How might sound be drawn? This resonant anthology showcase of Southeast Asian comics artists riffs on everything from the intonations of oral history, a car radio, the shriek of the soul in a fantasy world, and a barking cat. Our review of 'Sound':buff.ly/3AH9n2G

27 Books 'Vulture' Can’t Wait to Read This Fall | Vulture buff.ly/3jUr86c

Presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin says she has very clear recollections of when, as a young girl, she first fell in love with history. Now she hopes to get another generation of kids hooked on history with her first title for young readers. buff.ly/3Xh8up7

Author Barbara Kingsolver is this year's recipient of the National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. buff.ly/4cPOShC

The life and work of NYRB editorial director Edwin Frank revolve around understanding what fiction can do. His nonfiction debut does, too. buff.ly/4cQOyPP

Among the 10 titles acquired in the deal was 'Badass Affirmations,' which has sold more than 350,000 copies since its publication in 2018. Andrew McMeel hopes to publish new titles by Anderson. buff.ly/4cZZYR8

Mark Bittman, Gabrielle Langholtz, Joan Nathan, and others are teaching confidence and connection in the kitchen. buff.ly/3MzSFF7

Editors discuss what makes short-form video content right for a long-form cookbook. buff.ly/3MBWsls

Money, Merit, and the Economy of Favors: Three Proposals to Improve Class Diversity in the Literary Community | @clereviewofbooks buff.ly/4grTrlt

An editorial education on audiobook: a guide to road-trip listening. | 'One Thing' buff.ly/3XxiYC3

NaNoWriMo Organizers Said It Was Classist and Ableist to Condemn AI. All Hell Broke Loose | WIRED buff.ly/4g8VXg9

Hut Landon, the former executive director of the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association, will retire from day-to-day bookselling at the Berkeley, Calif., store on September 28. buff.ly/3AQGHnX

Participating stores, including 80 Barnes & Noble locations, more than 50 independent stores, and four Books-A-Million locations, will be provided with "exclusive Intermezzo-branded items." buff.ly/3zae4BO

This brilliant posthumous collection of essays by, and interviews with, anthropologist David Graeber serves as a revealing portrait of Graeber himself. Our starred review of 'The Ultimate Hidden Truth of the World...' (Farrar,Straus&Giroux):buff.ly/4dZWBKY

The Temporary License of Literary Bratdom | @newyorker buff.ly/3yYdvLk

Personal understandings of culture and cuisine inform these recipe collections. buff.ly/3XydHKA

★ Renée Watson and illustrator Sherry Shine commemorate the life of actor CICELY TYSON in this eponymous picture book, an “immaculate tribute” buff.ly/3XeOX8G

Louisiana librarian and freedom to read advocate Amanda Jones releases her memoir, officials in Garland County, Ark., are looking to put a library funding cut up for a vote, and more in this week's library news. buff.ly/4giM8fx

In ‘Our South,’ the James Beard nominee compiles more than 125 recipes that showcase the ways in which Black cooks have shaped Southern foodways and cultures. buff.ly/3Xhm8IJ

Fictional sleuth Sam Spade will be back on the job in upcoming novel by Max Allan Collins | @apnews buff.ly/3MyZ5nR