Bex Frankeberger

Jan 31, 2024 | booksaremagic.squarespace.com | Bex Frankeberger |Rebecca Reilly |Eve Babitz |Hanif Abdurraqib

By Bex FrankebergerLike any good Californian, I grew up listening year-round to the Beach Boys. And now, like any good New Yorker, I spend my winters Vitamin D deficient. I still listen to the Beach Boys year-round, but I’ve found the Wilson brothers hit different when I’m wearing wool socks. True fans know that winter is Beach Boys season. How else are New Yorkers supposed to get Vitamin D? Supplements? No one has that kind of time! But we do have time to read.

Oct 25, 2023 | booksaremagic.squarespace.com | Bex Frankeberger |David Wallace |Michael Chabon |Zadie Smith

by Bex FrankebergerIn Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind, Molly McGhee has created pure magic. Her debut novel is a singular and luminous story of dreams, labor, and love. Jonathan Abernathy, saddled with debt, is simply trying to survive. When he gets a cushy job as a government dream archivist, his troubles all but disappear. But this is late stage capitalism! It’s the government! Nothing is quite what it seems. At its core, this is a book about choices.

Sep 27, 2023 | booksaremagic.squarespace.com | Bex Frankeberger

by Bex FrankebergerSometimes fiction does more than captivate you - it captures you, it observes you, it wants you right back. Isle McElroy’s writing does this and more. Their sophomore novel, People Collide, follows a husband and wife body swap, from which they and those around them (re)learn what it means to love others as a means to love yourself.

Sep 20, 2023 | booksaremagic.squarespace.com | Bex Frankeberger

By Bex FrankebergerSeptember promises new works from some of the most innovative, original writers to ever grace our humble shelves, and Melissa Lozada-Oliva is at the top of that list. A prolific writer, she has been a staff favorite since her novel-in-verse, Dreaming of You, debuted in 2021. Her newest work, Candelaria, takes readers from cult ceremonies to secret audio transcripts to family dynamics at the Old Country Buffet at the Watertown Mall.

Jun 21, 2023 | booksaremagic.squarespace.com | Bex Frankeberger

Written by Bex FrankebergerThis is my second blog post in a row that has something to do with hair. I like to think it’s because I have style, but really I think I just love hair. To quote Fleabag, it’s everything. Below are gay books to match your gay haircut. Pride is all year long if you’ve got a shag. Mullet - Rot Party, Bex FrankebergerShameless self-promotion!! My collection of one-sentence translations of Antigone falls under the mullet category because that is my current hairstyle.