I loved Garth Greenwell’s debut, What Belongs to You. It tells the story of a romance between two men, an American teacher and a charismatic hustler he propositions in a public bathroom in Sofia. The New York Times said: “A rich, important debut, an...
Menopause hit Darcey Steinke hard. First came hot flashes. Then insomnia. Then depression. As she struggled to express what was happening to her, she came up against a culture of silence. Throughout history, the natural physical transition of menopause has been viewed as something...
Helen arrives in Appalachian Ohio full of love and her boyfriend’s ideas for living off the land. Too soon, with winter coming, he calls it quits. Helped by Rudy—her government-questioning, wisdom-spouting, seasonal-affective-disordered boss—and a neighbor couple, Helen makes it to spring. Those neighbors, Karen...
Adam Foulds presents readers with a stunning and terrifying vision of the damage done between a fan and a celebrity in his new novel, Dream Sequence. It follows Henry, who has become...
Since Destroy All Monsters was published last fall, readers have reached out with all sorts of questions. Some have wanted to know the best place to start this two-sided novel—Side A or Side B? Others have wondered about the book’s layers, references, and threaded...
A bestselling literary sensation in Brazil, The Sun on My Head is Geovani Martins's forceful debut story collection about favela life in Rio de Janeiro. Drawing on his own...
This week’s edition of Work in Progress celebrates Pride Month. We asked ten of our authors to reflect on a foundational queer text in their life—works that influenced their writing, style, or path as an artist. In their responses we see a wide range...
Two decades after his death, my father still troubles me. He remains a mystery and a contradiction—the man my mother loved, who sat each night at the head of the table, silently carving the roast. The man my brothers and I barely knew. Dinners were...
There is nothing a writer loves more than free books, so I knew our (very brief) History of Living Forever contest—based on Joseph Wright of Derby’s famous painting “The Alchemist Discovering Phosphorus”—would attract its fair share of entries. But I...
A sweeping work of historical fiction from the New York Times–bestselling author Dominic Smith, The Electric Hotel is a spellbinding story of art and love. For more than thirty years, Claude...
We are excited to reveal the cover for We Are the Weather, the newest book by Jonathan Safran Foer! PREORDER NOW
It goes without saying that even today, it’s not easy to be gay in America. While young gay men often come out more readily, even those from the most progressive of backgrounds still struggle with the legacy of early-life stigma and a deficit of...
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What's the shortest way to live forever? Achieve immortality through a micro writing contest! Jake Wolff's debut The History of Living Forever (6.11.19) drops the reader right into a...
In Chia-Chia Lin’s debut novel, The Unpassing, we meet a Taiwanese immigrant family of six struggling to make ends meet on the outskirts of Anchorage, Alaska. The father, hardworking but beaten down, is employed as...
A parallel universe. South Texas. A third border wall might be erected between the United States and Mexico, narcotics are legal and there’s a new contraband on the market: filtered animals—species of animals brought back from extinction to amuse the very wealthy. Esteban Bellacosa...
This Monday was the Met Gala, with its theme “Camp: Notes on Fashion" inspired by Susan Sontag's seminal essay, "Notes on Camp." The night featured wild fashion, with everything from Kacey Musgraves dressed as a Barbie doll to Jared Leto...
After reading The Light Years by Chris Rush, musician and songwriter Carl Broemel, a member of the band My Morning Jacket,...
We are excited to reveal the cover for Find Me by André Aciman, which revisits the complex and beguiling characters of the worldwide bestseller Call Me by Your Name two decades after their first meeting. Call Me...
What happens when you let your strong female characters step outside their boxes? Writers Katrina Carrasco (The Best Bad Things), Madeline ffitch (
