We’re thrilled to host a virtual event featuring the acclaimed authors of two of summer’s most thought-provoking books: THE ATMOSPHERIANS by Alex McElroy, which Bryan Washington hails as “a marvel” and Mary South calls “outlandishly funny…darkly perceptive,” and IMAGE CONTROL: ART, FASCISM, AND THE RIGHT TO RESIST by Patrick Nathan, which has been described as “Susan Sontag meets Hanif Abdurraqib.” Both are staff picks, and both deal, in richly layered ways, with the complexities of viewership, ownership, and power.

Preorders are available for Image Control, and The Atmospherians is available in store or online. The event is free, but registration is required: click here.

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Alex McElroy is a nonbinary writer based in Brooklyn. Their writing appears in Vice, The Atlantic, Tin House, Vulture, BuzzFeed, and elsewhere. Their story collection, Daddy Issues, was published in 2017. They have received fellowships from The Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, The Tin House Summer Workshop, The Sewanee Writers Conference, The Inprint Foundation, The Elizabeth George Foundation, and The National Parks Service.

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Patrick Nathan’s first novel, Some Hell (2018), was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award in Gay Fiction. Image Control is his second book. He lives in Minneapolis.