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Kirkus names Jaroslav Kalfar’s SPACEMAN OF BOHEMIA one of 7 Books That Need a Sequel. Little, Brown published SPACEMAN OF BOHEMIA on March 7, 2017...
Laura Kipnis’s UNWANTED ADVANCES was the subject of a feature piece by Eileen G’Sell, who wrote of its author: “Even if the current is choppy and the shore miles off, the journey seems more important than ever, and one feels grateful to tread behind her.” Harper published the book April 4, 2017.
Sarah Manguso was interviewed in Vol. 1 Brooklyn for her new book of aphorisms, 300 ARGUMENTS, where Michelle Lyn King said: “There isn’t a single argument in this book that left me confused or wanting more.” Graywolf published the book February 7, 2016...
FLY ME was chosen as one of Publishers Weekly’s Best Summer Books of 2017 with a glowing review from Jonathan Segura, executive editor. Segura called the novel “the perfect balance of grit and gloss.” Little, Brown will publish the book on June 6, 2016...
In its April 1, 2017 review of David McCullough’s THE AMERICAN SPIRIT, a compilation of 15 speeches he has given over 25 years, Booklist says “McCullough’s legions of fans will flock to this edifying collection. Very few among us possess the encompassing and informed perspective on America’s past and present that historian and bestselling author McCullough has gained over decades of research.” Simon & Schuster will publish the book on April 18, 2017.
Laura Kipnis’s UNWANTED ADVANCES received a very favorable review in the New York Times, where Jennifer Senior writes that “It is invigorating and irritating, astute and facile, rigorous and flippant, fair-minded and score-settling, practical and hyperbolic… Above all else, though, Unwanted Advances is necessary.” Harper published the book April 4, 2017.
Jim Swearingen of The National Book Review said, "Democracy Now! presents the voices of people prevented from earning livable wages, fired for organizing for labor rights, incarcerated unjustly, bombed illegally, discriminated against, foreclosed on, spied upon, disenfranchised and deported. They call us to the better angels of our democracy." Simon & Schuster comes out with the timely paperback Reprint edition on April 25, 2017.
THE BEAR AND THE NIGHTINGALE received a starred review from School Library Journal, which said, “reading Arden’s debut novel is like listening to an entrancing tale spun out over nights in the best oral tradition... A spellbinding story that will linger with most readers far beyond the final page.” Del Rey published the book January 10, 2017...
Hannah Lillith Assadi’s SONORA was written up in the New Yorker’s Briefly Noted section, with the editor’s endorsement: “it powerfully evokes the sense of being an outsider.” The book has also been selected as Bustle’s American Woman Book Club pick for April, which called it “a poetic coming-of-age story about friendship, identity, secrets, and obsession that will haunt you long after you turn the final page." Soho Press published the book March 28, 2017.
Kirkus and Publishers Weekly both gave early positive reviews to this debut thriller. Kirkus called the novel “an intriguingly dark, twisty story [with] eccentric characters [who] make this book a standout,” and Publishers Weekly said, “quirky characters and a keen sense of place distinguish this multigenerational tale of abandonment, desperation, and betrayal… inventive and intricately plotted.” Scribner will publish the novel June 13, 2017...