Review by Michele Filgate A couple of years ago, Paul Harding set the standard for slender books with his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Tinkers. It’s appropriate, then, that he wrote a glowing blurb for Justin Torres’ We the Animals, a fiercely gorgeous debut that doesn’t quite crest 150 pages. In startlingly brief chapters, Torres sketches a bold portrait of childhood scars and imprinted memories. He writes of brotherhood, family, sexuality, identity, and innocence lost. Through the vantage point of its unnamed narrator, the novel traces one American family: the narrator and his brothers Manny and Joel, plus Ma (a white woman) […]
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BEA Stays Midweek, In New York, Through 2017
Following the end of a possible co-location with the ALA’s summer meeting and a look at putting Chicago back on the schedule, BEA show director Steve Rosato writes on his blog that “with the possible exception of 2016, it appears we will be able to lock up dates at Javits either the week prior to or the week after Memorial Day through 2017.” Rosato says the show “will remain mid-week, being a Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday event.” One small change: for 2011 they will not have a “book and author” luncheon, though they are keeping the “book and author” breakfasts. […]
More Info from Dorchester’s New CEO
Following our reports, Dorchester has issued a formal press release regarding the appointment of Robert Anthony as their new ceo. He says in the statement “my first goal with Dorchester is to reorganize and improve the accounting and internal financial reporting structure. This will include a complete review of the royalty system and other vitally important internal procedures, all of which are intended to focus on shoring up revenue sources and paying off creditors. We will create an atmosphere of transparency and efficiency that was heretofore lacking.” Trained as a CPA, Anthony has been cfo and coo of Backe Digital […]
The November 2010 Indie Next List
#1 Pick: Moonlight Mile by Dennis Lehane Mr. Toppit: A Novel by Charles Elton The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee The Wolves of Andover: A Novel by Kathleen Kent Mary Ann in Autumn: A Tales of the City Novel by Armistead Maupin After the Falls: Coming of Age in the Sixties by Catherine Gildiner Driving on the Rim: A Novel by Thomas McGuane Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff Exley: A Novel by Brock Clarke Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow Sunset Park: A Novel by Paul Auster Lipstick in Afghanistan by Roberta Gately […]
The October 2010 Indie Next List
#1 Pick: Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter: A Novel by Tom FranklinThe Mullah’s Storm by Thomas W. YoungThe Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks and Giants of the Ocean by Susan CaseySafe From the Sea by Peter GeyeThe Wake of Forgiveness by Bruce MachartThe Bells: A Novel by Richard HarvellAt Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill BrysonHow to Read the Air by Dinaw MengestuThe False Friend by Myla GoldbergBury Your Dead: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel by Louise PennyAdam & Eve: A Novel by Sena Jeter NaslundSalvation City by Sigrid NunezGreat House: A Novel by Nicole KraussA […]
Now, A Major Crown Restructure: Areheart Books Eliminated, and Salvatore Exits
Random House’s Crown Publishing Group is reorganizing the sprawling division into “three major editorial areas” focused on “core strengths: general interest nonfiction and fiction; branded/category books; and four-color and lifestyle books,” announced yesterday. Crown itself and Broadway will come together to comprise the general interest trade line, with a search for a new executive underway. In the interim, the Crown and Broadway editors will report to recently-appointed Crown Group president Maya Mavjee. The Shaye Areheart Books imprint is being “discontinued” and Areheart will take the position of editor-at-large for Crown, where she will “edit authors with whom she has had […]