The revised edition of Kiese Laymon’s critically acclaimed first novel, LONG DIVISION, published this week to a flurry of positive press. The New York Times featured the book on its list of “New and Noteworthy” titles, praising the way the book “probes fame, creativity, and the toll of racism.” Meanwhile, in a review for the Chicago Tribune, author John Warner writes: “It is rare that I will purchase a second copy of a book that I already own and have read more than once, but I am making an exception with the recently revised and re-issued edition of Kiese Laymon’s LONG DIVISION…Laymon is a singular voice in American literature.” The book has also been featured on must-read lists for June from Bustle, Entertainment Weekly, and LitHub. Scribner published LONG DIVISION on June 1, 2021.

John Branch was interviewed by John Canzano for his BFT Podcast about his latest book, SIDECOUNTRY. Canzano notes: “Branch wrote beautifully in the book about the people, places, and circumstances that provide uplifting, powerful, and occasionally tragic outcomes…The interview is well worth your time.” W.W. Norton & Company published the book on June 1, 2021.

Rosecrans Baldwin’s EVERYTHING NOW was featured on Vulture’s list of “35 Books We Can’t Wait to Read This Summer.” They write: “[Baldwin] manages to define, and, perhaps, redefine, the most undefinable of cities with a fresh and sometimes startling inquisitiveness. Ambitious in a way that seems to mirror L.A.’s sprawl, the story is told through a series of vignettes, combining deft on-the-ground reporting, hazy personal memories, and snippets of overheard conversations that read, appropriately, like film scripts." MCD will publish the book on June 15, 2021.

Maurice Carlos Ruffin's forthcoming novel THE ONES WHO DON’T SAY THEY LOVE YOU was featured on the Observer’s list of “Best New Summer Reads.” They call the book “vibrant…deeply empathetic and achingly winning,” noting that “[t]his glimpse into New Orleans beyond Bourbon Street reminds you how books sometimes offer a deeper experience of a place than passive tourism.” One World will publish the book on August 17, 2021.

Sunjeev Sahota was profiled by Publishers Weekly about his latest novel, CHINA ROOM. Sahota told the interviewer that the novel is “very much alive to questions of authorship, and storytelling, and the rights and wrongs of who gets to tell the story…If I look at my three novels, the thing that seems to connect them, to me – and this wasn’t obvious to me before – is ideas of freedom, ideas of connection, ideas of trying to find the place you call home.” Publishers Weekly also gave the novel a glowing review, noting that it is “engaging” and “well worth the time.” Viking will publish the novel on July 13, 2021.