News in January 2022

News in January 2022

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Publishers Weekly awarded Grace Farris’ upcoming MOM MILESTONES a starred review, raving: "[A] clever illustrated take on first-time motherhood... Farris successfully upends the idea of a baby milestone tracker by turning it into an often amusing but sincere and affirming take on motherhood. This is a no-brainer for parents of all experience levels." Publishers Weekly also featured Farris in their recurring “PW Talks” Q&A feature. On the subject of adding “light-heartedness…to the intense experiences of first-time motherhood,” Farris said: “There’s a lot of stuff that you experience in isolation when you’re going through early motherhood, and you think that you’re experiencing something that’s very unique. But really, a lot of it is universal. The cheerful drawings and humor are a way to find a bright side in some of the stuff that can be really demoralizing about becoming a new mom.” Workman Publishing Company will publish the book on March 29, 2022.

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Sarah Manguso's debut novel VERY COLD PEOPLE is being recognized as a must-read title of 2022. Oprah Daily featured the book on its list of “The 50 Most Anticipated Books of 2022,” praising: “[A] crystalline, mordant first novel…Manguso puts her own indelible stamp on the literary terrain of John Cheever and Susan Minot, daring to brush against the third rail of class.” Meanwhile, Good Housekeeping featured the book on its “15 Best and Most-Anticipated Books of 2022,” raving: "Midwesterners, New Englanders and anyone from small town America will recognize the contours in this quietly beautiful novel about what it feels like to grow up an outsider. It's a starkly lyrical exploration of the darkness that lies underneath a lily white community with an emotional resonance that sneaks up on you and won't let go." Hogarth will publish the novel on February 8, 2022.

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Hannah Lillith Assadi's forthcoming novel THE STARS ARE NOT YET BELLS was featured in The Washington Post’s “10 Noteworthy Books for January.” They write: "This poignant novel is a testament to love and loss, inspired by the author’s family history. Elle’s…memories, portrayed through the prism of Alzheimer’s disease, are murky, but in moments of clarity, we see the truth about the sacrifices made for love." Riverhead Books will publish the novel on January 11, 2022.

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ON FREEDOM by Maggie Nelson is one of the LA Times’ “5 Best Books of 2021 According to Jessica Ferri.” Ferri writes: "Nelson, quite simply one of the best writers and thinkers we’ve got, explores the title concept through four spheres: art, drugs, sex and climate. But at its heart this is a book about abolition — more specifically the abolition of the policing of our own minds. Nothing could be more radical, as we navigate the last two years of continued racial violence and a pandemic, than her idea that 'no one is disposable.'" ON FREEDOM was also featured on Lit Hub's “Ultimate Best Books of 2021 List.”
Graywolf Press published the book on September 7, 2021.

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Stephen Davis joined Lunchtime Live on BBC Scotland to discuss his book, Flight 149 (titled OPERATION TROJAN HORSE in the UK). PublicAffairs published the book in the US on September 7, 2021, and John Blake publish the book in the UK on July 22, 2021.