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  • 05.06.22
    Like Solving a Puzzle
    In Conversation
    Two Nights in Lisbon

    Like Solving a Puzzle

    Tautly wound and expertly crafted, Two Nights in Lisbon is a riveting thriller about a woman under pressure, and how far she will go when everything is on the line. Ariel Pryce wakes up in Lisbon, alone. Her husband is gone—no warning, no note,...

    Chris Pavone and Daphne Durham In Conversation

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  • 04.28.22
    Flying Carpets
    Essays

    Flying Carpets

    “You never asked questions about me,” I said to Nicole at the end of a brief relationship in which we only ever talked about her. “I didn’t have to,” she said, pointing to two of my poetry books on a nearby shelf. “I’ve read...

    Poetry in This Body I Wore Diana Goetsch

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  • 04.01.22
    Richard Howard
    Poetry
    Richard Howard

    Richard Howard

    Richard Howard, author of Inner Voices and Paper Trail and acclaimed translator, died this week in Manhattan. He was 92. In honor of his memory, we would like to share "Like Most Revelations" from his collection Inner Voices: Selected Poems 1963-2003. “Like Most Revelations” It is the...

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  • 03.03.22
    Russia Comes Into Poland
    Poetry
    Zagajewski

    Russia Comes Into Poland

    Through the meadow and hedgerow, village and forest, cavalries on the march, infantries on the march, horses and cannons, old soldiers, young soldiers, children, wiry wolfhounds at full gallop, a blizzard of feathers, sleds, Black Marias, carriages, taxis, even the old cars called Moskwitch come roaring in, and warships and...

    Adam Zagajewski

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  • 01.10.22
    FSG’s Notable Books of 2021 Sweepstakes
    For Subscribers

    FSG’s Notable Books of 2021 Sweepstakes

    Enter below for a chance to win a set of our books that were featured in the New York Times’   “100 Notable Books of 2021” list: Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen Winter Recipes From the Collective: Poems by...

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  • 12.10.21
    In Memory of Roberto Calasso
    Essays
    Roberto Calasso

    In Memory of Roberto Calasso

    Roberto Calasso died this year in July at the age of 80. His latest publication, The Book of All Books, was the tenth book in a series, a narration that moves through the Bible as if through a forest, where every branch—every verse—may...

    Jonathan Galassi

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  • 11.19.21
    Aural Texts: My First Time
    Essays
    Aural Texts

    Aural Texts: My First Time

    There’s a moment in my upcoming debut novel, Last Resort, when the protagonist, Caleb—SPOILER ALERT—puts clothes in a washer-dryer. “I [...] put my clothes in her washer-dryer.” Perhaps one of the least noteworthy sentences in my book—in any book?—it is now imprinted on my skull possibly...

    Andrew Lipstein

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  • 11.01.21
    Crossroads Sweepstakes
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    Crossroads Sweepstakes

    Crossroads Sweepstakes

    Enter for a chance to win one limited-edition prize package in celebration in celebration of Jonathan Franzen’s new novel, Crossroads. This box includes a copy of the book, a Crossroads t-shirt, a poster, a set of buttons, postcards, and guitar picks. {{FORM-crossroads2021}}

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  • 09.20.21
    Beautiful World, Where Are You Sweepstakes
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    Beautiful World, Where Are You Sweepstakes

    Enter for a chance to win a limited-edition prize boxes in celebration of Sally Rooney’s new novel, Beautiful World, Where Are You. This box includes a first edition book, a tote bag, a set of postcards, BWWAY pencils, and a very special Sally Rooney bucket...

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  • 08.18.21
    Jonathan Franzen’s Crossroads
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    Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen

    Jonathan Franzen’s Crossroads

    We are excited to announce Jonathan Franzen's tour dates to support his highly anticipated book, Crossroads, which hits shelves October 5, 2021. Jonathan Franzen’s novels are celebrated for their unforgettably vivid characters and for their keen-eyed take on contemporary America. Now, in Crossroads,...

