Emily Anne Hamstra
Posts by Emily Anne Hamstra
![cover of The Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner, a woman with an "x" over her mouth](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/flamethrowers.jpg?itok=N9zYFEyI)
The Flamethrowers is an immersive novel about art and motorcycles. Fans of Patti Smith’s memoir Just Kids will be drawn to this story of an emerging artist in a scene that swallows the reader whole.
![collage of the book covers of the National Book Awards Shortlist](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/nba_2015.png?itok=OXX8u_18)
The Nation Book Award Shortlist, announced today, recognizes the year's top 20 works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and young adult literature.
![Cover of The Turner House: a novel by Angela Flournoy](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/turner_house_3.jpg?itok=mSBEOEHj)
The Turner House is a novel about 13 siblings growing up and growing older on Detroit’s East Side.
![cover of Burial Rites by Hannah Kent](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/17333319.jpg?itok=VHXAfY6R)
Set in Iceland in the early 1800s, Burial Rites tells the tale of a murderess sentenced to death.
![Cover of Stitches: a memoir by David Small](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/stitches-david-small.jpg?itok=HiFsp5mL)
The Browsing Collection is the library's leisure reading collection. Check out the Browsing Collection's top 10 books of the fall semester.
![Vicious book cover](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/vicious.jpg?itok=148-OhUA)
An undergraduate science experiment gone wrong turns two roommates into enemies in this fast-paced fantasy novel.