My father’s mahogany leg arrives via priority mail.” Everyone But You (Random House, September 2011) by Sandra Novack. Second book, first story collection. Agent: Denise Shannon. Editor: Jennifer Hershey. Publicist: Bridget Fitzgerald.
“One September evening when Walter Lasher returned from the city after a hard day’s work and was walking to his car in the station parking lot, a man stepped out from between two cars, walked up to him, and slapped him hard in the face.” We Others: New and Selected Stories (Knopf, August 2011) by Steven Millhauser. Twelfth book, fifth story collection. Agent: Amanda Urban. Editor: Robin Desser. Publicist: Michelle Somers.
“Their names were Victoria, Ebbenezer, Noah, / Fannie, Travis, Alex, Pleasant, / William Christmas, and Jane.” Touch (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, September 2011) by Henri Cole. Eighth book, poetry collection. Agent: None. Editor: Jonathan Galassi. Publicist: Angie Venezia.
“THE CHILD, FLUORESCENT.” The Glitter Scene (Other Press, August 2011) by Monika Fagerholm. Fourth book, novel. Translator: Katarina E. Tucker. Agent: Szilvia Molnar. Editor: Corinna Barsan. Publicists: Sarah Reidy and Sophia Sherry.
“Pa lost me on a bet he could not break, nor would, having other daughters to do for, and other debt besides.” Bohemian Girl [3](Bison Books, September 2011) by Terese Svoboda. Thirteenth book, fifth novel. Agent: None. Editor: Kristen Rowley. Publicist: Lauren Cerand.
“Shagged-gold, at rest the great haunches / as if axled, fur sleeked like a butter rug.” Water Puppets (University of Pittsburgh Press, August 2011) by Quan Barry. Third book, poetry collection. Agent: None. Editor: Alex Wolfe. Publicist: Maria Sticco.
“A woman—I ought to say a stranger—who caresses you, teases you, is sweet with you and brings you to the edge of a precipice.” Tres (New Directions, September 2011) by Roberto Bolaño. Fifteenth book, second poetry collection. Translator: Laura Healey. Agent: Andrew Wylie. Editor: Barbara Epler. Publicist: Tom Roberge.
“China’s turned on herself.” Salvage the Bones [4] (Bloomsbury, September 2011) by Jesmyn Ward. Second book, novel. Agent: Jennifer Lyons. Editor: Kathy Belden. Publicist: Michelle Blankenship.
“This morning, going against all convention, I turned right instead of left and took my circuit—one of my circuits—in reverse.” The Other Walk [5] (Graywolf Press, September 2011) by Sven Birkerts. Eighth book, fourth essay collection. Agent: None. Editor: Fiona McCrae. Publicist: Marisa Atkinson.
“His hand is growing cold; still she holds it.” I Married You for Happiness (Atlantic Monthly Press, September 2011) by Lily Tuck. Sixth book, fifth novel. Agent: Georges Borchardt. Editor: Elisabeth Schmitz. Publicist: Deb Seager.
“‘Joe who?’ my mother asked without guile from her hospital bed.” Yossarian Slept Here: When Joseph Heller Was Dad, the Apthorp Was Home, and Life Was a Catch-22 (Simon & Schuster, August 2011) by Erica Heller. First book, memoir. Agent: Henry Dunow. Editor: Sarah Knight. Publicist: Brian Ulicky.
“So I’m in the frozen food aisle / at Jewel, trying to find the right / veggie burger, and I realize / ‘Blitzkrieg Bop’ is playing on / the store’s P.A.” Dear Prudence: New and Selected Poems (Turtle Point Press, September 2011) by David Trinidad. Sixteenth book, thirteenth poetry collection. Agent: None. Editor: Jonathan Rabinowitz. Publicist: Molly Mikolowski.