News in May 2020

News in May 2020

THE ROXY LETTERS by Mary Pauline Lowry
12th May, 2020

Mary Pauline Lowry’s THE ROXY LETTERS was featured in Buzzfeed’s roundup of “24 Books That Are So Funny, You’ll Look Like the Crying-Laughing Emoji While You’re Reading.” The list represents Libro.fm’s selection of the funniest and most popular audiobooks that readers are listening to right now. The audio edition of ROXY is read by Jayme Mattler, and is available to download wherever audiobooks are sold. Simon & Schuster published the book on April 7, 2020.

WHAT BLEST GENIUS? by Andrew McConnell Stott
12th May, 2020

WHAT BLEST GENIUS? is the 2019 winner of the Marfield Prize. The Marfield Prize annually recognizes an author of an outstanding nonfiction book about the visual, literary, media, or performing arts. W.W. Norton & Company published the second edition of the book on April 2, 2019.

FIGURE IT OUT by Wayne Koestenbaum
12th May, 2020

Wayne Koestenbaum’s latest collection of essays received a rave review from the New York Times. They write: “Whatever [Koestenbaum’s] subject—favorites include porn, punctuation and the poetry of Frank O’Hara—the goal is always to jigger logic and language free of its moorings . . . His great and singular appeal is this fealty to his own desire and imagination.” Soft Skull Press published the book on May 5, 2020.