Kao Kalia Yang's THE SONG POET Out From Henry Holt

Kao Kalia Yang's memoir of her father, THE SONG POET, is out today from Henry Holt. It's been receiving some glowing reviews.

"The Song Poet, Kao Kalia Yang’s remarkable new book, is about art, resilience and the opportunities and indignities that come with life in a new country. Yang, a Minnesota resident, dealt with some of these same subjects in her prizewinning debut, “The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir.” Her follow-up reaffirms her status as an exceptional storyteller, one whose work reminds us that big, timeless truths reveal themselves when we pay attention to small, specific details." - Kevin Canfield, The Minneapolis Star Tribune

Akhil Sharma and Salvator Scibona Named Cullman Fellows

We’re excited to announce that Akhil Sharma and Salvatore Scibona have each been named as 2016-2017 Cullman Center Fellows. They’ll be in residence at the Cullman Center, in The New York Public Library’s Stephan A. Schwarzman Building from September 2016 to May 2017, where they’ll have full access to the Library’s research collections and the support of the Library’s curatorial and reference staff as they work on their next projects. 

Check out the full announcement here.

 

 

Eric Fair's CONSEQUENCE Out Today

Eric Fair's new memoir, CONSEQUENCE is out today from Henry Holt, to great reviews:

"An important personal perspective is now provided by Eric Fair’s candid and chilling new book, “Consequence,” which is at once an agonized confession of his own complicity as an interrogator at Abu Ghraib and an indictment of the system that enabled and tried to justify torture.”  - Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times

"Fair viscerally conveys what can go wrong, quickly and violently, in an interrogator’s locked room in a war zone, making this memoir essential reading in this presidential election year as candidates vying to be the next commander in chief debate, deplore or defend torture.”  J. Kael Weston, The Washington Post