Welcome back to our new monthly column about upcoming releases. This month we spoke to Lexie Smyth, Barnes & Noble’s campaign manager for fiction, who told us what the chain’s “highly engaged booksellers” are excited about. She mentioned Deep Cuts, Holly Brickley’s debut novel (Crown), which published this week. “It’s being called the great indie sleaze novel around these parts,” she said. Smyth called the upcoming season “an embarrassment of riches.” The galley she’s having the hardest time keeping stocked at her desk is the new Ocean Vuong novel, The Emperor of Gladness (Penguin Press, 5/13). “When they’re enthusiastic about […]
