If you’re struggling to do anything beyond basking in whichever air-conditioned spaces or cooling centers you can find this summer, let alone pick up a heavy text, know that you are not alone. Our editors and contributors have a short, sweet list of captivating books to nudge you out of a reading slump this July or to keep in your back pocket for the future, from Nell Irvin Painter’s prismatic essays to a how-to manual for aspiring comic artists. Read on for more, including Alexis Clements on critic Cynthia Carr’s new biography of Candy Darling and a Juneteenth reading list. Enjoy, and stay cool!
— Lakshmi Rivera Amin, Associate Editor
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This July’s list is short and sweet with titles on artist lofts in New York City, photos of abortion workers by Carmen Winant, a how-to guide for comic artists, and more. | Valentina Di Liscia, Natalie Haddad, Lakshmi Rivera Amin, Lauren Moya Ford, CM Campbell
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Half a century after the Warhol film star’s death, writer and critic Cynthia Carr brings Darling’s life to light in an empathetic, well-researched new book. | Alexis Clements
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Scholar and psychotherapist Kikan Massara elucidates and contextualizes the 12-step recovery process through paintings, prints, and other works of art and literature. | Sarah Rose Sharp
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Delve into the long history of African-American photography, bell hooks’s essays on art and politics, a graphic novel on the Black Panther Party, and more. | Lakshmi Rivera Amin
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