    Bookstore and Event Tour

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  • 04.30.21
    Under and Over
    Poetry

    Under and Over

    Often I wake in the night, or the cat wakes me, and since I have been trying to break the habit of  reaching for my phone—that express route to “the portal” (per Patricia Lockwood)—what do I do? Sometimes a yoga-inspired (and undoubtedly inauthentic) body...

    Maureen N. McLane

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  • 04.30.21
    Twenty-Five Years of Cave Canem
    In Conversation
    Cave Canem

    Twenty-Five Years of Cave Canem

    Every April, we observe National Poetry Month by honoring how integral poetry is to our past, present, and future. But this year, we wanted to expand the celebration outwards, and spotlight other organizations and their work in keeping poetry vital, alive, and accessible for...

    In Conversation with Malcolm Tariq

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  • 04.16.21
    The Passenger
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    The Passenger

    "Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz has given us the first fictional depiction of Jewish life in Germany in the final months before the war, a keenly observed sociological snapshot as well as an insightful psychological portrait of the protagonist. The Passenger is a disabused, prophetic,...

    André Aciman The Story Behind the Newly Discovered Novel

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  • 04.16.21
    25 Years of Poetry Month
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    25 Years of Poetry Month

    Once again, Farrar, Straus and Giroux celebrates Poetry Month, which falls, in the words of Shakespeare, in “proud-pied April, dressed in all his trim” (Sonnet 98). Jonathan Galassi has been instrumental in publishing poetry at FSG and will be awarded the 2021 Academy of...

    A Conversation with Jonathan Galassi

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  • 04.09.21
    Everything Is Under Control
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    Everything Is Under Control by Phyllis Grant

    Everything Is Under Control

    CITRUS SHERBET makes 1 heaping quart Spring 2021 has brought on a massive craving for Creamsicle bars. I haven’t eaten one since the eighties so I’m thinking this desire might have something to do with the perfect cocktail of getting vaccinated, the possibility of a slow...

    A Recipe by Phyllis Grant

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  • 04.05.21
    FSG’s 75th Anniversary Sweepstakes
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    FSG’s 75th Anniversary Sweepstakes

    Enter FSG’s 75th Anniversary Sweepstakes for a chance to win nine of our biggest hits in literature from each decade, drawing from our most celebrated authors! THINKING FAST AND SLOW by Daniel Kahneman GILEAD by Marilynne Robinson THE VIRGIN SUICIDES by Jeffrey Eugenides COLLECTED POEMS, 1948-1984 by Derek Walcott ON PHOTOGRAPHY by Susan Sontag THE DREAM SONGS by John Berryman NIGHT by Elie Wiesel THE POEMS OF T.S. ELIOT: VOLUME 1 by T.S. Eliot LUSTER by Raven Leilani Farrar, Straus and Giroux was founded in 1946. Farrar, Straus and Giroux authors have won extraordinary acclaim over the years, including twenty-five Nobel Prizes in Literature and numerous National Book Awards and Pulitzer Prizes.

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  • 01.11.21
    FSG Notable Books of 2020 Sweepstakes
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    FSG Notable Books of 2020 Sweepstakes

    Enter FSG’s Notable Books Sweepstakes for a chance to win a set of our books that were featured in the New York Times’ “100 Notable Books of 2020” list: 97,196 Words by Emmanuel Carrère; Translated from the French by John Lambert Owls of the...

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  • 12.21.20
    FSG Presidential Sweepstakes
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    FSG Presidential Sweepstakes

    Farrar, Straus and Giroux and MCD x FSG are beyond thrilled to see our titles included in Barack Obama's favorite books of 2020! Enter below for a chance to win all three of our books.

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  • 12.18.20
    Popisho
    Design

    Popisho

    FSG is thrilled to share the stunning cover of Leone Ross's new novel, Popisho, which we will publish in April 2021. It's a lush and sensual cover—illustrated by Hayley Wall and designed by Alex Merto—for an equally lush and sensual novel. To enter the world of Popisho is to enter...

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  • 12.18.20
    FSG’s Best Books of 2020
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    FSG’s Best Books of 2020

    Every year at FSG, we ask our staff to come together and talk about their favorite books—old, new, or forthcoming—that they read or reread that year. This year, that sense of community feels more important than ever, as we come together to talk about...

    From the Staff of Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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