{
  "id": 27307,
  "title": "Jamaica Kincaid! Eimear McBride! 19 books out in paperback this August.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/07/31/jamaica-kincaid-eimear-mcbride-19-books-out-in-paperback-this-august",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-07-31T09:32:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Literary Hub",
    "slug": "literary-hub",
    "url": "https://lithub.com/jamaica-kincaid-eimear-mcbride-19-books-out-in-paperback-this-august/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "As the final month of summer approaches, August presents a perfect time to dive into those ever-expanding TBR piles and add more books to the list. This August, 19 new paperback releases have caught the attention of readers, offering a diverse range of genres and styles.\n\nAmong the notable titles are Jason Mott's \"People Like Us,\" a surreal and intimate story about two Black writers dealing with loss, longing, and gun violence. Samanta Schwebelin's \"Good and Evil and Other Stories\" is a beautifully translated collection of stories that blur the lines between domestic life and the unconscious.\n\nAddie E. Citchens' \"Dominion\" is a Faulknerian Southern drama filled with secrets and sin, while Jamaica Kincaid's \"Putting Myself Together: Writing 1974 –\" offers a half-century's worth of personal essays and cultural criticism, showcasing her remarkable range.\n\nSteven Duong's debut poetry collection, \"At the End of the World There Is a Pond,\" is a momentous work that delights, surprises, and dives deeply into tricky relational waters. Jessica Francis Kane's \"Fonseca\" brings back Penelope Fitzgerald as a character in a novel she never wrote, painting a hauntingly witty and funny portrait.\n\nEimear McBride's \"The City Changes Its Face\" is a challenging work from an Irish writer known for her unrepentant experimentation with language. Xenobe Purvis' \"The Hounding\" is an atmospheric warning about the dangers of individuality for girls indifferent to others' gazes, while Margaret Grace Myers' \"The Fight for Sex Ed\" traces the century-long battle between truth and doctrine in American sex education.",
  "summary": "August, amazingly, approaches, the final month in a summer that has at once felt slow and like it has slipped by with the curious swiftness of a half-remembered dream. Still, the summer is not over, and August is a perfect",
  "key_points": [
    "19 new paperback releases in August",
    "Jamaica Kincaid's essay collection",
    "Eimear McBride's experimental poetry"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}