BOOK LAUNCHES

Here’s a quick look at some of the great books out this week. Happy pub day to all!   Amy Bloom, White Houses Penguin Random House From Kirkus Reviews: “From the prolific Bloom, whose novels and short stories have often…

Here’s a quick look at some of the great books out this week. Happy pub day to all!   Will Boast, Daphne Liveright/Norton From Kirkus Reviews: “Boast (Epilogue, 2014, etc.) writes about Daphne, who isolates herself from most other people…

Here’s a quick look at some of the great books out this week. Happy pub day to all! Eileen Chang, Little Reunions NYRB Classics From Publishers Weekly: “Originally completed in 1976 and appearing in English for the first time, this…

Here’s a quick look at some of the great books out this week. Happy pub day to all! Chloe Benjamin, The Immortalists Penguin Random House  From Publishers Weekly: “In her second novel, Benjamin (The Anatomy of Dreams) constructs an imaginative…

Here’s a quick look at some of the great books out this week. Happy pub day to all! Maud Casey, The Art of Mystery Graywolf Press From Publishers Weekly: “In the 14th volume of Graywolf’s The Art Of series, novelist…

Here’s a quick look at some of the great books out over the past two weeks. Happy pub day to all!   Lizzy Attree, editor, THE GODDESS OF MTWARA AND OTHER STORIES The Caine Prize For African Writing 2017 Interlink…

Here’s a quick look at some of the great books out the week of November 13. Happy pub day to all! Louise Erdrich, Future Home of the Living God Harper  From Kirkus Reviews: “The idea that evolution could suddenly move…

Here’s a quick look at some of the great books out during the first week of November. Happy pub day to all! John Banville, Mrs. Osmond Knopf From Kirkus Reviews: “A sequel to The Portrait of a Lady that may well delight…

Here’s a quick look at some of the great books out the week of October 30. Happy pub day to all! Daniel Alarcón, The King Is Always Above the People: Stories Riverhead Books / Penguin Random House From Publishers Weekly:…

Here’s a quick look at some of the great books out the week of October 16. Happy pub day to all! C. Morgan Babst, The Floating World Algonquin / Workman  From Kirkus Reviews: “’Grief was infinite, though, wasn’t it,’ thinks…