I drove slowly through yet another snowstorm as I left my small Vermont town. Numbers and calculations buzzed in my mind: hours until the baby would need to eat; how long he might sleep; mileage and rest stop locations; how far south the snow...
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Author Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida and translator Alison Entrekin, collaborators on Three Stories of Forgetting, interviewed each other about writing, working on multiple projects at the same time, and how “translation is writing in a straitjacket.” Alison Entrekin interviews Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida Alison Entrekin:...
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To call Marion Nestle one of our preeminent nutritionists would be faint praise. Her contributions to the field of public nutrition, education, and health policy are truly staggering. She is the author of so many books that it’s hard to keep count. And at...
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Christopher Tilghman and Jonathan Galassi discuss Christopher's great Chesapeake saga, a story spanning four centuries of an American family, and Volume 4 in The Novels of Mason’s Retreat series, On the Tobacco Coast. JONATHAN GALASSI: Chris, your novels about the Chesapeake are a project...
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A conversation between Clair Wills and her editor Jonathan Galassi about Missing Persons, and how Clair blends memoir with social history to movingly explore the holes in the fabric of modern Ireland, and in her own family story. Jonathan Galassi: Clair, let's begin by...
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Austral is Carlos Fonseca's second novel with FSG. The novel was translated by Megan McDowell, whose translations have won the National Book Award, the English PEN award, the Premio Valle Inclán, and the O. Henry Prize, and have been nominated four times for...
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As part of our ongoing celebration of National Poetry Month we spoke with poet, designer, and longtime FSG collaborator Jeff Clark about his creative process, the ins and outs of creating distinctive and powerful book covers, and some of his many and varied influences....
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A conversation between Justin Torres and his editor, Jenna Johnson, a week after his new novel Blackouts was announced. *** Jenna Johnson: Justin Torres, can you believe it? Here we are again on the brink of publishing your new book. We did this once before...
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Every year at FSG, we ask our staff to come together and talk about their “Best Books” of the year. This year, we asked them to tell us about an FSG book that they’ll be gifting along with their favorite books from 2022. JOSHUA PORTER ...
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Enter below for a chance to win four of our upcoming Fall titles: Bliss Montage by Ling Ma The Book of Goose by Yiyun Li Strangers to Ourselves by Rachel Aviv If I Survive You by Jonathan Escoffery {{FORM-fall2022}}
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While some people formed intense relationships with sourdough starters during the pandemic, I got over my Spotify antipathy and started making playlists. Turns out the art of choosing, rejecting, and arranging songs around a theme is just absorbing as it was when I was...
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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,...
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“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...
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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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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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}}
