News in May 2016

News in May 2016

A DANGEROUS AGE by Kelly Killoren Bensimon
19th May, 2016

Couture royalty meets downtown grit and heady artists mingle with freewheeling socialites in A Dangerous Age, a sophisticated, indulgent, and delicious novel of contemporary New York City that women of all ages will devour. Gallery Books will publish the hardcover on June 7, 2016...

MR. SPLITFOOT by Samantha Hunt
19th May, 2016

Samantha Hunt’s MR. SPLITFOOT was declared “One of the best books of 2016” by Minnesota Public Radio. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt published the book on January 5, 2016...

SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF EASE AND PLENTY by Ramona Ausubel
19th May, 2016

Ramona Ausubel spoke with Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney, author of THE NEST, in a wide-ranging conversation for the Los Angeles Review of Books. Sweeney notes that Ausubel’s latest novel, SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF EASE AND PLENTY, “has the same intelligence, sense of play, and heartache as that first [New Yorker] story Sweeney remembers so well.” Riverhead publishes the book on June 14, 2016...

THE RED PARTS by Maggie Nelson
19th May, 2016

Karl Ove Knausgaard praised Maggie Nelson in an interview with Men’s Journal, saying “She's so much better than anything I've read for a long, long time... If you read Maggie Nelson, that is the opposite of dogmatic, it comes from searching and opening things up and looking for something.” Graywolf reissued the book on April 5, 2016...

THE SHANNARA SERIES by Terry Brooks
9th May, 2016

Terry Brooks’ SHANNARA series has been renewed for a second season on MTV. The first season concluded on March 1st with 1.77 million viewers and high praise from various magazines and websites. According to The Hollywood Reporter, The Shannara Chronicles ranks as MTV's top-rated new series this year among viewers 12-34 and has the highest seven-day DVR lift (106 percent) for a freshman series in MTV history.

The Rainbow Comes and Goes By Anderson Cooper and Gloria Vanderbilt
5th May, 2016

At the top of the New York Times Nonfiction Best Seller list, The Rainbow Comes and Goes offers a rare window into the close relationship and fascinating lives of Anderson Cooper and his mother Gloria Vanderbilt. Harper published the hardcover April 5, 2016.

Joan Didion
5th May, 2016

A new article by Joan Didion called “California Notes” will be published in the May 26, 2016 issue of the New York Review of Books. In addition a new official website for the acclaimed author has been created. It can be found at https://www.thejoandidion.com/.

IT’S ALL EASY by Gwyneth Paltrow
5th May, 2016

Gwyneth Paltrow’s New York Times best selling “new cookbook is a combination of two things I can’t resist: recipes called “easy” and chunky knit sweaters galore” says Alex Beggs of Bon Appetit. Grand Central Life & Style published the hardcover April 12, 2016....

DEMOCRACY NOW! By Amy Goodman with David Goodman and Denis Moynihan
5th May, 2016

Debuting at #18 on the New York Times Nonfiction Best Seller list, this celebration of the acclaimed television and radio news program, Democracy Now! was published in hardcover April 12, 2016 by Simon and Schuster....

PRECIOUS CARGO by Craig Davidson
5th May, 2016

PRECIOUS CARGO, Craig Davidson’s account of his time as a bus driver for children with special needs, debuted at number three on the Canadian Nonfiction Bestseller list, and was reviewed by The Globe and Mail, which called it “an almost singular accomplishment,” and “a pleasure to read.” Random House Canada published the book on April 12, 2016....