News in January 2019

News in January 2019

WHAT MY MOTHER AND I DON’T TALK ABOUT by Michele Filgate
18th January, 2019

The Millions, Bustle, and The Rumpus have selected WHAT MY MOTHER AND I DON’T TALK ABOUT as a most anticipated book of 2019. The Rumpus calls the anthology “an intimate, therapeutic, and universally resonant look at our relationships with our mothers.” Simon & Schuster will publish the book on April 30, 2019.

THOSE WHO KNEW by Idra Novey
18th January, 2019
“A classic murder-mystery trope ignites this clever, sometimes chilling novel,” The New Yorker writes of Idra Novey’s THOSE WHO KNEW in last week’s issue. Novey’s second book, they write, “feels hyper-relevant in a landscape shaped by the #MeToo movement. Its core questions resound: Will there be a reckoning with the misogyny of powerful men? Can their victims overthrow not just individuals but the system that upholds them?” Viking published the book on November 6, 2018.
THERE WILL BE NO MIRACLES HERE by Casey Gerald
18th January, 2019

The Guardian interviewed Casey Gerald about his acclaimed memoir THERE WILL BE NO MIRACLES HERE. Riverhead published the book on October 2, 2018.

LESS by Andrew Sean Greer
11th January, 2019
The Today show named Andrew Sean Greer’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel as one of “6 Books to add to your 2019 Reading List.” Little Brown published the book on July 18, 2017.
WE CAST A SHADOW by Maurice Carlos Ruffin
11th January, 2019
Vulture, The Millions, the AV Club, and the Los Angeles Times have named WE CAST A SHADOW as one of the most anticipated books of 2019. One World will publish the book on January 29, 2019.
RIDDANCE by Shelley Jackson
11th January, 2019
Shelley Jackson’s RIDDANCE has been Longlisted for the Believer Book Award in Fiction. Black Balloon Publishing published the book on October 16, 2018.
AWAYLAND by Ramona Ausubel
11th January, 2019
The San Francisco Chronicle has selected Ramona Ausubel’s AWAYLAND as one of the Best Books of the 2018, stating “following her last, lovely novel (“Sons and Daughters of Ease and Plenty”) comes Ausubel’s assemblage of quasi-magical yet bewilderingly plausible tales.” Riverhead published the book on March 6, 2018.
A WONDERFUL STROKE OF LUCK by Ann Beattie
11th January, 2019

Vulture named Ann Beattie’s latest novel as one of the “37 Books We Can’t Wait to Read in 2019.” Viking will publish the book on April 2, 2019.

YOUR DUCK IS MY DUCK by Deborah Eisenberg
11th January, 2019
The Today show named Deborah Eisenberg’s acclaimed short story collection as one of “6 Books to add to your 2019 Reading List.” Ecco published the book on September 25, 2018.
HEAVY by Kiese Laymon
4th January, 2019

Kiese Laymon’s HEAVY is an Los Angeles Times, Barnes & Noble, NPR Code Switch, and Atlanta Journal Constitution Best Book of 2018. It was similarly honored by a dozen additional publications. The LA Times writes that it is “one of the most important and intense books of the year… the book thunders.” Scribner published the book on October 16, 2018.

THE OLD DRIFT by Namwali Serpell
4th January, 2019

THE OLD DRIFT has been selected as a Most Anticipated Book of 2019 by the BBC, Huffington Post, Literary Hub, Nylon, Bustle, Electric Literature, and The Rumpus. “It’s hard to believe this is a debut, so assured is its language, so ambitious its reach, and yet The Old Drift is indeed Namwali Serpell’s first novel, and it signifies a great new voice in fiction,” writes Nylon. Hogarth will publish the book on March 21, 2019.

WAITING FOR EDEN by Elliot Ackerman
4th January, 2019

Elliot Ackerman’s third novel WAITING FOR EDEN is a Library Journal, WAMC, and Military Times Best Book of 2018. “Small in form but big in impact,” (Military Times) it is a searing example of the short novel. Knopf published the book on September 25, 2018.