News in April 2015

News in April 2015

THE DYNAMITE ROOM by Jason Hewitt
8th April, 2015

Jason Hewitt’s THE DYNAMITE ROOM was given a starred review in Publishers Weekly, which said, “[A] strong debut novel … Hewitt's novel is well-crafted and engrossing. In the confines of a house that can feel at once claustrophobic and expansive, he artfully explores family and identity, and how war changes the lives of both soldiers and civilians.” Little, Brown published the book on March 17, 2015.

THE HIGH DIVIDE by Lin Enger
8th April, 2015

Lin Enger’s THE HIGH DIVIDE has been shortlisted for the Reading the West Book Award, given by the Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers’ Association. Algonquin published the book on September 23, 2014.

GONE FERAL by Novella Carpenter
8th April, 2015

Novella Carpenter’s GONE FERAL has been shortlisted, in the Adult Non-Fiction category, for the Reading the West Book Award, given by the Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers’ Association. Penguin Press published the book on June 12, 2014.

AFTER THE TALL TIMBER by Renata Adler
8th April, 2015

Renata Adler was interviewed by the novelist Catherine Lacey for the website VICE. New York Review of Books will release a selection of her non-fiction called AFTER THE TALL TIMBER on April 7, 2015.

ONGOINGNESS by Sarah Manguso
8th April, 2015

Sarah Manguso’s ONGOINGNESS was reviewed by Alice Gregory in The New Yorker, by Maria Popova in Brain Pickings, and also in BookReporter. Said The New Yorker, “In her almost psychedelic musings on time and what it means to preserve one’s own life, she has managed to transcribe an entirely interior world. She has written the memoir we didn’t realize we needed.”