Hot News This Week
September 14, 2023
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Four Consortium titles have been longlisted for the 2023 National Book Awards—congratulations to all the talented authors, translators, and publishers nominated! Our calendars are marked for the finalist announcement on October 3.
Translated Literature
Abyss by Pilar Quintana, translated by Lisa Dillman (World Editions)
Poetry
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“This American rock duo from Detroit is releasing their first complete lyric collection. We cannot wait to read the essays in this book written by music writer Hanif Abdurraqib; Ben Blackwell, the band’s historian; and Caroline Randall Williams, who has Detroit roots and is the delightful author of Lucy Negro Redux.” — Alyson Jones Turner, Source Booksellers (Detroit, MI), via Publishers Weekly
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| Read This Next: The Last Election by Andrew Yang and Stephen Marche
On September 8, policitian and NYT-bestselling author Andrew Yang appeared on Good Morning America to promote The Last Election, his new political thriller co-authored with Stephen March. Check out Yang’s other recent interviews with NY1’s Spectrum News and Narrative Species, which also features Marche, and stay tuned for his upcoming national TV appearances on CNN, NBC, CBS, and more.
The Last Election
by Andrew Yang and Stephen Marche
Akashic Books • September 2023 • 9781636141503
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| Newly Crowned Award-Winners
We’re thrilled to report good award tidings for four Consortium publishers . . .
The Poetry Foundation honored Kimiko Hahn, author of Brood (Sarabande Books), with the 2023 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, and Douglas Kearney with the 2023 Pegasus Award for Poetry Criticism for Optic Subwoof (Wave Books).
Congrats, all!
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 Click here for more top titles publishing next Tuesday, Sept. 19.
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★ “Historian Hume offers a vibrant account of the largely underground history of women’s abortion clinics in the San Francisco Bay Area.” — Publishers Weekly
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| | The Magicians
by Blexbolex, trans. Karin Snelson
Enchanted Lion Books • November 2023 • 9781592704040
★ “Protecting magic, extending grace, leaping into the future with hope—this tour de force will nourish souls.” — Kirkus Reviews
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| | While We Were Dreaming
by Clemens Meyer, trans. Katy Derbyshire
Fitzcarraldo Editions • September 2023 • 9781804270288
★ “A brilliant coming-of-age portrait of friendship and political change in East Germany.” — Publishers Weekly
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★ “This winning combination of memoir and cultural history stimulates and entertains in equal measure.” — Publishers Weekly
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★ “A family of dogs run an independent tailor shop in this affectionate Korean import from Ahn.” — Publishers Weekly
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★ “Former BBC reporter Pierce captures the agony of losing a child in this searing debut memoir about her struggle to accept her son’s sudden death.” — Publishers Weekly
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| | OKPsyche
by Anya Johanna DeNiro
Small Beer Press • September 2023 • 9781618732088
“In Anya Johanna DeNiro’s slim and shining new novel, OKPsyche . . . is an exploration of ensoulment and embodiment, and the search for both, told by a trans woman in lush sink-into-it prose. ” — Boston Globe
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“Without question this is the most imaginative piece of young-adult-adjacent fiction I have ever read. It’s a big wolfy huff-and-puff of fresh air in a genre swamped with tired plots and love triangles.” — Wall Street Journal
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Titles from Copper Canyon Press, Deep Vellum / Phoneme, Feminist Press, White Pine Press, and Zephyr Press are longlisted for ALTA’s 2023 National Translation Awards.
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