✨December Book Musical Sneak Peek 1✨ . It’s time to give you a peek into the December Book Box. Please Note that this is a separate subscription from the American Fiction Box curated by Alexander Chee. But this December Bookbox has an Alex connection as well! Turn up the volume & watch the video to find out what it is! . The ‘fixed’ book that we have chosen for December is : . 📖Japanese writer Osamu Dazai’s extraordinary novel No Longer Human. This is such a gorgeous novel that grips you from the very first line. I cannot wait to tell you more about it. This is the new hardcover edition that will be released by @ndpublishing next week! . And you will be able to choose the second book from a choice of three books! . The first book choice is the one you see in the video! Another new release that I’ve been SO excited about: . ✨Best American Essays 2022 edited by Alexander Chee. . This wonderful collection contains 20 of the best essays that have been published this year. Like he always does, Alex has mined thousands of essays, read around the gate keeping, to find the best of the best that he finally chose for this collection. Alexander Chee is the first Asian American editor in this series’ 36 year history! . His introduction to this collection is beautiful - I love this bit where he says: “To prepare for this year’s volume, I went back to my favorite editions of The Best American Essays from over the years to remind me of what I might be looking for. Anne Carson’s “Kinds of Water”, from Annie Dillard’s 1998 volume, an essay I read every year for a decade. “On Seeing England for the First Time”, by Jamaica Kincaid, in Susan Sontag’s 1992 edition...” Alex goes on to say “Republication in The Best American Essays at least does not require fame or careful heirs. This anthology, the work it does year after year, is at least one place some of these essays may be found again, a poker hand laid down in a bet against oblivion. And this year that hand is mine”. 😍 . Head to the website to see the other choices! I can’t wait to tell you more about them! . . . #bookish #litfic #asianliterature #literaryfiction #igreads #instabook #bookclub #asianauthors #asianamerican