Kirkus reviewed Nicole Pasulka’s forthcoming nonfiction, HOW YOU GET FAMOUS, praising: “An award-winning journalist takes a deep dive into New York City’s underground drag scene…[T]he skilled reporting and storytelling that characterize the narrative make for an engaging book that will appeal to scholars of gender as well as anyone with an interest in queer culture. An adventurously intelligent sociological study.” Simon & Schuster will publish the book on June 7, 2022.

Rebecca Rukeyser’s debut novel THE SEAPLANE ON FINAL APPROACH received a glowing review from Publishers Weekly. They call it an “intoxicating debut,” adding: “Rukeyser’s signature bleak humor will leave readers excited to see what comes next.” Doubleday will publish the novel on June 7, 2022.

Oprah Daily shared an exclusive cover reveal for Namwali Serpell’s forthcoming novel, THE FURROWS, alongside a rave review. They describe Serpell’s voice as “distinctly her own: lyrical, daring, assured,” adding: “THE FURROWS” [is] enthralling…Serpell disrupts our expectations, over and over…[blurring] the line between our dreams and our waking lives.” Hogarth will publish the novel on September 27, 2022.

Lucy Cooke’s latest book received a rave review in The Guardian, which calls it “A bold and gripping takedown of the sexist mythology baked into biology… Bitch is so full of marvellous surprises about sex roles that I sensed Cooke herself was transformed in its writing.” Basic Books will publish the book in the US on June 14, 2022.

The Wall Street Journal reviewed Andrew Rice’s book about the 2000 election, THE YEAR THAT BROKE AMERICA, deeming it “an engaging, deftly constructed but conspicuously partisan account of the brief period that changed the United States for the worse.” HarperCollins published the book on February 22, 2022.

THE MOVEMENT MADE US by David Dennis Jr. in collaboration with his father, David Dennis Sr., received a glowing review from Publishers Weekly. They herald the book as a “gripping memoir” with “[r]ecollections brought to life in subtle and evocative prose…captur[ing] a remarkably intimate and vivid portrait of the human side of the civil rights movement.” Harper will publish the memoir on May 10, 2022.

Cleyvis Natera’s highly anticipated debut NERUDA ON THE PARK received a positive review from Kirkus. They praise: “Natera plays with definitions of home and material and spiritual success, showing how the personal and political can become confused even when a cause, or a crime, seems straightforward. A savvy melodrama, warmhearted and as astute as a lawyer’s brief.” Ballantine Books will publish the novel on May 17, 2022.

THE MOVEMENT MADE US, the forthcoming book by Black Lives Matter icon David Dennis Jr. in collaboration with his father, David Dennis Sr., received a Kirkus starred review that heralds the book as “[t]imely in an era of renewed disenfranchisement and an instructive, important addition to the literature of civil rights.” Harper will publish the book on May 10, 2022.

HOW YOU GET FAMOUS by Nicole Pasulka received a glowing review from Library Journal. Reviewer Rosy Brewer writes: “Journalist Pasulka has put together a lively and intricate history of drag…An entertaining, absorbing behind-the-scenes look at drag that will especially appeal to fans of [RUPAUL’S] DRAG RACE and the TV drama POSE.” Simon & Schuster will publish the book on June 7, 2022.

VERY COLD PEOPLE by Sarah Manguso continues to receive rave reviews following its release. Katy Waldman wrote a glowing review of the novel for The New Yorker, comparing it to Elena Ferrante’s MY BRILLIANT FRIEND and praising: “The book has a fairy-tale quality, a ring of the nursery rhyme… The book’s symmetries, prototypical figures, and brutality heighten the Grimmish mood. You half expect the characters to be devoured by wolves.” Meanwhile, Claire Messud reviewed the book for Harper’s Magazine, raving: “[VERY COLD PEOPLE] is a searing catalogue of pinched bitterness...[W]ith her gemlike apercus, Manguso renders this bleakness oddly fascinating...[She has] a distinctive and pungent style. She is known for her aphoristic precision and intense, adamantine paragraphs. Her novel thus has the effect of a series of sharply focused snapshots.” Hogarth published the novel on February 8, 2022.