The New Nonfiction 2024
Excerpts from Bones Worth Breaking by David Martinez, Little Seed by Wei Tchou, The Lucky Ones by Zara Chowdhary, The Exit Is the Entrance by Lydia Paar, and Come by Here by Neesha Powell-Ingabire.
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Department: Feature
The Triumph of a Heart: A Profile of Garth Greenwell
In his third novel, Small Rain, Garth Greenwell explores mortality and meaning-making, asking deep questions about what it takes to live a full life oriented toward art, open to the bewildering beauty of our own humanity.
Agents & Editors: Ibrahim Ahmad
The former editorial director of Akashic Books, now an executive editor at Viking, talks about his experience moving from an indie press to one of the Big Five publishers.
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Hope and Terror: A Profile of Julia Phillips
In her second novel, Bear, Julia Phillips takes inspiration from a Brothers Grimm fairy tale to tell the haunting story of two sisters who encounter a mysterious creature in the woods that forces them to confront an unexpected truth.
First Fiction 2024
Laura van den Berg, Jessamine Chan, Akil Kumarasamy, Ayşegül Savaş, and Julie Buntin introduce the authors of this summer’s best debut fiction: ’Pemi Aguda, Jiaming Tang, Michael Deagler, Yasmin Zaher, and Gina María Balibrera.
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Queer Ambition, Unbound: A Profile of R. O. Kwon
In her second novel, Exhibit, best-selling author R. O. Kwon explores what happens when a creative woman lets go of her inhibitions—and faces her own fears in the process.
Cobbled Genius: Diane Seuss and the Strange Education of Poetry
Wrestling with the power of poetry in form and conversation, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Diane Seuss’s new collection is a work that balances the weight of memory with the ability to come to song.
Laughter, Then Loss: A Profile of Sloane Crosley
After publishing five books that have proved her to be one of the funniest writers of her generation, Sloane Crosley returns with something different: a grief memoir that can still make readers laugh.
Agents & Editors: Tanya McKinnon
The principal agent of McKinnon Literary talks about how publishing can be a form of activism, the different ways agents and authors can use comp titles, and how the future of the book business still holds many wonderful possibilities.
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Love, Loss, and Liberation: A Profile of E. J. Koh
In poetry, memoir, and now her novel, The Liberators, forthcoming in November from Tin House, E. J. Koh breaks new ground in understanding the Korean diaspora and the emancipating power of love.
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