Monica Brashears’ debut novel HOUSE OF COTTON was named a finalist for The New York Public Library’s 24th annual Young Lions Fiction Award. The winner will be announced via an awards ceremony on June 13 at 7pm. Flatiron Books published the book on April 4, 2023.

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HABITATIONS by Sheila Sundar was named a “Powell’s Pick of the Month” for April 2024 by Powell's Books in Portland (the world’s largest independent bookstore). Simon & Schuster published HABITATIONS on April 2, 2024.

The praise and press for HABITATIONS by Sheila Sundar continues. Vanity Fair featured an interview with Sheila Sundar on April 3, 2024, which writes "In HABITATIONS, the author places readers smack-dab in the mid-’90s as Vega Gopalan’s migratory life is taking shape. Through Vega, Sundar zeroes in on what it takes for a woman to create her path, while telling the story of an Indian immigrant jostling with caste, a human exploring her sexuality, and a student managing sociology coursework as her view of the world starts to blossom.”
Lit Hub featured HABITATIONS on their April 2, 2024 list of 26 New Books, including “exciting debut novels from Marissa Higgins, Sheila Sundar, and others.” The April 2, 2024
Episode 193 of A Bookish Home podcast was: “Sheila Sundar Explores Grief, Motherhood, Ambition, and the Meaning of Home in HABITATIONS”, which called the book a “stunning debut novel.”
The Advocate reviewer Susan Larson says: “Writer Sheila Sundar’s impressive debut is a story of female identity, loss and home. The book draws the reader in like a good long conversation with a best friend about all the things that matter.” Simon & Schuster published HABITATIONS on April 2, 2024.

Idra Novey is a finalist for the 2024 Joyce Carol Oates Prize, which "celebrates emerged and continually emerging authors of major consequence—short stories and/or novels—at the relative midpoint of a burgeoning career.” The NewLit Board of Directors will announce the winner in mid-April. Viking published TAKE WHAT YOU NEED on March 14, 2023.

COUPLETS by Maggie Millner is a finalist for the 2024 Lambda Literary Awards in the Lesbian Poetry category. The awards ceremony will be held at Sony Hall in New York City on June 11, 2024. Farrar, Straus and Giroux published COUPLETS on February 7, 2023.

Deadline announced that Manuel Gonzales’ short story THE MINIATURE WIFE will be adapted into a dramedy series by Peacock, with Elizabeth Banks and Matthew Macfadyen to star and executive produce. Riverhead Books published the short story collection on February 4, 2024.

HABITATIONS by Sheila Sundar was featured on theSkimm’s “Most Talked-About Spring Book Releases.” Skimms Reads editor Jana Pollack writes: “Before I get into the plot, I’ll just say: this debut novel is unassuming — easy to read, easy to get into — but it’s full of such feeling that I almost stopped reading because it made me too sad. It follows Vega Gopalan, an Indian-American grad student at Columbia University. The central sadness of her life (and the grief that almost kept me away) is the death of her sister. The book follows Vega to America, a marriage, a divorce, and motherhood, and quietly asks questions about identity and what ‘home’ really means. I’m so glad I kept going.” Simon & Schuster will publish HABITATIONS on April 2, 2024.

Antonia Angress was selected by the National Book Foundation via Charles Baxter as a “5 Under 35” honoree. Ballantine published Angress’ debut novel SIRENS & MUSES on July 12, 2022.

Publishers Weekly released a wonderful review of poet and therapist Joanna Pearson’s “rich debut murder mystery” BRIGHT AND TENDER DARK. The reviewer writes: “Pearson’s gift for texture and emotional resonance mark her as a talent to watch.” Bloomsbury Publishing will publish the novel on June 4, 2024.