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STICKY FINGERS by Joe Hagan

Vanity Fair ran a first serial of Joe Hagan’s STICKY FINGERS, “Jann Wenner, John Lennon, and the Greatest Rolling Stone Cover Ever,” and New York magazine ran a second, “The Long, Bizarre Relationship Between Jann Wenner and Mick Jagger.”

CRAIG & FRED by Craig Grossi

Craig Grossi was interviewed by the Washington Post about his memoir: CRAIG & FRED: A Marine, A Stray Dog, and How They Rescued Each Other. HarperCollins published the book on October 31, 2017.

A BRIEF HISTORY OF EVERYONE WHO EVER LIVED by Adam Rutherford

Adam Rutherford spoke on NPR 1A in a fascinating segment “Where Do We Come From?” on his latest book of nonfiction, A BRIEF HISTORY OF EVERYONE WHO EVER LIVED. The Experiment published the book October 3, 2017.

Bone by Yrsa Daley-Ward

Yrsa Daley-Ward’s bone was a The Paris Review staff pick this week. Nicole Rudick calls the poems “small explosion[s]” and “excellent.” The book has also recently been featured in Elle UK, Bustle, and PBS News Hour, where Yrsa read the title poem. Penguin Books published bone on September 26, 2017.

STICKY FINGERS by Joe Hagan

The fall out between Jann Wenner & Joe Hagan his biographer in advance of the anticipated biography has received coverage in the New York Times, the New York Post and the Washington Post which also reviews the book and says “The Age of Aquarius has long passed, and Rolling Stone is no longer revolutionary — or nearly as relevant as in its heyday. But Hagan not only helps us understand how terribly much it seemed to matter, once upon a time.

bone by Yrsa Daley-Ward

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.

RIOT DAYS by Maria Alyokhina

Maria Alyokhina’s of Pussy Riot’s memoir was reviewed in the New York Times Book Review which says “Alyokhina’s eye for surreal detail gives Riot Days a welcome does of dark humor.… Through the chinks in the abusive system, Alyokhina glimpses human beings.” Henry Holt published the book on September 26, 2017.

MR. DICKENS AND HIS CAROL by Samantha Silva

Samantha Silva’s debut novel was named one of the 20 Indie Next Great Reads on the Indie Next List Great Read for November 2017. The reviewer says “Full of fantastic period detail and delightful prose, Mr. Dickens and His Carol is a wonderful companion to the enduring holiday classic A Christmas Carol.” Flatiron Books published the book on October 31, 2017.

THE WINE LOVER’S DAUGHTER: A Memoir by Anne Fadiman

Anne Fadiman’s memoir was named one of the 20 Indie Next Great Reads on the Indie Next List Great Read for November 2017. The reviewer says “This is a book about family and how the differences between us can be one of the many things that actually draw us together.” Farrar Straus & Giroux will publish the book on November 7, 2017.

FRESH COMPLAINT by Jeffrey Eugenides

Lauren Groff reviewed FRESH COMPLAINT in the New York Times Book Review. She says: “Eugenides has always been a sharp and exacting writer, and nearly every one of the stories in this collection is teachable, a model of its own kind of Swiss-clock craftsmanship.”