News - Book Reviews

News - Book Reviews

OPEN ME by Lisa Locascio
September 27, 2018

Lisa Locascio’s debut novel OPEN ME is one of the New York Times Book Review’s 9 Books We Recommend This Week. Grove Atlantic published OPEN ME on August 7, 2018.

JELL-O GIRLS by Allie Rowbottom
September 27, 2018

Allie Rowbottom’s memoir JELL-O GIRLS received a great review from the Wall Street Journal, which wrote, of the book, “A dark, disturbing story of patriarchy, oppression and sickness, alternating with a meticulously researched feminist history of the Jell-O business and its marketing campaigns directed at women.” Little, Brown published JELL-O GIRLS on July 24, 2018.

OPEN ME by Lisa Locascio
September 14, 2018

Lisa Locascio’s debut novel OPEN ME received a glowing review from the New York Times Book Review, which called Lisa “a lovely, imagistic writer” and her novel “transgressive.” Grove Atlantic published OPEN ME on August 7, 2018.

BEASTIE BOYS BOOK by Michael Diamond and Adam Horovitz
September 7, 2018

A starred Publisher’s Weekly review raves, “ This entertaining look at Beastie Boys history is as innovative and raucous as the band’s music” Spiegel & Grau will publish the hardcover on October 30, 2018.

JELL-O GIRLS by Allie Rowbottom
September 7, 2018

Allie Rowbottom’s debut memoir JELL-O GIRLS received reviews from The New York Times Book Review and The Boston Globe. Little, Brown published JELL-O GIRLS on July 24.

THE LAST COWBOYS By John Branch
August 24, 2018

THE LAST COWBOYS is, “a book that rings as true a portrait of the West as a C.M. Russell painting” according to Lee Benson of Deseret News. W.W. Norton published the hardcover edition of this book on May 15, 2018.

GHOSTED by Rosie Walsh
August 24, 2018

Rosie Walsh’s GHOSTED received a glowing write up from NPR, as part of their 3 Sweet Reads for August’s Hot Days roundup. Pam Dorman Books published GHOSTED on July 24, 2018.

HEAVY by Kiese Laymon
August 17, 2018

Kirkus, in a starred review, calls Kiese Laymon’s HEAVY a “Pyrotechnic… A dynamic memoir that is unsettling in all the best ways.” HEAVY is forthcoming from Scribner on October 16, 2018.

RIDDANCE by Shelley Jackson
August 10, 2018

“This clever, cacophonous novel of metaphysical gothic from Jackson (Half Life) teems with voices of the living and the dead… a wonderful book,” writes Publisher’s Weekly of Shelley Jackson’s new novel, RIDDANCE: or, The Sybil Joines Vocational School for Ghost Speakers & Hearing-Mouth Children, in a starred review. Black Balloon Publishing will publish the book on October 16, 2018.

JELL-O GIRLS by Allie Rowbottom
August 3, 2018

Allie Rowbottom was on WNYC to discuss her recently published memoir, JELL-O GIRLS. JELL-O GIRLS was also a New York Times Editor’s Choice, and landed on Oprah.com and The Glitter Guide’s best books of August lists. Amazon also named JELL-O GIRLS to its best books of August in the Biography & Memoir category. Little, Brown published JELL-O GIRLS on July 24, 2018.