WHY WE BELIEVE author Agustín Fuentes joined Ben Folds on the first episode of the Lightening Bugs podcast, "Discovering the Evolution of Creativity and Why Monkeys Steal Things." Yale University Press published WHY WE BELIEVE published on September 24, 2019.

Publishers Weekly praises Matt Bell’s APPLESEED in the novel’s first trade review, writing that it “is an excellent addition to the climate apocalypse subgenre, and the way it grapples with humanity’s dramatic influence on the planet feels fresh and bracing.” Custom House will publish the book on July 13, 2021.

Olivia Laing’s forthcoming EVERYBODY has earned yet another starred review, this time from Booklist. They write: "Intrepid cultural critic Laing conducts incisive inquiries into complex subjects by assembling a galaxy of innovators with whom to commune. Here she takes a tangible approach to freedom by focusing on how our bodies—from the color of our skin to gender, illness, and sexual orientation—determine our place in society…Laing's finely crafted blend of incisive memoir and biography vitalize this unique chronicle of the endless struggle ‘to be free of oppression based on the kind of body’ one inhabits, a work of fresh and dynamic analysis and revelation.” W.W. Norton will publish the book on May 4, 2021.

EVERYTHING NOW by Rosecrans Baldwin received a glowing review from Booklist. They write:
“Throughout this essay collection, [Baldwin] explores the history and make-up of this urban sprawl through interviews with fascinating and bizarre locals and draws on such LA luminaries as Joan Didion, Octavia Butler, and Jonathan Gold. Each essay circles around a theme, which he pursues on many tangents…Full of surprising facts and anecdotes, this is a compelling, thoroughly researched, and lovingly crafted chronicle of how Los Angeles came to be.” MCD will publish the book on June 15, 2021.

Xiaolu Guo’s A LOVER’S DISCOURSE has been longlisted for the 2021 Orwell Prize for Political Fiction. The prize “rewards outstanding novels and collections of short stories first published in the UK that illuminate major social and political themes, present or past, through the art of narrative.” The Orwell prize shortlists for each category will be announced later this spring, and the winners will be announced on George Orwell’s birthday on June 25th. Grove Press published the novel on October 13, 2020.

THE PROPHETS by Robert Jones Jr. appeared on both the BBC’s and Marie Claire's best-of lists for 2021. The BBC praises: “THE PROPHETS is reminiscent of and inspired by the work of Toni Morrison, its narrative reaching back and forth, as The Guardian writes, ‘wedded to its period but also of our times, exploring the pressing questions that have plagued America since its founding.’” G.P. Putnam’s sons published the book on January 5, 2021.

Jonathan Parks-Ramage’s YES, DADDY earned a starred review from Booklist. They praise: “Antigay crusaders and literary elite both prey on desperate [protagonist] Jonah Keller in this horror-filled tale of exploitation and its aftermath…surrounded by empathetic narration in a story that offers all extremes, from verisimilitude to despair and from a lust for revenge to a longing for home. Fear settles over the reader as they wait for the next blow, making Jonah's story akin to that of the victim in Roxane Gay’s AN UNTAMED STATE (2014).” Houghton Mifflin Harcourt will publish the book on May 18, 2021.

Dawnie Walton’s THE FINAL REVIVAL OF OPAL & NEV is one of Amazon’s picks for best books of the month. NPR praises the book in a rave review, writing: “To say that THE FINAL REVIVAL OF OPAL & NEV is a sly simulacrum of a rock oral history is to acknowledge only the most obvious of this novel's achievements. Walton aspires to so much more in this story about music, race and family secrets that spans five decades. And, all the glitzy, quick-change narrative styles don't detract attention from the core emotional power of her story…It's the kind of overwhelming novel that, like a polyphonic double album back in the day, readers might want to experience more than once to let all the notes sink in.” The novel was also praised as “[a] powerful debut novel” by The Philadelphia Inquirer, and Walton sat down with Entertainment Weekly – where she was once an editor – to discuss “the pop culture of her life.” 37 Ink published the book March 30, 2021.

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Sharon Stone’s THE BEAUTY OF LIVING TWICE debuted on the New York Times Bestseller list at number 4 in Hardcover Nonfiction and number 3 in Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction, and on the LA Times Bestseller list at number 3 in Hardcover Nonfiction. Publishers Weekly writes that the book’s “mix of moxie and vulnerability conveys a life well lived, and well examined,” while Library Journal praises it as “[a] welcome memoir of finding your way when life doesn’t go according to plan. Stone’s vulnerability and rediscovery will resonate with many readers.” Lastly, New Republic calls Stone “a good storyteller,” noting that “THE BEAUTY OF LIVING TWICE is a book about Sharon Stone’s life, which makes it a book about how women take on multiple personas when they become very famous, then struggle to keep them in order…Stone is a strong portraitist of the instant in time.” Knopf published the book on March 30, 2021.