New this week from The NY Times...
THE BIG BOOK OF ROGUES AND VILLAINS Edited by
Otto Penzler (Vintage Crime, $25.) Penzler takes what is arguably
the best part of crime and mystery novels — the villains —
and packs them into an encyclopedic anthology that manages to cover both Dracula and Dr. Fu Manchu. To be read through a monocle and
with a sinister sneer. THE SECRET LIVES OF COLOR By Kassia
St. Clair (Penguin, $20.) Chrome Yellow, Dragon’s Blood and Pitch Black. These are just three of the 75 shades, dyes and hues St. Clair explores as she tells the backstory of the colors that make up our
world. WHY WE DON’T SUCK By Dr. Denis Leary (Crown Archetype, $27.) Leary, the actor and co-creator of the FX series “Rescue Me” (and doctor by honorary degree), takes “equal
opportunity aim” at the most partisan issues of our political moment with a mission to #MakeAmericaLaughAgain. PIE & WHISKEY (Sasquatch Books, $19.95.) This project began as a reading series organized by Lebo and Ligon, in which they sent 12 writers a pie and whiskey prompt to inspire new work. Six years later, they have created an anthology that’s just as eclectic, drunk and delicious. THE UNQUOTABLE TRUMP By R. Sikoryak (Drawn and Quarterly, $19.95.) Sikoryak, an artist known for his arch comic
adaptations of literary classics, casts President Trump, along
with his outlandish claims and alternative facts, as some of the
most notable villains in comic book history. Wonder Woman is
now “Nasty Woman” and the Black Panther series is reimagined
as “The Black Voter.”
Otto Penzler (Vintage Crime, $25.) Penzler takes what is arguably
the best part of crime and mystery novels — the villains —
and packs them into an encyclopedic anthology that manages to cover both Dracula and Dr. Fu Manchu. To be read through a monocle and
with a sinister sneer. THE SECRET LIVES OF COLOR By Kassia
St. Clair (Penguin, $20.) Chrome Yellow, Dragon’s Blood and Pitch Black. These are just three of the 75 shades, dyes and hues St. Clair explores as she tells the backstory of the colors that make up our
world. WHY WE DON’T SUCK By Dr. Denis Leary (Crown Archetype, $27.) Leary, the actor and co-creator of the FX series “Rescue Me” (and doctor by honorary degree), takes “equal
opportunity aim” at the most partisan issues of our political moment with a mission to #MakeAmericaLaughAgain. PIE & WHISKEY (Sasquatch Books, $19.95.) This project began as a reading series organized by Lebo and Ligon, in which they sent 12 writers a pie and whiskey prompt to inspire new work. Six years later, they have created an anthology that’s just as eclectic, drunk and delicious. THE UNQUOTABLE TRUMP By R. Sikoryak (Drawn and Quarterly, $19.95.) Sikoryak, an artist known for his arch comic
adaptations of literary classics, casts President Trump, along
with his outlandish claims and alternative facts, as some of the
most notable villains in comic book history. Wonder Woman is
now “Nasty Woman” and the Black Panther series is reimagined
as “The Black Voter.”
