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2014 First Fiction Sampler

Online Only, posted 6.18.14

Read exclusive excerpts from the novels and story collections of debut fiction writers Courtney Maum, Scott Cheshire, Celeste Ng, Yelena Akhtiorskaya, and Mira Jacob.

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Agents & Authors: New York City 2014

Jofie Ferrari-Adler, a senior editor at Simon & Schuster, leads a conversation with debut authors Mira Jacob and Yelena Akhtiorskaya and agents Jim Rutman of Sterling Lord Literistic and Michelle Tessler of Tessler Literary Agency about the author-agent relationship at the second Poets & Writers Live event this past June in New York City.

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First Fiction 2014

by Staff

Feature

July/August 2014

<p>For our fourteenth annual roundup of the summer’s best debut fiction, we asked five established authors—Maggie Shipstead, Victor LaValle, Ru Freeman, Chad Harbach, and Amanda Eyre Ward—to introduce this year’s group of talented debut authors: Courtney Maum, Scott Cheshire, Celeste Ng, Yelena Akhtiorskaya, and Mira Jacob.</p>

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First: David Tomas Martinez's Hustle

by Rigoberto Gonzalez

The Practical Writer

May/June 2014

<p>A debut poet’s first collection examines ethnic identity, gang life, and masculinity. </p>

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debut authors

2014 First Fiction Sampler

Agents & Authors: New York City 2014

First Fiction 2014

First: David Tomas Martinez's Hustle

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