Welcome back to The Edit, our monthly column about the galleys everyone in publishing is reading. Today we’re talking to Hub City Press, the Spartanburg, South Carolina-based nonprofit led by publisher Meg Reid. On April 7, Hub City will reissue a foil-stamped paper-over-board edition of THE RITZ OF THE BAYOU, Nancy Lemann’s “unjustly neglected” nonfiction account of the 1985 corruption trial of the Governor of Louisiana. The NYT ran an article recently about the Lemann revival–also on April 7, NYRB is reissuing Lives of the Saints and publishing Lemann’s new novel The Oyster Diaries. (92-year old Gordon Lish in the piece: […]
New Releases/Forthcoming
Forthcoming: JD Vance’s ‘Communion’
On June 16, Harper will publish COMMUNION: Finding My Way Back to Faith by Vice President JD Vance, “an intimate account of why he strayed from the Christianity of his youth and what led him back to faith,” according to a release. Harper published Vance’s memoir Hillbilly Elegy in 2016. The book will also cover “how his faith guides his work in public life, and how it informs his vision for the future.” Harper group president and publisher Jonathan Burnham acquired North American rights from WME. “COMMUNION will speak to so many searching for faith, connection, and meaning in their lives,” […]
Forthcoming: AN UNEXPECTED LIFE by Gloria Steinem, SEE IT TO BE IT by Billie Jean King
Random House will publish Gloria Steinem‘s memoir, AN UNEXPECTED LIFE, on September 22. According to a release, the book “traces her early life and the unlikely path that led her to become one of the world’s most influential voices for equality.” “Moving between memory and the present, Steinem examines the progress and setbacks of more than sixty years of activism and offers a message to new generations about what the ongoing fight will require—and the imagination it will demand,” a release states. VP, executive editor Jamia Wilson acquired world rights from Kim G. Schefler at Levine Plotkin. Elsewhere, Calkins Creek/Astra […]
Forthcoming: Bob Woodward’s ‘Secrets’
On September 29, Simon & Schuster will publish Bob Woodward‘s memoir SECRETS, in which “Woodward lifts the lid on his historic reporting relationships, some spanning several decades,” according to a release. The book includes reflections on his reporting methods and memories of covering top stories, from Watergate to Trump. Jonathan Karp edited the book for Simon & Schuster. He acquired world and audiobook rights from Robert Barnett at Williams & Connelly before Barnett’s death in September. “This memoir is monumental and magnificent,” Karp said. “It may be Bob Woodward’s greatest achievement as an author. No reporter has had a greater […]
New Books Publishing March 24
This week’s fiction releases include new novels by Louise Erdrich, Amal El-Mohtar, Marie Benedict, and Abby Jimenez, while nonfiction includes work by Cory Booker and David Streitfeld. 19 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-march-24 9 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-march-24 We consult a number of sources in compiling our weekly lists and PM members can see our lists for the coming months on Bookshop. Check out March‘s 142 fiction releases, 61 works of nonfiction, and 32 children‘s titles, and April‘s 120 fiction releases, 26 works of nonfiction, and 15 children‘s titles; and May‘s 154 fiction releases, 67 […]
Scribner Will Reprint Don DeLillo’s Hockey Novel
Scribner will publish a new edition of Don DeLillo‘s hockey novel AMAZONS on November 17. Originally published in 1980 under the pseudonym Cleo Birdwell, the book follows, the “erotic exploits of the first woman to play in the National Hockey League.” Since its publication, DeLillo has renounced the novel, removing it from his bibliography. He did not publicly acknowledge being its author until 2020. The name Cleo Birdwell will remain on the cover as the author. DeLillo reportedly resisted offers to reissue the novel for years. “He was so against republishing,” his literary agent Robin Straus tells the Times. “Lots […]