News in September 2017
News in September 2017
Josh Weil has an original essay out in Literary Hub, “The Ways In Which A Novel Can Fail Like A Marriage.” His debut collection, THE AGE OF PERPETUAL LIGHT, is just out from Grove, Atlantic, published September 12,2017.
This unique book presents a stunning archive of images that reveal Calvin Klein’s timeless influence as a designer. Rizzoli will publish the hardcover November 7, 2017.
Dan Harris’ bestselling book is one of the top 10 audiobooks on Audible.com. It Books published the hardcover edition of the book on March 11, 2014 and HarperAudio released the audiobook the same day.
Rachel Khong’s GOODBYE, VITAMIN receives a heartfelt review from Bustle, whose reviewer writes, “I’m in awe… Khong manages to create vibrant characters dealing with the same things we all are.” R.O. Kwon interviewed Rachel for the Asian American Writers’ Workshop magazine The Margins, calling GOODBYE, VITAMIN “one of the best books I’ve read this year: beguiling, hilarious, moving, and insightful, often all at once...”
Jess Arndt’s LARGE ANIMALS is Word Bookstore’s pick for Brooklyn Daily’s What to read this week. Word writes, “’Large Animals’ is a vital, visceral collection of beautifully told, provocative stories.” Catapult published LARGE ANIMALS on May 9, 2017.
Yrsa Daley-Ward’s bone is one of HelloGiggle’s 11 New Poetry Collections to Make You Feel All the Feels: “You’ll want this one on your bookshelf.” Penguin Books will publish bone on September 26, 2017.
Joy Press writes for the Los Angeles Times that celebrated novelist Samantha Hunt’s debut book of short stories THE DARK DARK is “a daring collection in which Hunt gives her imagination free reign, allowing her characters to careen off the rails in their search for something more in the darkness.”Farrar, Straus & Giroux published the book on July 18, 2017...
A HUNDRED BILLION has been chosen as part of the Fall 2017 Pizza Hut BOOK IT! Program, which connects school teachers with exciting and educational new books and includes a competition to give away 50 copies to kids. Greenwillow Books will publish the picture book October 3rd, 2017...
The New Yorker has reviewed FLY ME, saying of the debut novel, “Riley conjures a Technicolor vision of seventies California and casts Suzy’s ambition as a feminist quest for self-determination. Her exploits build to a climax that suggests the book’s title is not so much an invitation as a challenge.” Little, Brown published the book June 6, 2017.
Angelica Baker’s OUR LITTLE RACKET tops the list of books The Atlantic editors and writers are reading this summer. The Atlantic writes, “any reader will appreciate the tightly woven drama of this book, which brings its five protagonists out of the margins of the crisis and into an explosive confrontation of their own.” Ecco published OUR LITTLE RACKET on June 20, 2017...
Eugene Lim’s DEAR CYBORGS was included in the San Francisco Chronicle’s roundup of new science fiction and fantasy books. For The Village Voice, Ross Barkan writes that DEAR CYBORGS is “drawing the sorts of critical accolades that should vault [Lim] into the first rank of American writers.” FSG Originals published DEAR CYBORGS on June 6, 2017...
The sequel to THE BEAR AND THE NIGHTINGALE, THE GIRL IN THE TOWER has received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Booklist. Publishers Weekly raved “Vasya is a remarkable heroine, strong of will and sharp of mind, and her stark realization that her desire for freedom may have consequences for those she loves adds a layer to this sensual, beautifully written, and emotionally stirring fantasy. Fairy tales don’t get better than this...”