GalleyCrush: When the Reckoning Comes
LaTanya McQueen’s When the Reckoning Comes, forthcoming from Harper Perennial on August 3, 2021.
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Art in the Wake of Uprising, Making Art Across Prison Walls, and More
Critic Michael Dirda luxuriates in a long bookstore visit; roundtable demystifies the process behind book-to-film adaptations; Viking announces posthumous novel by John le Carré; and other stories.
Believer Book Awards, Skylight Booksellers Form Union, and More
Ailsa McFarlane relishes “a certain type of imperfection” in writing; Texas Commission on the Arts announces next two state poet laureates; sales executive Paul Von Drasek has died; and other stories.
Literary Auction Raises Funds to Address Vaccine Inequity, Skyhorse Acquires Bailey’s Roth Biography, and More
Family Books in Los Angeles closes storefront; Molly McGhee writes about how America profits off the dead; Torrey Peters seeks to be “open to beauty’s true power”; and other stories.
Ten Questions for Brian Broome
“The words start to feel like they’re punching my skull from the inside.” —Brian Broome, author of Punch Me Up to the Gods
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Carl Phillips Wins Jackson Poetry Prize, Alexander Chee Shares Lessons From His Father, and More
Three poems by Palestinian writer Maya Abu-Alhayyat; Brenda Peynado explains her affinity for fabulism; Kristen Radtke reflects on American loneliness; and other stories.
Craft Capsule: Technically It’s a Ravioli
The author of With Teeth celebrates absurdist humor.
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Diversity Gains at Hachette, Celebrating Asian American Literature, and More
Ben Philippe considers the “light trauma of having been the Black friend in white spaces”; art imitates life in Jim Shepard’s new book; Valerie Stivers tries her hand at a historical novel’s puddings; and other stories.
GalleyCrush: Agatha of Little Neon
Claire Luchette’s Agatha of Little Neon, forthcoming from Farrar, Straus and Giroux on August 3, 2021.
Winners of the 2021 Publishing Triangle Awards, Catherine Cho Founds Paper Literary, and More
Simon & Schuster donates to the Book Industry Charitable Foundation to honor the memory of Carolyn Reidy; Tao Lin of Muumuu House gathers remembrances of Giancarlo DiTrapano; Arya Roshanian celebrates Jhumpa Lahiri’s ever-evolving career; and other stories.
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