AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF SKIN by Lakiesha Carr published this week to critical acclaim. The book received a fantastic review from The New York Times, where Ladee Hubbard writes: "Powerful and timely…It is a testament to Carr’s power as a writer that she is able to so clearly represent these aspects of her characters’ experiences with such intimacy and honesty. In that sense, the book is an admission of the fact that, for all the changes that have occurred in our society over the past 100 years, many Black people, both men and women, are still processing the trauma and violence caused by their body’s simultaneous hypervisibility and erasure.” AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF SKIN was also featured on Lit Hub’s "11 New Books to Read Right Now," and Carr was profiled in the Houston Chronicle, which praises the book as a “graceful” debut. Pantheon published the book on February 28, 2023.

Eugene Lim’s SEARCH HISTORY is the winner of the Association of Asian American Studies Outstanding Achievement in Creative Writing (Prose) Award for 2023. The AAAS Committee writes: “Mimicking the paths and rabbit holes of internet searches, SEARCH HISTORY is a powerful commentary on the anxieties and alienations of diasporic identities, specifically Korean American identities—compellingly intertwining questions of art and identity with posthuman anxieties about performativity and replicability in a world beginning to grapple with the capabilities of AI. SEARCH HISTORY is a brilliantly constructed, smartly delightful, and emotionally rich short novel that positions Eugene Lim as one of our brightest experimental Asian American writers working today.” Coffee House Press published SEARCH HISTORY on October 5, 2021.

Kathleen McLaughlin was interviewed in the Guardian about her book BLOOD MONEY. Atria/One Signal Publishers published the book on February 28, 2023.

De’Shawn Charles Winslow’s DECENT PEOPLE received a great review from Humanities Tennessee’s website Chapter16: “Murder mysteries conventionally focus on a single question: Who did it? The best of the genre — such as De’Shawn Charles Winslow’s new novel DECENT PEOPLE — raise more philosophical issues. What is the value of human life? What kind of world do we live in? Is justice possible? … Despite the darkness of the subject matter, Winslow has a light touch, moving readers briskly through the novel’s kaleidoscopic events. He spices the story with period detail, apposite references to MCMILLAN & WIFE and Patty Hearst that remind us we are visiting a lost world. Winslow’s novel partakes of seedy crime and racial violence, family secrets and betrayals, romantic rivalries and hopeless loves but resolves into an essentially domestic question: Where can we find a home?” Winslow was also interviewed for Pen America's "Pen 10 Column." Bloomsbury published DECENT PEOPLE on January 17, 2023.

GIRLS AND THEIR MONSTERS, Audrey Clare Farley’s next work of nonfiction, received a rave review from Publishers Weekly. It reads: “Farley’s narrative is based in deep research and makes for her nuanced analysis of the country’s shifting attitudes toward childhood and mental health. Readers will be riveted.” Grand Central Publishing will publish GIRLS AND THEIR MONSTERS on June 13, 2023.

Alexandra Auder’s forthcoming memoir DON’T CALL ME HOME earned a place on literary tastemaker Zibby Owens’s list of the “Most Anticipated Spring and Summer Books.” Elsewhere, Publishers Weekly offered a strong review, writing: “Funny, bracing, and compulsively readable, Auder’s memoir resists juicy gossip in favor of hard-won truths. This story of fraught but unbreakable bonds between mothers and daughters is a gem.” Viking will publish DON’T CALL ME HOME on May 2, 2023.

Scientific American released a great review for Jaroslav Kalfar’s next novel, A BRIEF HISTORY OF LIVING FOREVER. Amy Brady writes: “Kalfar turns an ambitious premise (a person whose body has expired but whose consciousness lives on) into a moving, frightening story about the strength of family bonds.” Little, Brown and Company will publish the novel on March 28, 2023.

Erica Berry’s WOLFISH has continued to receive critical acclaim following its publication. The Washington Post published a fantastic review of the book, with reviewer Maggie Lange praising: “Terror propels Erica Berry’s exhilarating book, WOLFISH…No matter where Berry weaves, she sniffs out fascinating insights. And she writes about it in clear, beautiful language.” Scientific American offered another strong review, where Amy Brady writes: “Berry is a skillful guide, highlighting the wolf's influence on everything from creation myths to viral memes and from government policies to proverbs.” Debutiful also published an excerpt, alongside praise: “Through this cultural criticism, Berry smashes expectations for what a book can do.” Flatiron Books published WOLFISH in the U.S. on February 21, 2023.

Antonia Angress’ debut novel SIRENS & MUSES is on the American Library Association Rainbow Round Table’s “Top 10 Book List,” which celebrates “titles that exhibit commendable literary quality and significance, authentic LGBTQIA+ content and are recommended for adults over age 18.” Ballantine Books published SIRENS & MUSES on July 12, 2022.

The mass market edition of HIGH STAKES debuted at #1 on The New York Times Mass Market bestseller list for February 2023.