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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Dreaming Up Her Own Salvation: A Profile of Safiya Sinclair
In a stunning new memoir, How to Say Babylon, Safiya Sinclair tells the story of growing up in a Rastafarian family in Jamaica, breaking free of her father’s oppressive control, and finding her own voice as a woman and poet.
The New Nonfiction 2023
Essays by debut authors Eirinie Carson (The Dead Are Gods), Leah Myers (Thinning Blood), Andrew Leland (The Country of the Blind), Jen Soriano (Nervous), and Jami Nakamura Lin (The Night Parade).
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The Tiny, Immense, and Immeasurable Gift: A Profile of Jane Hirshfield
Forty years into her illustrious career as a poet, Jane Hirshfield’s latest collection, The Asking: New and Selected Poems, expresses her simple hope for the future—that she may be granted the great fortune to write the next poem.
How to Survive the Darkness of Our Days: A Profile of Roger Reeves
In his first book of prose, Dark Days: Fugitive Essays, award-winning poet Roger Reeves braids memory, theory, and close critical readings to evoke a profound vision of community, solidarity, and even joy in our present moment.
Agents & Editors: Jamia Wilson
Random House executive editor and vice president Jamia Wilson talks about her passion for publishing as a craft, how being a writer informs her work as an editor, and the importance of keeping an expansive interest in books.
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First Fiction 2023
Interviews with debut authors Tyriek White, Ada Zhang, Mihret Sibhat, Shastri Akella, and Rebekah Bergman, along with excerpts from their books.
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Radical Attention: A Profile of Kate Zambreno
In her latest book, The Light Room, published by Riverhead Books, Kate Zambreno celebrates the ethical work of caregiving, the small joys of ordinary life, and an engagement with the natural world within human spaces.
Bringing the Joy: A Profile of Luis Alberto Urrea
Luis Alberto Urrea always knew his mother had a story; he just didn’t know how to tell it. But in researching his new novel, Good Night, Irene, he gained a deeper understanding of the person she was and the happy ending she deserved.
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Blooming How She Must: A Profile of Camille T. Dungy
With roots in nature writing, environmental justice, poetry, and photography, Camille T. Dungy’s new book, Soil: The Story of a Black Mother’s Garden, delves into the personal and political act of cultivating one’s own green space.
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