Weekend Reads by Mauricio Quezada
Mauricio Quezada is a fashion stylist who lives and works in NYC. He is a graduate of Columbia University where he majored in English Literature and Art History. He is an avid reader and connoisseur of the American novel. His heroes are Dorothy Parker, Michael Cunningham, and Edith Wharton, among others. He’s woefully addicted to gummy bears.
Collected Stories by Lorrie Moore

Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine

Rankine’s book-length poem, Citizen: An American Lyric, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award, PEN Open Book Award, and NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work. Narrated from the second person, each vignette asks its reader to place themselves within uncomfortable scenarios that get at the heart of racial identity in America. Rankine’s evocative language is gorgeous, the alchemy of dreams, take for instance, “The past is a life sentence, a blunt instrument aimed at tomorrow.” ‘Nuff said.
Stories from the Tenants Downstairs by Sidik Fofana
