Book Your Stocking with Tatiana Ryckman

Book Your Stocking 2018

Book Your Stocking: December 16

Welcome back to Book Your Stocking, the annual reading series in which readers and writers share the book they most want to discover in their stocking this year, whether that's a book they've read, want to read, or wish existed. 

Today's reader joins us from Austin, TX by way of a childhood in Cleveland, OH. Please welcome Tatiana Ryckman.

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So Sad Today + Melissa Broder

So Sad Today: Personal Essays
Melissa Broder

I often just think the name of this book as if it's an explanation for something, or an independent thought (similar to Heti's How Should a Person Be?--a question I ask myself often). I've seen the book in shops, I've heard it mentioned by friends, it just seems so ubiquitous and yet I haven't taken the plunge and bought the thing. It's starting to feel absurd that I haven't read it yet. I'd like to put my eyes where my brain is, I guess.

• Find So Sad Today at your local bookstore.
• Discover So Sad Today at your library.
• Learn more about Melissa Broder at her website.

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About today's reader:

Tatiana as a child in Cleveland, OH

TATIANA RYCKMAN is the author of the novella, I Don’t Think of You (Until I Do) and two chapbooks of prose. She is the editor of Awst Press and has been a writer in residence at Yaddo, Arthub, and 100W. Her work has appeared in Tin House, Lithub, Paper Darts, Barrelhouse, and other publications. Tatiana can be found on airplanes or at tatianaryckman.com.

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Book Your Stocking with Melissa Stephenson

Book Your Stocking 2018

Book Your Stocking: December 15

All December long, avid readers show up on Book Your Stocking to share the book they most want to discover in their stocking this year (or, I think, the book they most want you to discover in your stocking because readers are like that, always wanting to talk to other readers through book selections). 

And today's book-wisher is writer Melissa Stephenson, all the way from the Midwest, Southwest, and now Northwest.

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Asymmetery by Lisa Halliday

Asymmetry, a novel by Lisa Halliday, came to me on recommendation from someone whose taste I trust, and she was right: I've never read a book like this before. I mean that in a good way. I mean it in the way that I now understand why my friend said, I can't wait to talk about it when you finish. 

Because this book will whisk you away quickly, with sharp, bright prose and dialogue, and then it becomes something else. And something else again. And again. It's a narrative full of left turns, turns that add gravity and depth to the narrative. If you get it in your stocking, I'd love to talk about it when you finish.

• Find Asymmetry at your local bookstore.
• Discover Asymmetry at your library.
• Learn more about Lisa Halliday at her publisher's website.

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About today's reader:

Melissa Stephenson

Melissa Stephenson's writing has appeared in publications such as  Blackbird, The Rumpus, The Washington Post, ZYZZYVA, and Fourth Genre. Her memoir, Driven, a memoir of cars, childhood, and loss, was released by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in July of 2018. She lives in Missoula, Montana with her two kids. Learn more at https://melissa-stephenson.squarespace.com

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