Connor Towne O’Neill’s DOWN ALONG WITH THAT DEVIL’S BONES is an October Indie Next Pick. Brian Lampkin of Scuppernong Books in Greensboro, NC writes that the “combination of historical research on the ‘Southern Cause’ and Jim Crow racism, combined with visits to the most contentious monuments to slavery, bring this work to visceral life.” Additionally, New York Journal of Books says that Towne O’Neill “writes with a fluency of American culture that portends well for his books to come,” while Birmingham Watch praises “a beautifully written book that explores some of America’s ugliest sins through the life and legacy of a profound sinner.” Towne O’Neill also sat down with CNN for an interview published online. Algonquin Books published DOWN ALONG WITH THAT DEVIL’S BONES on September 29, 2020.

Richard Hasen, author of ELECTION MELTDOWN, joined Anderson Cooper on AC360 to discuss mail-in voting myths. He also sat down for a Q&A with Isaac Chotiner of the New Yorker to discuss “whether people should vote by mail or in person, what happens if state legislatures try to choose their own slates of electors, and what the next Congress can do to make elections freer and fairer.” Lastly, Hasen was featured in the New York Times op-ed “Will Trump’s Presidency Ever End?” by Frank Bruni. Yale University Press published ELECTION MELTDOWN on February 4, 2020.

Brian Muraresku appeared on the Joe Rogan Experience to discuss his new book, THE IMMORTALITY KEY. Rogan raved: “Absolutely one of the most fascinating podcasts I’ve ever done…It’s a mind blower of a discussion.” St. Martin’s Press published the book on September 29, 2020.

Wally Koval's ACCIDENTALLY WES ANDERSON has been featured in The New York Times Design section, online and in print. They highlight the AWA online community of over one million "Adventurers" and their photographers' commitment to "finding visual order amid global chaos" in "[s]teeples, lighthouses, theaters, wedding-cake hotels, outdated technology and, most predictably, the color pink, so rarely seen in typical architectural discourse." The piece speaks to the shared wanderlust behind the Instagram brand-turned-book, but also suggests that it acts as "inspiration for your own homes, which might do with a dash of dreaminess in these dreary times." Voracious will publish ACCIDENTALLY WES ANDERSON on October 20, 2020.

Commonweal Magazine has praised Daniel Hornsby's "excellent debut novel" VIA NEGATIVA. They call the book a “delight,” adding that it "nicely displays the simultaneous teleology and aimlessness of good road-trip lit.” Knopf published the book on August 11, 2020.

Designed by Steve Attardo with illustration by Christina Mrozik, the cover of Maxim Loskutoff’s RUTHIE FEAR has been recognized as one of Spine’s “September Book Covers We Love.” W.W. Norton & Company published the book on September 1, 2020.

Amina Cain’s INDELICACY has been roundly praised this month. The Guardian writes: “INDELICACY is a thing of real delicacy, with a fine, distilled quality to the writing, every word precisely chosen, precisely placed. There’s a slyness to Cain’s writing that cuts through, and makes the tale increasingly engrossing.” The Irish Times calls the book “[a]n extraordinary feminist fable about women and art.” Meanwhile, The Financial Times writes: “There are remarkable things in this book…Perhaps it was always Cain’s intention to draw in busy readers quickly and easily, then suspend us, helpless and happy, in the extraordinary world she has created, unmoored in time or place.” Farrar, Straus, and Giroux published the book on February 11, 2020.

Dylan Farrow’s HUSH is an Entertainment Weekly “Must” and “Fabulous Fall Read.” Her interview with EW ran in the October print issue. Wednesday Books will publish the book on October 6, 2020.

Jeremy England, author of EVERY LIFE IS ON FIRE, published an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal titled “The Creator’s Calling Card.” He writes: “[L]ife itself is perhaps the best expression of transcendent intention in the arrangement of this world. But if that’s true, isn’t explaining life’s natural origins through science the most effective way to debunk biblical religion?...As a physicist and Orthodox rabbi, I sit right in the middle of this dilemma.” Basic Books published EVERY LIFE IS ON FIRE on September 15, 2020.

Former New Yorker staff writer and investigative journalist Becky Cooper’s true crime debut, WE KEEP THE DEAD CLOSE, earned a pair of glowing reviews this week. In a starred review, Kirkus calls the book “[a]n intricately crafted and suspenseful book sure to please any fan of true crime—and plenty of readers beyond.” Meanwhile, Booklist notes: “In her work of excavation, Cooper seeks ideas of power and truth, and the outer limits of our human desire to be present, somehow, in the past.” Grand Central Publishing will publish the book on November 10, 2020.