Idra Novey’s forthcoming novel TAKE WHAT YOU NEED is one of Vulture’s most-anticipated reads for this winter. Isle McElroy writes: “Idra Novey appears capable of doing it all. She is a poet, a translator, and with TAKE WHAT YOU NEED, her third book of fiction, she is firmly establishing herself as one of the finest and bravest novelists working today…Novey is a master of the small and enormous mysteries that compose every person’s life, and TAKE WHAT YOU NEED is her most skillful exploration of artistic dedication and the ruins that accrue over the course of a life.” Viking will publish the novel on on March 14, 2023.

Brigitta Olubas appeared on the BBC’s Open Book podcast to discuss her biography of Shirley Hazzard. Farrar, Straus and Giroux published the book on November 15, 2022.

The Los Angeles Times featured Rebecca Rukeyser’s debut novel THE SEAPLANE ON FINAL APPROACH on its holiday gift guide. The citation reads: “This one’s a little naughty. Mira, 18 and obsessed with the concept of ‘sleaziness,’ sets out for an adventure on a remote Alaskan island, dreaming of a hookup with her aunt’s older stepson while working as a cleaner in a small, shady resort. As tensions among the staff boil over, Rebecca Rukeyser weaves a dreamlike spell — TWIN PEAKS by way of NORTHERN EXPOSURE. Give it to someone who wants something weird, in the best way.” Doubleday published the novel on June 7, 2022.

Joseph Earl Thomas’ forthcoming SINK received a warm review from Publishers Weekly. They praise the memoir as a “wrenching debut,” adding: “Thomas’ prose delivers an emotional gut punch…The result is a lyrical exploration of identity and survival.” Grand Central Publishing will publish the book on February 21, 2023.

MY FIRST POPSICLE, an anthology of essays edited by Zosia Mamet, published this week to a whirlwind of media attention. Mamet appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Today Show, All Things Considered, the Your Last Meal with Rachel Belle podcast, and the Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books podcast to discuss the book. She was also interviewed for ELLE’s Shelf Life column, and the book was selected for Lit Hub’s November roundup. Excerpts from the collection have been featured in Slate, Bon Appetit, and TIME. Penguin Books published the collection on November 1, 2022.

Namwali Serpell’s THE FURROWS received a stunning review from The Atlantic. Reviewer Tope Folarin writes: “[A] knotty, prismatic sophomore novel…[that] traverses many genres and points of view…Serpell is just such a scholar. And this ability to embrace different genres and forms of communication is evident in her fiction as well, especially in her debut, THE OLD DRIFT. In that capacious novel, she flits from historical fiction to contemporary fiction to science fiction. By comparison, THE FURROWS is a more concise affair, both in its narrative scope and its page count. Yet it is a robust tale, especially in its treatment of Wayne, who dies but never really seems dead…Serpell code-switches with ease, an ultimately crucial skill in a story that abounds with fluctuating realities. The book swerves from a realistic chronicle that bears all the markers of a grief tale to one that seems infused with magic, from standard-English dialogue to a pitch-perfect rendering of African American Vernacular English. Serpell also references and builds upon pop culture’s alternate-reality obsession, and the narrative vertigo that these stories induce in us. When I began reading the novel, I knew that Wayne had drowned in the ocean—but the power of Serpell’s storytelling was such that as the narrative progressed, I stopped being so sure.” THE FURROWS was also featured on The New Yorker’s list of “The Best Books of 2022 So Far,” alongside praise from their previous review for the novel: “Serpell’s second novel batters against the fixities of language like a moth at a windowpane…[T]hough the novel’s story lines turn and twist, the precision of Serpell’s language remains under exquisite control—while reminding us on every page that every story is necessarily an act of falsification.” Hogarth published the novel on September 27, 2022.

Aurora James, the groundbreaking fashion entrepreneur and founder of the 15 Percent Pledge, announced her forthcoming memoir WILDFLOWER. In a note to future readers, James writes: “WILDFLOWER is not just my story, it’s a story that in so many ways is about all of us — and the pressures we feel to blossom even in the harshest conditions...I hope that this book can serve as a vessel to allow us to come together and talk about the good parts and talk about the hard parts and ultimately create space for each other to get more of what we need...You and I were always born to be wildflowers.” James appeared on NBC News Daily on November 1 to discuss the book. She is also a 2022 Glamour Woman of the Year honoree. Crown will publish WILDFLOWER on May 9, 2023.

THE SWANK HOTEL by Lucy Corin was featured on The New Yorker’s list of “The Best Books of 2022 So Far,” alongside praise from their previous review of the novel: “[A] hypnotic, antic novel…Corin conveys a sense that insanity is everywhere.” Graywolf Press published the book on October 5, 2021.

THE STARS ARE NOT YET BELLS by Hannah Lillith Assadi was featured on The New Yorker’s list of “The Best Books of 2022 So Far.” Riverhead Books published the novel on January 11, 2022.

GIRLS THEY WRITE SONGS ABOUT by Carlene Bauer was featured on The New Yorker’s list of “The Best Books of 2022 So Far,” alongside an excerpt of their previous praise of the novel: “[A] prickly-coy novel…Bauer is a crackerjack chronicler of the slide into humility which follows ravenous early adulthood.” Farrar, Straus and Giroux published the book on June 21, 2022.