Books Every Book Lover Needs to Read (Today!)
Pick up one of these titles that celebrates that magical combination of paper, print, imagination and the English language.
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Sorted Books
By Nina Katchadourian
176 pages;
Chronicle Books
A story begins when we open its cover, and ends when we reach
its last page...except in the case of artist Nina Katchadourian. In Sorted Books, a project
started nearly 20 years ago, she reveals the new narratives books can tell when
stacked and organized by the titles printed on their spines. What results are
short prose-poems. Some are witty, such as, "Speaking of Pianists/Am I Too
Loud?/Beethoven Lives Upstairs"; others thought-provoking, such as
"Paradise/Extra Innings/After Death;" but all have a way of proving
that the seemingly ordinary things around us have fascinating new
possibilities.
— Pamela Masin
Published 08/01/2013