Alta Journal published a rave review of Namwali Serpell’s lauded second novel, THE FURROWS. Anita Felicelli praises the book as an “intense, palimpsestic antinovel” with an “ingenious, off-kilter necromancy,” adding: “THE FURROWS relies on three voices to bring us into an exquisitely rendered nether space where visual likeness, name, and metaphor appear concrete, only to fall away in subsequent scenes...The more we read, the more we are strung along by competing sequences bound by Serpell’s sleek and unexpected syntax, her unnerving emotional observation and repeated images…The ambiguities of THE FURROWS superfuse techniques from Alfred Hitchcock films, especially VERTIGO, while also suggesting the French author Marie NDiaye’s LADIVINE. Yet Serpell opts for stunning emotional deepenings at every turn. Again and again, the novel exploits the literary potential of the Freudian uncanny to construct haunting multiplications rather than the transparent resolutions of traditional novelists.” Hogarth published the novel on September 27, 2022.

Rachel Aviv was on The Ezra Klein Show podcast to discuss her nonfiction debut STRANGERS TO OURSELVES, as well as a variety of mental health topics such as “how mental states like depression and anxiety can be socially contagious, how mental illnesses differ from physical ailments like diabetes and high blood pressure, what Aviv’s own experience with childhood anorexia taught her about psychology and diagnosis, how having too much ‘insight’ into our mental states can sometimes hurt us, how social forces like racism and classism can activate psychological distress,” and more. Farrar, Straus and Giroux published the book on September 13, 2022.

Cathy Park Hong was profiled by New York Magazine’s Vulture as part of the “At Home in Asian America” issue, in a piece titled “The Poet Pundit: How Cathy Park Hong became liberal America’s go-to Asian thinker.” Clio Chang writes: “[I]n 2020, [Hong’s] career changed radically with the release of MINOR FEELINGS: AN ASIAN AMERICAN RECKONING, a collection of essays that explore her experience as a Korean American and a poet. The book, Hong said, was an attempt to ‘articulate Asian American interiority’ as well as a broader effort to recast and refine conversations about Asian Americanness... The collection came out four days before the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in New York. Hong’s planned tour went to Zoom, and she anticipated that her book would get buried like so many others… In the ensuing months, Asian Americans reported being spat on and screamed at by strangers; the hashtag #StopAsianHate took off, and anti-Asian racism became visible in a way it never had before. MINOR FEELINGS had been on track to have a normal release, but — through a combination of some acclamatory reviews, word of mouth, and pure timing — it was perfectly positioned to meet the moment…MINOR FEELINGS is now in its 19th print run with 175,000 copies in circulation. Two years after its publication, it has become COVID canon.” One World published MINOR FEELINGS on February 25, 2020.

PATHETIC LITERATURE by Eileen Myles received a glowing review from Publishers Weekly. They write: “In this powerful anthology, poet Myles (I MUST BE LIVING TWICE) shares a wide-ranging but deeply focused reading list linked by the concept of pathos…The collection amounts to a solid argument for the value of literature that lays bare its author’s personal investment.” Grove Press will publish the anthology on November 15, 2022.

In the weeks leading up to its publication, README.txt by Chelsea Manning is garnering critical attention as one of this year’s most-anticipated books. The book was featured on must-read lists from The New York Times and Bustle. The Bay Area Reported featured it as part of its LGBTQ Fall roundup, alongside generous praise: “Manning diligently and passionately describes her decision to transition soon after her conviction as well as the days leading up to and following President Obama's commutation of her sentence and prison release, which became a swirling media scandal; certain to inspire heated debate and critical discussion among readers and political enthusiasts alike.” IN Magazine proclaims the book “fascinating” on its list of “Fall 2022’s Best New LBTQ+ Books to Read,” and TIME featured the book on its list of “The 33 Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2022,” writing: “Though Manning’s story has inspired an opera and off-Broadway play, on top of plenty of headlines, her new memoir, README.txt, marks the first time she’s telling her full story in her own words.” Farrar, Straus and Giroux will publish the memoir on October 18, 2022.

Andrew Sean Greer’s LESS IS LOST debuted on The New York Times Bestsellers list for the week of October 9, 2022, appearing at #10 on the Hardcover Fiction list. Little, Brown and Company published the book on September 20, 2022.

STRANGERS TO OURSELVES by Rachel Aviv continues to accumulate critical acclaim. The book is a National Indie Bestseller and a New York Times Editors’ Choice pick. Oprah Daily featured STRANGERS TO OURSELVES on its “20 of the Best Fall Nonfiction Books of 2022” list, deeming it a “searing…revelation of literary journalism and medical research.” Lit Hub selected the book for its “Ultimate Fall 2022 Book Preview.” Lastly, Aviv was interviewed on CBS News about the book, and about how “we can increase our understanding of mental illness by paying more attention to the stories patients tell about their individual experience to find meaning for themselves.” Farrar, Straus and Giroux published the book on September 13, 2022.

Booktrib featured Brian Haig’s THE PRESIDENT’S ASSASSIN on its list of “Six Books that will Scratch Your Tom Clancy Itch,” deeming it a “fast-paced page-turning race against time.” Grand Central Publishing published the book on February 23, 2005.

Jann S. Wenner’s memoir LIKE A ROLLING STONE debuted on The New York Times Bestsellers list for the week of October 2, 2022, appearing at #6 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list and #7 on the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list. Little, Brown and Company published the book on September 13, 2022.

Rachel Aviv’s STRANGER TO OURSELVES received a rave review from The Wall Street Journal. Elizabeth Winkler writes: “The book unfolds in what are effectively case studies of subjects suffering from different disorders—depression, schizophrenia, psychosis—but these cases are not closed. They do not lend themselves to neat, scientific conclusions. Though the subjects come from different times and cultures, they all occupy what Ms. Aviv calls the ‘psychic hinterlands, the outer edges of human experience, where language tends to fail.’ Ms. Aviv wanders out to these far reaches, reporting with deep empathy and nuance on a category of experience that, she acknowledges, she might not have recognized ‘if I hadn’t been there myself’…Ms. Aviv paradoxically finds language for the most ineffable registers of human experience. She begins to name correctly what has been named wrongly. For a journalist, as for a psychiatrist, there is no higher achievement.” The book also received praise in a review from Wired, where Kate Knibbs writes: “If anyone knows the weight of stories, Aviv does. She’s a star New Yorker writer, capable of drilling into complicated, morally queasy situations and excavating definitive tales from the chaos…The strength of STRANGERS TO OURSELVES is in its engrossing case studies, which contribute vivid anecdotes to this ongoing conversation about the complex and perplexing nature of the mind…Aviv’s pain and empathy are palpable on the page; it is clear she doesn’t want to emphasize their differences but rather underline their fundamental similarity. She wants to end by pointing out, one last time, how porous the borders are between our stories.” Aviv also sat down for conversations and interviews with the LARB Radio Hour podcast, Shondaland, and The Maris Review podcast. Farrar, Straus and Giroux published STRANGERS TO OURSELVES on September 13, 2022.