TURNER’s nightstands are overflowing with books these days — old, new and in-between. Here are just a few recent and recommended reads from the TURNER team. We’re finding fresh perspectives, travel inspiration, and creativity boosting strategies in these pages.
Winner of the National Book Award in 2015, Between The World And Me is part memoir, part meditation on being Black in the United States in the 21 st century. Written as a letter to his teenage son, the book is a powerful piece of work, with Coates’ prose offering valuable insight on page after page. Don’t miss the author’s guest editing on the September issue of Vanity Fair, too.
James Baldwin passed away in 1987, but his writing hasn’t lost any of its power in its complex illustration of both the Black and gay experience. Baldwin’s novel Giovanni’s Room tells the story of an American man who travels to Paris and begins an affair with an Italian bartender named Giovanni. Written in the mid-1950s, it was one of the first major American books to depict same-sex relationships in a thoughtful and bold fashion.
If you’re anything like us, 2020 has been a time of unrequited wanderlust. This beautiful book from the editors of Atlas Obscura won’t provide a respite from those feelings. In fact, it’ll just increase your desire to explore. But you can think of it as a planning tool. As you flip through the pages, take notes and start dreaming of your next big trip when this is all over.