Life is what happens while you are busy writing stories. Which is how these great works slipped by us earlier this year. Dip into our list of did-miss can’t-misses.
The Beautiful Anthology
More than 25 writers from around the world riff about beauty and share woes about everything from big noses to splotchy freckles. Gina Frangello’s story about what happens when Beautiful Woman and Intelligent Woman meet on a cruise ship leaves you with the biggest think about what’s important in life.
No Animals We Could Name
Debut author Ted Sanders pours out a mixed bag of creatures, from tail-losing lizards to fisherman-dodging halibut. The message of their stories is all too human: No matter how hard we try, we never really know somebody. There are twelve short stories, and each is a surreal and thought-provoking trip.
My Heart Is an Idiot
Davy Rothbart, creator of Found magazine, puts together the pieces of his small-town travels and love life in his first book of memoir essays. It’s full of funny snippets you’d love to hear over a few beers, especially “What Are You Wearing?,” his account of a steamy phone-sex relationship.
Girl Walks into a Bar
You may know Rachel Dratch as Jennifer Garner’s conjoined twin or Will Ferrell’s goat-meat-eating lover, but after you read her autobiography, you’ll know (and adore) her for her. The longtime SNL cast member recounts the unpredictable events of her life (i.e., an unplanned pregnancy at age 43) with sincerity and hilarity.
Photos: Courtesy of The Nervous Breakdown; Courtesy of Graywolf Press; Courtesy of Farrar, Straus, and Giroux; Courtesy of Penguin Group
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