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Samantha Hunt’s nonfiction debut THE UNWRITTEN BOOK was lauded as a must-read book for April by The Chicago Review of Books. They praise: “Hunt has proved herself a writer of capacious imagination with her elegant short stories and novels. Now she turns that roving eye to a personal inquiry of haunting with this genre-bending nonfiction work centred around an unfinished manuscript written by her father and found days after his death. Blending literary criticism, history, and memoir, THE UNWRITTEN BOOK is sure to appeal to fans of Maggie Nelson and W.G. Sebald.” Farrar, Straus, and Giroux published the book on April 5, 2022.

A SAFE HOUSE, the 61st book in the Stone Barrington series, will make its debut on The New York Times bestseller list for the week of April 10, 2022. It will debut at number 11 on the Hardcover Fiction list, and number 6 on the Combined Print & E-Book Fiction list. G.P. Putnam’s Sons published the book on March 22, 2022.

Roxane Gay highlighted Rio Cortez’s poem “Black Lead in a Nancy Meyers Film” in her acclaimed newsletter, The Audacity. Gay called the poem “wonderful,” adding that she “can’t wait to read” GOLDEN AX. Penguin Books will publish the collection on August 30, 2022.

THE MOVEMENT MADE US by David Dennis, Jr. in collaboration with his father, David Dennis, Sr., was featured at the head of Atlanta Magazine’s spring reading list. Harper will publish THE MOVEMENT MADE US on May 10, 2022.

Carlene Bauer’s debut novel, GIRLS THEY WRITE SONGS ABOUT, received a starred review from Kirkus. They praise: “With deftness and candor, Bauer tells a moving and thoughtful story of how desire and ambition change over time and how to make sense of the messiness of carving out a path and life of one’s own. A smart and beautifully rendered portrait of two women’s lives.” Farrar, Straus and Giroux will publish the novel on June 21, 2022.

The Paris Review published a poem from Maggie Millner’s forthcoming poetry collection, COUPLETS, in their Spring 2022 issue. Farrar, Straus, and Giroux will publish the book on February 7, 2023.

HIGH STAKES, Danielle Steel’s latest novel, will make its debut on the New York Times Bestseller list for the week of March 27, 2022. It will debut at number 4 on the Combined Print & E-book Fiction list and number 4 on the Hardcover Fiction list. Delacorte Press published the book on March 8, 2022.

The New Yorker ran an excerpt from Samantha Hunt’s forthcoming THE UNWRITTEN BOOK, as a piece titled “Ghosts at the Liquor Store.” was featured in the New Yorker’s ‘Personal History’ digital segment. Farrar, Straus and Giroux will publish the book on April 5, 2022.

Esquire Magazine included Ted Chiang’s story collection EXHALATION on their list of "The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time," praising: “In this stellar collection of short stories, one of the most award-winning science fiction writers of our time tees up nine brilliant tales of time travel, artificial intelligence, and alternate universes...Through lean, thought-provoking prose, Chiang renders stories about man and machines deeply felt—and deeply human.” Knopf first published the book on May 7, 2019.

Publishers Weekly reviewed Carlene Bauer’s forthcoming debut novel, GIRLS THEY WRITE SONGS ABOUT. The reviewer praises the book as “appealing,” adding: “Bauer has a talent for exacting language, particularly when describing the characters’ attempts at navigating an era in which it feels like feminism is over...[T]his makes for a charming time capsule.” Farrar, Straus, and Giroux will publish the book on June 21, 2022.