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THOSE WHO KNEW by Idra Novey
November 9, 2018

NPR Books called THOSE WHO KNEW, an Indie Next Pick for November 2018, “a fast-paced, hackles-raising story that focuses on silenced victims of assault and the remorse and shame that comes of not speaking up against abuses of power,” and Vulture declared it "propulsive." In a feature Wall Street Journal interview, Lana Florsheim described Novey's "examination of power, misogyny and complicity" as "uncannily salient."
Viking published the book on November 6, 2018.

INSURRECTO by Gina Apostol
November 9, 2018

Entertainment Weekly featured INSURRECTO as one of “20 New Books to Read in November,” calling it a “dazzling two-hander,” and a “tender character study erupting with blazing insights on the ethics of storytelling.”
Soho Press will publish the book on November 13, 2018.

LATE AIR by Jaclyn Gilbert
November 9, 2018

Real Simple featured Jaclyn Gilbert’s LATE AIR on its list of “5 Best Books About Running.”
You can now read “Core Being,” Jaclyn’s latest essay, on Tin House’s website.
Little A will publish the book on November 13, 2018.

HEAVY by Kiese Laymon
November 9, 2018

HEAVY is an Indie Next Pick for November 2018.
Scribner published the book on October 16, 2018.

DESPERATE MEASURES by Stuart Woods
November 2, 2018

DESPERATE MEASURES, the 47th novel in the Stone Barrington series, will debut this weekend at number 5 for Combined Print & E-book Fiction and at number 13 for Hardcover Fiction on The New York Times Bestsellers List. G.P. Putnam’s Sons published the book on October 16, 2018.

THE ARGONAUTS by Maggie Nelson
November 2, 2018

The Chronicle of Higher Education named Maggie Nelson’s THE ARGONAUTS part of the New Canon, and one of the most influential books of the past 20 years. “The Argonauts is going to be a model for a lot of writing we will see in literary studies, feminist studies, queer studies, and allied fields.” Graywolf published the book on May 5, 2015.

BLOOD COMMUNION by Anne Rice
October 26, 2018

The latest novel in Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles series has made its debut on the New York Times Bestseller list, landing at number 5 on the Hardcover Fiction list and number 11 on the Combined Print and E-book Fiction list. Knopf published the book on October 2, 2018.

BEASTIE BOYS BOOK by Michael Diamond and Adam Horovitz
October 26, 2018

New York Times and Rolling Stone interviewed Michael Diamond and Adam Horovitz about their “wild, moving memoir” (Rolling Stone), and The Guardian published an early excerpt of the highly-anticipated BEASTIE BOYS BOOK. Spiegel & Grau will publish the book on October 30, 2018.

PAUL TAKES THE FORM OF A MORTAL GIRL by Andrea Lawlor
October 26, 2018

An amazing feature of Andrea Lawlor and the burgeoning state of trans literature ran today in the New York Times. ““I came of age in the 90s,” Lawlor said. “Everyone was dying of AIDS. So people were like, wait a minute, what about play and pleasure and performance?”” Andrea Lawlor’s debut novel, PAUL TAKES THE FORM OF A MORTAL GIRL, was originally published by Rescue Press on November 1, 2017. Vintage will reissue the book next spring.

I’LL BE THERE FOR YOU by Kelsey Miller
October 26, 2018

Kelsey Miller’s definitive book on the TV show Friends, I’LL BE THERE FOR YOU made the new release lists of HelloGiggles, Newsday, Brit + Co, Bookstr, and The Columbus Dispatch. Hanover Square Press published the book on October 23, 2018.