There are so many books that we're excited to spotlight this week, we can hardly contain ourselves! Essayist Jacob Tobia reexamines popular terms like "male privilege" and "toxic masculinity" in the iconoclastic collection Before They Were Men; while novelist R.F. Kuang takes readers to a university campus in the lowest circles of Hell in the enthralling fantasy Katabasis; and memoirist Ilana Kurshan thoughtfully explores the power of books and childhood reading in Children of the Book. Plus, YA readers will be entertained and uplifted by Legendary Frybread Drive-In, an anthology of stories by Indigenous writers that revolve around a fantastical gathering place where the young characters find good community and great food.
--Dave Wheeler, senior editor, Shelf Awareness