Daniel Loedel’s stirring debut, HADES, ARGENTINA, continues to accumulate great coverage in the week following its publication, including a glowing review from The Economist. Loedel published an original essay in The Atlantic about his half-sister, Isabel, who was “disappeared” during Argentina’s Dirty War before Loedel was born, and who served as inspiration for his novel. Loedel was also featured in Poets & Writers’s “Writers Recommend” column, and he sat down for interviews with the Debutiful podcast and Interview Magazine. Loedel told Interview’s Christopher Bollen: “That feeling of being haunted by someone’s absence was one that I knew well and tapped into it in order to write this story. So the idea was really less a structural decision than a means of accessing what is emotionally true about living in the aftermath of a disappeared loved one.” Riverhead Books published the novel on January 12, 2021.

The LA Skirball Cultural Center will be launching an online exhibition based on TIGHTROPE by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn from January 31 through May 31. The exhibition will feature images by photojournalist Lynsey Addario, “[inviting] us to take an unflinching look at crises hiding in plain sight.” Kristof and WuDunn will participate in a free discussion and Q&A about the book and exhibition on January 26 at 9 PM ET. Vintage published the book on January 14, 2020.

Kiese Laymon’s HOW TO SLOWLY KILL YOURSELF AND OTHERS IN AMERICA is featured on St. Louis Magazine’s “10 Must-Reads for 2021.” They quote author Ron A. Austin, who writes: “[Laymon’s] voice is fire and iron and steel…I’m excited to see how the original and extended compare and how this project speaks to the power and practice of revision.” Scribner published the book on November 10, 2020.

The Chicago Tribune, BuzzFeed News, and Vulture feature Maggie Nelson's forthcoming ON FREEDOM on their lists of most anticipated books for 2021. The Chicago Tribune writes: “Fittingly, considering the five-alarm fire playing out every day in the country, it’s a good time for essayists, and Nelson is among the originals. The author of such influential works as THE ARGONAUTS and THE RED PARTS considers our obsession with the idea of freedom, from its capacity to thrill to its ability to disgust.” Graywolf Press will publish the book on September 7, 2021.

David Hoon Kim’s PARIS IS A PARTY, PARIS IS A GHOST is featured on Vulture’s “46 Books We Can’t Wait to Read in 2021.” They write: “This is the debut novel of American writer David Hoon Kim, who himself lived in Paris and studied at the Sorbonne. He writes a mean sentence.” Farrar, Straus, and Giroux will publish the book on August 3, 2021.

Dawnie Walton’s THE FINAL REVIVAL OF OPAL & NEV is featured on Book Riot's “10 Propulsive 2021 Books Everyone Will Be Talking About.” They write: "For readers who read and loved DAISY JONES AND THE SIX, and are looking for another book they’ll love just as much (if not more), THE FINAL REVIVAL OF OPAL & NEV could be just the answer…Dawnie Walton’s debut novel is doing its own thing, for sure, with a strong narrative voice and unforgettable characters." 37 Ink will publish the book on March 30, 2021.

Jamie Figueroa's debut novel BROTHER, SISTER, MOTHER, EXPLORER is featured on Bustle’s “Most Anticipated Debuts of 2021.” Catapult will publish the book on March 2, 2021.

Robert Jones Jr.’s debut novel THE PROPHETS is featured on numerous must-read lists for 2021, including Elle's “The 55 Most Anticipated Books of 2021” and The Millions’ “Most Anticipated: The Great First-Half 2021 Book Preview.” AP News writes that “THE PROHETS is a novel, but feels almost like poetry, with every word holding a weight and power that will continue to astound those who lose themselves in its pages,” while The Guardian compliments the narrative as possessing “a tremendous generosity of spirit; each character, slave and enslaver, ‘half-caste’ and overseer, is richly evoked, rendering the complexity of their desires and deprivations.” Jones Jr. was also interviewed by NPR, PEN Ten, and PopSugar. G.P. Putnam’s Sons published the book on January 5, 2021.

Buzz is building around Lucy Ives’s debut story collection COSMOGONY, which Publishers Weekly calls “an inventive collection” that “through juxtaposition and collage…illuminate[s] the trickier fringes of life right now.” Refinery29 recommends COSMOGONY as one of its “50 Books to Read in 2021,” and BuzzFeed lists it as one of its “Most Anticipated.” Soft Skull will publish the book on March 9, 2021.

Michael Zapata’s THE LOST BOOK OF ADANA MOREAU was named one of Los Angeles Public Library’s “Best of 2020.” They call the book “a wonderful story of resourcefulness, perseverance, and connections that transcend time, space and death itself.” OZY also named Zapata one of the best debut novelists of the year, and Latino Rebels featured the novel on its list of “21 Best Latinx Books of 2020.” Hanover Square Press published the book on February 4, 2020.