Welcome to the 124th edition of SHuSH, the weekly newsletter of Sutherland House Books. If you’re new here, hit the button—it’s free:
The last couple of weeks have been busy. First, we learned German to report on the Frankfurt Book Fair, then we passed the New York Bar to comment on the Department of Justice’s lawsuit to stop Penguin Random House from absorbing Simon & Schuster. So we’re short this week. Apologies, but we have a lot of other work to do besides SHuSH and it’s been piling up.
Twitter has less and less to recommend it these days but still has its moments, especially in its literary corners. One of my favorite follows is @TheEsteemedFox who a couple of weeks ago posted this:
And then the fun started:
And then it ended, but not without making my day. Recommend everyone give Tina K. a follow.
Our Newsletter Roll (suggestions welcome)
Esoterica Magazine: Literature and popular culture.
Benjamin Errett’s Get Wit Quick, literature and other fun stuff
Jeet Heer’s The Time of Monsters: political culture and cultural politics
Lydia Perovic’s Long Play: literature and music.
Tim Carmody’s Amazon Chronicles: an eye on the monster.
Jason Logan’s Urban Color Report: adventures in ink (sign-up at bottom of page)
Anne Trubek’s Notes from a Small Press: like SHuSH, but different
Art Canada Institute: a reliable source of Canadian arts info/opinion
Kate McKean’s Agents & Books: an interesting angle on the literary world
Rebecca Eckler’s Re:Book: unpretentious recommendations
Anna Sproul Latimer’s How to Glow in the Dark: interesting advice
John Biggs Great Reads: strong recommendations
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The cover of Aftermath is the exact same shot on Tony Judt's Postwar
Thanks for compiling this list. Some quirky picks, but added a few to my For Later file.