THE COLLECTION PLATE: Poems by Kendra Allen and EVERYBODY: A Book About Freedom by @olivialanguage are named two of the “6 Paperbacks to Read This Week” by @nytbooks: “THE COLLECTION PLATE: Poems, by Kendra Allen. An established essayist echoes recent greats — from Lucille Clifton to C.D. Wright — in a wide-ranging debut poetry collection that includes gospel traditions as well as musical quotations from Earl Sweatshirt to Ace Hood.” “EVERYBODY: A Book About Freedom, by Olivia Laing. Laing, whose nonfiction has blended criticism and memoir to explore loneliness and addiction, draws on a stable of luminaries, from Susan Sontag to Malcolm X, and on her personal life to explore the body, its relationship to freedom and the historical forces that have constrained it.” EVERYBODY publishes in paperback on Tuesday from @w.w.norton and THE COLLECTION PLATE publishes Tuesday from @eccobooks ! #olivialaing #everybody #thelonelycity #willhelmreich #cloudbursting #katebush #ninasimone #justinvivianbond #mxviv #christopherisherwood #andreadworkin #freud #susansontag #malcolmx #thecollectionplate #kendraallen #lucilleclifton #cdwright #earlsweatshirt #acehood