        Silent Whale Letters

        Silent Whale Letters

        Silent Whale Letters

        A Long-Distance Correspondence, on All Frequencies

        by Ella Finer and Vibeke Mascini

        Edited by Kate Briggs

        ISBN: 9781915609021

        Publisher: Sternberg Press

        Pub Date: October 24, 2023

        A long-distance correspondence reflecting on the infravoice of a blue whale and other so-called “silent” subjects.
        Selected Nonfiction, 1962–2007

        Selected Nonfiction, 1962–2007

        Selected Nonfiction, 1962–2007

        by J. G. Ballard

        Edited by Mark Blacklock

        Foreword by Tom McCarthy

        ISBN: 9780262048323

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: October 24, 2023

        J. G. Ballard's collected nonfiction from 1962 to 2007, mapping the cultural obsessions, experiences, and insights of one of the most original minds of his generation.
        Fascination of Science

        Fascination of Science

        Fascination of Science

        60 Encounters with Pioneering Researchers of Our Time

        by Herlinde Koelbl

        Translated by Lois Hoyal

        ISBN: 9780262545570

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: August 1, 2023

        An intimate collection of portraits of internationally renowned scientists and Nobel Prize winners, paired with interviews and personal stories.
        I Could Not Believe It

        I Could Not Believe It

        I Could Not Believe It

        The 1979 Teenage Diaries of Sean DeLear

        by Sean DeLear

        Introduction by Brontez Purnell

        Edited by Michael Bullock and Cesar Padilla

        ISBN: 9781635901832

        Publisher: Semiotext(e)

        Pub Date: May 23, 2023

        A remarkable time capsule of Simi Valley, 1979, written before the author would become one of LA's most influential artists of subsequent decades.
        Speculation

        Speculation

        Speculation

        Edited by Ed Pavlić and Ivelisse Rodriguez

        ISBN: 9781946511768

        Publisher: Boston Review

        Pub Date: April 11, 2023

        How can the literary imagination bring us closer to a better world?
        Strange Attractor Journal Five

        Strange Attractor Journal Five

        Strange Attractor Journal Five

        Edited by Mark Pilkington and Jamie Sutcliffe

        ISBN: 9781907222528

        Publisher: Strange Attractor Press

        Pub Date: March 7, 2023

        The return of the Strange Attractor Journal, offering a characteristically eclectic collection of high weirdness from the margins of culture.
        Letters to Eugène

        Letters to Eugène

        Letters to Eugène

        Correspondence 1977–1987

        by Hervé Guibert and Eugène Savitzkaya

        Translated by Christine Pichini

        ISBN: 9781635901726

        Publisher: Semiotext(e)

        Pub Date: October 25, 2022

        Hervé Guibert's incandescent correspondence with Belgian poet Eugène Savitzkaya.
        Love Me Tender

        Love Me Tender

        Love Me Tender

        by Constance Debré

        Translated by Holly James

        ISBN: 9781635901740

        Publisher: Semiotext(e)

        Pub Date: September 27, 2022

        A novel of lesbian identity and motherhood, and the societal pressures that place them in opposition.
        Life, Death, and Other Inconvenient Truths

        Life, Death, and Other Inconvenient Truths

        Life, Death, and Other Inconvenient Truths

        A Realist's View of the Human Condition

        by Shimon Edelman

        ISBN: 9780262542784

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: June 28, 2022

        A guide for making sense of life—from action (good except when it's not) to thinking (depressing) to youth (a treasure).
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