News in May 2013

News in May 2013

TIGER RAG by Nicholas Christopher
17th May, 2013

Nicholas Christopher’s TIGER RAG has received positive reviews from The Washington Post, GQ.com, The Toronto Star, Associated Press, The Daily Beast, Publisher’s Weekly, Booklist, and The New York Post. The Washington Post raves, “you’ll love this ambitious, thoughtful novel.” The Dial Press published the book January 1, 2013.

SPARTA by Roxana Robinson
17th May, 2013

SPARTA by Roxana Robinson received a starred review in Booklist: “Robinson tells tales of psychic maladies with spellbinding intensity and acute insight…Robinson’s diligently researched and profoundly realized tale of a warrior’s trauma and his family’s struggle to help him is a beautifully incisive, respectful, suspenseful, and indicting drama of our failure to grasp the full toll of war.” Sarah Crichton Books/FSG will publish the book June 4, 2013.

ZOOBIQUITY by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers
17th May, 2013

Barbara Natterson-Horowitz & Kathryn Bowers', ZOOBIQUITY was featured in The New York Times along with an interview of Barbara Natterson-Horowitz. Vintage published the trade paperback edition April 9, 2013.

THE PASSAGE OF POWER by Robert Caro
10th May, 2013

Robert Caro was interviewed on the Monday May 6, 2013 episode of THE COLBERT REPORT on the occasion of the paperback publication of THE PASSAGE OF POWER. Vintage published the trade paperback edition on May 7, 2013.

MONTARO CAINE by Sidney Poitier
10th May, 2013

The May 6, 2013 edition of USA TODAY says “Some might feel it’s quintessentially Poitier. Elegant, if a book can be elegant, with a bit of mystery and Caribbean flavor thrown in for good measure. Like his famed movie roles in Lilies of the Field and Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, he once again offers up a moving performance.” Spiegel and Grau published the book on May 7, 2013.

A GUIDE TO BEING BORN by Ramona Ausubel
10th May, 2013

A GUIDE TO BEING BORN received a glowing review in the May 5 New York Times Book Review. The reviewer Helen Oyemymi praised Ausubel for "the measured elegance of her prose" and noted that "the dismay of coming to the final page is easily combated by following the example of Ausubel’s characters and beginning all over again.” Riverhead published the book May 2, 2013.

THE MARRIAGE PLOT by Jeffrey Eugenides
10th May, 2013

Jeffrey Eugenides is being inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The induction ceremony will take place on October 12, 2013.
His most recent novel, THE MARRIAGE PLOT, was published by Farrar, Staus & Giroux October 11, 2011.

HARVARD SQUARE by André Aciman
10th May, 2013

HARVARD SQUARE by André Aciman received glowing praise in the New York Times Sunday Book Review May 5: “His sentences call to mind the late work of V.S. Naipaul: comfortable, unforced, conversational, unafraid.” The New York Observer called the book “a delicately poignant interplay of desire and memory, and is Mr. Aciman at his greatest.” W.W. Norton published the book April 8, 2013.

NO ONE IS HERE EXCEPT ALL OF US by Ramona Ausubel
10th May, 2013

Ramona Ausubel’s, NO ONE IS HERE EXECEPT ALL OF US is a finalist for the NYPL Young Lions Fiction Award. The award is given by the New York Public Library and honors the works of “dynamic, young, first time-authors” under the age of 35. The winner will be announced on May 20. Riverhead published the book February 2, 2012.

MONTARO CAINE by Sidney Poitier
10th May, 2013

The May 6, 2013 edition of Publishers Weekly has an Author Profile of Sidney Poitier talking about his novel MONTARO CAINE. Spiegel and Grau will publish the book on May 7, 2013.

WALKING WITH JACK by Don Snyder
10th May, 2013

James Dodson, author of Final Rounds, says of Don Snyder’s book about his journey to become his son's caddie “Veteran writer Don Snyder and his son Jack make this intimate coming-of-age journey for both father and son one to cherish. Go walking with Jack and his old man and you'll find your own life, and love of the game, immeasurably enriched.” Doubleday will publish May 14, 2013.

NORWEGIAN BY NIGHT by Derek B. Miller
10th May, 2013

Derek B. Miller’s NORWEGIAN BY NIGHT is a June Indie Next pick. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt will publish the book May 21, 2013.