News in May 2015
News in May 2015
Maggie Nelson’s THE ARGONAUTS was reviewed in Flaunt, Electric Literature, the Huffington Post, the AV Club, Lambda Literary, Vulture, and the Volta. The Hairpin hosted a roundtable discussion of THE ARGONAUTS and Nelson’s previous book, BLUETS, and Bustle listed it in their Mother’s Day reading list. Nelson was interviewed in Tin House, The Rumpus, Atlas Review, and Literary Hub. Graywolf published the book on May 5, 2015.
“THE CHINA COLLECTORS is a racy, panoramic read; a cultural adventure story with serious diplomatic implications.” Says The Economist.
Palgrave Macmillan published the hardcover March 10, 2015.
Mr. Schatzker’s new book reveals the surprising truth about the link between nutrition and flavor. His insights are causing quite a stir. Simon & Schuster published the hardcover book on May 5, 2015.
Maggie Nelson’s THE ARGONAUTS was reviewed by NPR, which said, “Nelson's vibrant, probing and, most of all, outstanding book is also a philosophical look at motherhood, transitioning, partnership, parenting, and family — an examination of the restrictive way we've approached these terms in the past and the ongoing struggle to arrive at more inclusive and expansive definitions for them.”Graywolf published the book on May 5, 2015.
Dan’s true story of how he tamed the voice in his head, reduced stress without losing his edge, and found self-help that actually works is now New York Times #11 in paperback nonfiction. IT books published the book in paperback December 30, 2014.
April Bloomfield’s lovely illustrated cookbook shares her recipes for her true love – vegetables. The New York Times notes, “There are no extra ingredients or unnecessary steps in her recipes, but she is unabashedly fussy about each component.” Ecco published the hard cover 4/21/15.
“In Heart of Miracles, Karen searches out the wisdom and lives the wisdom to put her mind, body, and spirit back together. By practicing the concepts of meditation, yoga, and nutrition, she finds serenity and calm out of chaos. She is a new, powerful voice for a community of change in the areas of health care, well-being, and spirituality.” Says Donna Karan, designer and founder of the Urban Zen Foundation. Hay House published the hardcover February 26, 2015.
Maggie Nelson’s THE ARGONAUTS is a New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice, and was reviewed by Jennifer Szalai for the newspaper. “So much writing about motherhood makes the world seem smaller after the child arrives, more circumscribed, as if in tacit fealty to the larger cultural assumptions about moms and domesticity; Nelson’s book does the opposite,” observes Szalai. Graywolf published the book on May 5, 2015.
Sarah Manguso was interviewed by Caitlin Johnson in Bookforum for her book ONGOINGNESS. Graywolf published the book on March 3, 2015.
Before you see him host the Tony Awards, you can read his memoir. In his unique and engaging voice, the acclaimed actor of stage and screen shares the emotional story of his complicated relationship with his father and the deeply buried family secrets that shaped his life and career. Dey Street published this New York Times Bestseller in paperback May 5, 2015.
Maggie Nelson’s THE ARGONAUTS is one of PW’s Best Summer Books and was reviewed in the Los Angeles Review of Books, which called it a “brilliant and poetically associative search” and said, “She does not bend genre so much as she refuses to bend her writing to meet genre’s demands, and it is that unbendingness that makes her work so fresh, compelling, dark, and intimate.”
Elliot Ackerman’s GREEN ON BLUE is John Warner’s “top read of the year thus far,” cited in the Chicago Tribune. Scribner published the book on February 17, 2015.