Next Wave 2019 Reading List

The Great Tamer, photo: Julian Mommert

Want to go deeper into Next Wave? We asked this year’s presenting artists for some suggested reading to give greater context for their productions or practice. Reference copies of these books and others can be found in venue lobbies, and this list will be updated throughout the summer.


Cruel Optimism | By Lauren Berlant

Selected by: Nat Randall and Anna Breckon
Show: The Second Woman









Reality Television, Affect and Intimacy: Reality Matters  | By Misha Kavka

Selected by: Nat Randall and Anna Breckon
Show: The Second Woman









26666 | By Roberto Bolaño

Selected by: Christiane Jatahy
Show: What if they went to Moscow?









1Q84 | By Haruki Murakami

Selected by: Christiane Jatahy
Show: What if they went to Moscow?









Água Viva | By Clarice Lispector

Selected by: Christiane Jatahy
Show: What if they went to Moscow?









Lincoln in the Bardo | By George Saunders

Selected by: Ben Kidd and Bush Moukarzel
Show: Hamnet









The Brutality of Fact: Interviews with Francis Bacon | By David Sylvester

Selected by: Ben Kidd and Bush Moukarzel
Show: Hamnet






Untangling the Web: What the Internet is Doing to You | By Aleks Krotoski

Selected by: Dante or Die
Show: User Not Found








The Discovery of France: A Historical Geography | By Graham Robb

Selected by: Pamela Carter
Show: The End of Eddy





Merde!: The Real French You Were Never Taught at School | By Genevieve

Selected by: Pamela Carter
Show: The End of Eddy







The Essential Rumi | Translated by Coleman Barks

Selected by: Dimitris Papaioannou
Show: The Great Tamer






Autobiography of Red | By Anne Carson

Selected by: Dimitris Papaioannou
Show: The Great Tamer







Cloud Atlas | By David Mitchell

Selected by: Inua Ellams
Show: Barber Shop Chronicles









The Palm-Wine Drinkard | By Amos Tutuola

Selected by: Inua Ellams
Show: Barber Shop Chronicles









Invisible Man | By Ralph Ellison

Selected by: Kyle Marshall
Show: A.D. & Colored









The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America | By Frances FitzGerald

Selected by: Kyle Marshall
Show: A.D. & Colored








Together: The Rituals, Pleasures and Politics of Cooperation | By Richard Sennett

Selected by: Kate McIntosh
Show: In Many Hands






How Forests Think: Toward an Anthropology Beyond the Human | By Eduardo Kohn

Selected by: Kate McIntosh
Show: In Many Hands