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bone by Yrsa Daley-Ward
October 23, 2017

Yrsa Daley-Ward and her poetry collection bone was recently featured in Elle UK, Bustle, and PBS News Hour, where Yrsa read the title poem. Penguin Books published bone on September 26, 2017.

GOODBYE, VITAMIN by Rachel Khong
October 17, 2017

Rachel Khong’s GOODBYE, VITAMIN was included in this roundup at The New Yorker, which praises the novel’s “beautiful quotidian details… [and] magical, visual approach.” Henry Holt published GOODBYE, VITAMIN on July 11, 2017.

bone by Yrsa Daley-Ward
October 17, 2017

Yrsa Daley-Ward’s poetry collection bone has been included in a number of roundups, including Signature Reads’ 12 Essential Books Celebrating Women Writers of the African Diaspora and Shondaland’s Poetry Collections That Will Teach You To Love Poetry. Yrsa Daley-Ward’s bone is included in a Signature Reads article on understanding politics through poetry. Tobias Carroll praises Yrsa’s “powerful narrative energy” and “precision with language.” Penguin Books published September 26, 2017.

LARGE ANIMALS by Jess Arndt
October 17, 2017

Jess Arndt’s “striking” story collection LARGE ANIMALS is one of Read it Forward’s 6 Sensational Short Story Collections. Catapult published LARGE ANIMALS on May 9, 2017.

THE RIGHT TIME by Danielle Steel
September 18, 2017

The latest novel by Danielle Steel will make its debut on the New York Times Bestseller lists for the week of 9/17. It will debut at number 2 on the Combined Print & E-book Fiction & number 3 on the Hardcover Fiction. Delacorte Press published the book on August 29, 2017.

THE DARK DARK by Samantha Hunt
September 18, 2017

Samantha Hunt was featured as part of the Developing Stories series on the FSG Work in Progress blog. The series gives authors a disposable camera and invites them “to document whatever compels them.” Her acclaimed collection of short stories was published as an FSG original on July 18, 2017.

GOODBYE, VITAMIN by Rachel Khong
September 18, 2017

Rachel Khong’s “beautifully written” GOODBYE, VITAMIN is one of The Independent’s 10 best debut novels by women authors. Henry Holt published GOODBYE, VITAMIN on July 11, 2017.

bone by Yrsa Daley-Ward
September 18, 2017

Yrsa Daley-Ward’s bone is included in Huffington Post’s Art Matters: When Books Can Save Your Life, which writes, “Yrsa Daley-Ward goes straight to the messy beating heart of animal attraction with bone, mesmerizing poems that strip bare the pain and beauty of negotiating longing, sex and love.” The Millions also named bone one of their Eight Must-Read Books of Poetry, writing, “bone is a bounty of passionate and pained lines.” Penguin Books will publish bone on September 26, 2017.

AFTERGLOW (a dog memoir) by Eileen Myles
September 18, 2017

On publication of her new memoir, there have been two new pieces about Eileen Myles. Helena Fitzgerald interviews her for the new issue of Rolling Stone, in the piece “Punk Poet Eileen Myles on Combating Trump, Capitalism With Art.”

THE AGE OF PERPETUAL LIGHT by Josh Weil
September 18, 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.