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News - Literary News

Josh Weil in the New York Times

Josh Weil published the article “In Mongolia, the Skyline by the Steppes” in the New York Times. Grove Atlantic published his first book, THE NEW VALLEY on May 11, 2010. His first novel, THE GREAT GLASS SEA, is forthcoming from Grove Atlantic in late 2013.

A GUIDE TO BEING BORN by Ramona Ausubel

Ramona Ausubel published an essay, “Adventures With Post Offices,” on the New York Times Opinionator blog. Riverhead published the book on May 2, 2013.

THE RESURRECTIONIST by E.B. Hudspeth

Take a look at this chalk art of THE RESURRECTIONIST: the Lost Work of Dr. Spencer Black’s cover by the immensely talented E. B. Hudspeth. Quirk Books published the hardcover, which is filled with artful images, on May 21, 2013.

BLANKETS by Craig Thompson

Craig Thompson’s BLANKETS was named one of the ten Best Graphic Novels Ever in Entertainment Weekly’s special double issue of the “100 All-Time Greatest Ever.” Top Shelf Productions published BLANKETS on August 5, 2003.

CYBERSTORM by Matthew Mather

Deadline recently announced that the movie rights to the sci-fi novel CYBERSTORM were purchased by 20th Century Fox. The e-book edition of CYBERSTORM was published in March 23, 2013.

A GUIDE TO BEING BORN by Ramona Ausubel

Ramona Ausubel was interviewed about A GUIDE TO BEING BORN in The Rumpus, which called the collection “hugely enjoyable and wildly inventive,” and which also noted that “each [story] is strange but beguiling, some even unsettling and deeply affecting.” Riverhead published the book on May 2, 2013.

Amy Shearn

Amy Shearn, author of THE MERMAID OF BROOKLYN, published "A Writer's Mommy Guilt" in the New York Times, appearing in the print version of the July 7 New York Times Sunday Review and on the Opinionator blog online. Touchstone published THE MERMAID OF BROOKLYN on April 2, 2013.

Entertainment Weekly names MIDDLESEX by Jeffrey Eugenides, THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES by Tom Wolfe, and CLOCKERS by Richard Price in its list of the 100 All-Time Greatest Novels. MIDDLESEX was published by FSG in 2002; THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES was published by FSG in 1990; and CLOCKERS was published by Houghton Mifflin in 1992.

IT’S ALL GOOD by Gwyneth Paltrow

IT’S ALL GOOD, the book of ‘Delicious, Easy Recipes That Will Make You Look Good and Feel Great’ celebrates ten weeks on the New York Times Bestseller list. Grand Central Life & Style published the hardcover April 2, 2013.

SPARTA by Roxana Robinson

Roxana Robinson will be reading a selection from her new novel SPARTA at BookCourt (163 Court Street, Brooklyn) on Sunday, June 16 at 7pm. Sarah Crichton Books/FSG published the book June 4, 2013.