Phillip Lewis’s THE BARROWFIELDS Hits Shelves Today

Phillip Lewis’s debut novel, THE BARROWFIELDS is out today from Hogarth. It’s been receiving some great early reviews:

“Charming, absorbing, and assured. . . . Lewis evokes his settings beautifully, and his prose is bracingly erudite. This debut has the ability to fully immerse its readers.” —Publishers Weekly
 
“The Barrowfields is a stunning debut novel rich in character and place, steeped in literature and music, and fraught with family drama. . . . With clear echoes of Poe and Wolfe, The Barrowfields also gives a nod to Richard Russo by reflecting an appreciation for the eccentricities of regional characters.” —Shelf Awareness
 
“Rich and complex. . . . Lewis is a master of creating a sense of place.” —Kirkus Reviews

Check out the excerpt at LitHub here.

Carolyn Forche Awarded Windham Campbell Prize

Carolyn Forche has been awarded a 2017 Windham Campbell Prize in Poetry for work that "redefines lyric poetry through its attention to history and care for the world."

Read more at Windham Campbell here.

EDGAR & LUCY Excerpt in Granta

“Chanel No. 5,” an excerpt of Victor Lodato’s forthcoming novel EDGAR & LUCY is up on Granta’s website.

Check it out here.

Victor Lodato Longlisted for Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award

Victor Lodato's short story "The Tenant" has been long listed for the Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award. The short list will be announced March 19th, and the winning story will be named on April 27. 

Read the full article here at the Sunday Times.

And read Victor Lodato's "The Tenant" at Granta here.

Eli Sanders' WHILE THE CITY SLEPT is a 2017 Edgar Awards Finalist

Eli Sanders WHILE THE CITY SLEPT has been named a finalist for the 2017 Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime. The winner will be announced on April 27th. 

Read the full announcement here.

Kao Kalia Yang's THE SONG POET a Finalist for National Book Critics Circle

Kao Kalia Yang's THE SONG POET: A MEMOIR OF MY FATHER has been named a Finalist for the 2016 National Book Critics Circle Award.

Read the full story at the New York Times here.

Peter Gizzi Short-Listed For National Book Award

Peter Gizzi's collection ARCHEOPHONICS has been named to the short-list for the 2016 National Book Award for Poetry. The winner will be announced November 16, in New York. 

Check out the full story from NPR here. 

iO Tillett Wright's DARLING DAYS Out Today From Ecco

iO Tillett Wright's memoir DARLING DAYS is out today from Ecco Press. 

“Gender-defying iO Tillett Wright mixes such a high-octane cocktail of radiant ink, wild anecdotes, bad behavior, and gritty truths-topped off with an unexpected tonic of transcendence-it could stagger Charles Dickens, electrify Maxim Gorky, and cause Jane Austen to walk around in army boots.” (Tom Robbins)

“iO Tillett Wright is nothing short of a force of nature-an artist, an activist, and a survivor. iO has packed a lot into few years and in this extraordinary memoir has created something brave and true, as devastating as it is inspiring.” (Jill Soloway, Emmy-award winning creator of Transparent)

Read the excerpt in Out Magazine here.

Emma Cline's THE GIRLS Long Listed for the 2016 Prix Femina

Emma Cline's THE GIRLS has been long-listed for the 2016 Prix Femina, The winner will be announced November 2nd.

Peter Gizzi's Archeophonics Longisted for NBA

Peter Gizzi's collection ARCHEOPHONICS has been long listed for the 2016 National Book Award for Poetry. 

Read the full announcement from the National Book Foundation here.