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Brooke Borel, INFESTED
April 10, 2015

Brooke Borel was interviewed on NPR’s Fresh Air about her new book INFESTED: How the Bed Bug Infiltrated Our Bedrooms and Took Over the World. University of Chicago Press published the book on April 8, 2015.

THE FRIENDSHIP OF CRIMINALS by Rob Glinski
April 10, 2015

The Dayton Daily News has reviewed THE FRIENDSHIP OF CRIMINALS, and says of the book, “The ultimate showdown scene at the end of “The Friendship of Criminals” is destined to become a classic. Glinski has really impressed this reviewer with his tantalizing debut.” Minotaur Books published the book on March 17, 2015.

THE HIGH DIVIDE by Lin Enger
April 10, 2015

Lin Enger’s High Divide is shortlisted for the Maine Reader’s Choice Award. Algonquin published the book on September 23, 2014.

ONGOINGNESS by Sarah Manguso
April 10, 2015

Sarah Manguso’s ONGOINGNESS was reviewed in the Boston Globe, which said: “A beautiful book. . . . [Manguso's] powerful and provocative reflections . . . interrogate the mortality we all share.” Graywolf published the book on March 3, 2015.

THE WHITES by Richard Price writing as Harry Brandt
April 8, 2015

David Simon, the creator of the HBO series THE WIRE, recently interviewed Richard Price at the 92nd Street Y and a condensed and edited version of the interview was published by Guernica Magazine. Henry Holt published, THE WHITES, Price’s recent novel (writing as Harry Brandt) on February 17th, 2015.

THIS IS A MOOSE by Richard T. Morris
April 8, 2015

Janklow & Nesbit’s own Richard Morris’s children’s book, THIS IS A MOOSE, has been chosen as a finalist for the 2015 Indies Choice Book Awards. The finalists are chosen by members of the American Booksellers Association. Little, Brown published the book on May 6th, 2014.

TO EXPLAIN THE WORLD by Steven Weinberg
April 8, 2015

TO EXPLAIN THE WORLD by Nobel Laureate Steven Weinberg received rave reviews in the New York Times Book Review, which says that Weinberg “tells a rich, meaningful tale about the emergence of science, and evokes a sense of ‘how difficult was the discovery of modern science, how far from obvious are its practices and standards’.” The book was also reviewed by John Farrell on Forbes.com who calls it “entertaining”

THE TROOP by Craig Davidson writing as Nick Cutter
April 8, 2015

Craig Davidson has won the inaugural James Herbert Award for Horror Writing, for his novel THE TROOP. The award commemorates the late horror writer James Herbert, whose daughter said of THE TROOP, “This is the darkest of tales where human evil meets an insatiable force of nature to wreak havoc on kids, a scout troop, no less. What could be better? My father would have chuckled in his chair; his fans will love it. And you’ll never go camping again.

THE DYNAMITE ROOM by Jason Hewitt
April 8, 2015

Jason Hewitt’s THE DYNAMITE ROOM was given a starred review in Publishers Weekly, which said, “[A] strong debut novel … Hewitt's novel is well-crafted and engrossing. In the confines of a house that can feel at once claustrophobic and expansive, he artfully explores family and identity, and how war changes the lives of both soldiers and civilians.” Little, Brown published the book on March 17, 2015.

THE HIGH DIVIDE by Lin Enger
April 8, 2015

Lin Enger’s THE HIGH DIVIDE has been shortlisted for the Reading the West Book Award, given by the Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers’ Association. Algonquin published the book on September 23, 2014.