James McBride’s THE HEAVEN & EARTH GROCERY STORE (August 8, 2023, Editor: Jake Morrissey, Agent: Flip Brophy) topped best books of 2023 lists, and, based on PL’s comprehensive tabulation, was the consensus pick as the very Best of the Best Book of the Year. Here, Riverhead executive editor Jake Morrissey talks to us about working with McBride, the editing process, and why this book resonates so much with readers and critics. How did you and McBride come to work together? What’s your relationship like? James McBride’s debut, The Color of Water, was on Riverhead’s first list in 1996, so when […]
