staff picks
vvb winter 2026 catalog
Welcome to the first edition of Visible Voice’s quarterly catalog. Here, you’ll find reading recommendations for every taste, hand selected by our staff. Check back every few months for updated picks.
scenes, sounds & Makers
Creative books about creative lives.
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widow basquiat
JENNIFER CLEMENT
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richard manuel: his life and music
STEPHEN T. LEWIS
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Crumb: A Cartoonist’s Life
DAN NADEL
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mojo hand
TIMOTHY O’BRIEN & DAVID ENSMINGER
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bread of angels
PATTI SMITH
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DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE
WARREN ZANES
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THE MAKING OF ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD
JAY GLENNIE
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surrealism through its journals
FRANCA FRANCHI (EDITOR)
Good stories, no gimmicks
For when you need a reliable novel to hunker down with.
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another country
JAMES BALDWIN
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LIGHT IN AUGUST
WILLIAM FAULKNER
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THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM
NELSON ALGREN
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SAINT OF THE NARROWS STREET
WILLIAM BOYLE
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RECOLLECTIONS OF THINGS TO COME
ELENA GARRO
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TRUE GRIT
CHARLES PORTIS
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SWEET DAYS OF DISCIPLINE
FLEUR JAEGGY
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Find HIm!
ELAINE KRAF
brain food
Books to grow your knowledge and expand your mind.
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CAPITALISM: A GLOBAL HISTORY
SVEN BECKERT
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THE UNCANNY MUSE
DAVID HAJDU
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MATTER AND MEMORY
HENRI BERGSON
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WHEN EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT EVERYONE KNOWS
STEVEN PINKER
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LOVE IN TIME
FANNY BIALEK
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CONVENT WISDOM
ANNA GARRIGA AND CARMEN URBITA
dark, FANTASTICAL, OR JUST… STRANGE!
For readers who like to get weird.
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MOAN
JUNJI ITO
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HILL OF DREAMS
ARTHUR MACHEN
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BABEL
R.F. KUANG
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THE BRIGHT SWORD
LEV GROSSMAN
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CINDER HOUSE
FREYA MARSKE
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THE BLOODY CHAMBER
ANGELA CARTER
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A PRAYER FOR THE CROWN SHY
BECKY CHAMBERS
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KILLERS OF A CERTAIN AGE
DEANNA RAYBOURN
books that don’t look away
Politics, power, & resistance.
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acts of resistance
AMBER MASSIE-BLOMFIELD
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AMERICAN ANARCHY
MICHAEL WILLRICH
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Moon U.S. Civil Rights Trail
DEBORAH D. DOUGLAS
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38 Londres Street
PHILIPPE SANDS
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Black Skin, White Masks
FRANTZ FANON
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freak kingdom
timothy denevi
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COERCION
KYLIE CHEUNG
poetry, hybrids, & rule-breakers
For fans of the poetic and experimental!
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collected poems of frank o'hara
FRANK O’HARA
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AFTER WORDS
STEVE CLAY
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wrong norma
ANNE CARSON
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PENITENTIAL CRIES
SUSAN HOWE
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LOLA THE INTERPRETER
LYN HEJINIAN
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the muntu poets of cleveland
RUSSELL ATKINS
