Jessica Pearce Rotondi sat down with the LA Review of Books to discuss her recent book, WHAT WE INHERIT, which is the culmination of a ten-year investigation into an uncle’s disappearance during the Secret War in Laos in 1972. “Everything about WHAT WE INHERIT is unexpected and compelling,” writes Meredith Maran of the LARB, adding that the book is “as breathtaking as any spy movie.” Unnamed Press published the book on April 21, 2020.

Tara Isabella Burton joined Richard Aldous on his podcast, The American Interest. They discussed her new book, STRANGE RITES, and its timely implications for America’s current politics. PublicAffairs published the book on June 16, 2020.

In an op-ed for the New York Times, civil rights lawyer Michelle Alexander writes: “[I]f you’re tempted to believe that voting Mr. Trump out of office isn’t urgently necessary in November because the system is already rigged, please read Astra Taylor’s book, DEMOCRACY MAY NOT EXIST BUT WE’LL BE SURE TO MISS IT WHEN IT’S GONE.” Metropolitan Books published the book on May 7, 2019.

DRIFTS by Kate Zambreno is one of Vulture’s Best Books of 2020. They write: “It’s a creation story that ably leaves in the in-between bits, drawing a startlingly accurate account of what it means to be in the process of writing while barely putting words to paper. Zambreno has been putting out smart, underrecognized novels for a decade.” Riverhead Books published the book on May 19, 2020.

Rutger Bregman joined former presidential candidate Andrew Yang on his podcast, Yang Speaks, to discuss universal basic income. “You’ve had a hand in history, Rutger,” Yang says, “Even your TED talk [about UBI] impacted many people . . . you’re seeing now millions of Americans come our way.” Bregman presents research from his new book, HUMANKIND, as proof that Western culture can move toward a more hopeful future. Little, Brown and Company published the book on June 2, 2020.

HEAVY by Kiese Laymon comes highly recommended on anti-racism and Black Lives Matter reading lists curated by ABC 4, the Chicago Tribune, Esquire Middle East, Forbes, Hyphen, Inside Hook, Popsugar, and the Washington City Paper. Scribner published the book on October 8, 2018.

Former New Yorker staff writer and investigative reporter Becky Cooper’s true crime masterpiece, WE KEEP THE DEAD CLOSE, has earned fantastic blurbs in the lead-up to its fall publication. Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Alexander Hamilton Ron Chernow calls it “[a] stunning achievement,” declaring that “this stirring narrative, with its heart-stopping finale, forces us to ponder the very nature of historical truth.” Meanwhile, Jeff Guinn, bestselling biographer of Charles Manson and Jim Jones, had this to say: “For decades, the acknowledged Big Three among True Crime books have been IN COLD BLOOD by Truman Capote, HELTER SKELTER by Vincent Bugliosi and THE EXECUTIONER’S SONG by Norman Mailer. Now it's the Big Four, because Becky Cooper's WE KEEP THE DEAD CLOSE deserves inclusion in this exalted company.” Grand Central Publishing will publish the book on November 10, 2020.

Literary Hub selected Tara Isabella Burton’s STRANGE RITES for their list of “9 New Books to Read in June.” VOL. 1 BROOKLYN also featured the book in their “June 2020 Book Preview,” and write: “There are few writers working today who are better at chronicling the overlap of culture and religion than Tara Isabella Burton. Her new book STRANGE RITES brings a panoply of belief systems and devotions together into one place, showcasing the numerous ways in which people have utilized faith and belief to make sense of the contemporary world.” PublicAffairs published the book on June 16, 2020.

Book Riot selected MINOR FEELINGS by Cathy Park Hong as part of their “10 Under 10” list, which includes their ten favorite audiobooks under ten hours. They call the essays “illuminating and rigorous,” noting Hong’s “crisp and precise” narration. Additionally, Real Simple and Rutgers University both recommend MINOR FEELINGS for their lists of must-read books about race. Rutgers calls it an “anti-racist manifesto [with] unflinching assessments of quotidian, startlingly normalized racist violence that characterizes the United States.” Teen Vogue also included the book in their list of “13 Books by Asian and Pacific Islanders That Should be Required Reading.” One World published the book on February 25, 2020.

De’Shawn Charles Winslow’s IN WEST MILLS is a June 2020 Indie Next List “Now in Paperback” selection. Bloomsbury originally published the book on June 4, 2019, and published the paperback edition on June 16, 2020.