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Banned In China, But Not In The U.S.

Banned In China, But Not In The U.S.

Amid news of China’s decision to “muzzle the media” after last month’s train disaster, The New York Times ran a profile of author Chan Koonchung, whose Orwellian novel The Fat Years has been banned in China for its fictional – yet eerily accurate – portrait of life under authoritarian rule. Already an underground sensation in China, a translation of the novel will be published by Nan A. Talese/Doubleday in January. Read the backstory here.

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Mark Richard Wins 2012 Pushcart Prize

Mark Richard Wins 2012 Pushcart Prize

Mark Richard has won a 2012 Pushcart Prize for House of Prayer No. 2: A Writer’s Journey Home, his otherworldly memoir of growing up in the American South. “I didn’t think there was anything unusual about my life. I didn’t think it was worth examination,” he recently told USC Dornsife Magazine. “Then I started writing, and it came to this place, House of Prayer No. 2.”

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Highlights from Margaret Atwood's Live Twitter Chat

Highlights from Margaret Atwood's Live Twitter Chat

Margaret Atwood answered questions about her Booker prize-winning novel The Blind Assassin in a live chat Tuesday afternoon. Who knew that so much could be explained in 140 characters or less? The Atlantic has the highlights.

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The Upright Piano Player by David Abbott

The Upright Piano Player by David Abbott

“David Abbott’s The Upright Piano Player is a wise and moving debut, an accomplished novel of quiet depths and resonant shadows.”
—John Burnham Schwartz, author of The Commoner and Reservation Road

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HuffPo's Appreciation of Margaret Atwood

HuffPo's Appreciation of Margaret Atwood

Why is Margaret Atwood such an impressive author? Dave Astor at The Huffington Post counts the reasons why Atwood’s books continue to resonate.

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Spring 2012 Covers Revealed

Spring 2012 Covers Revealed

We know it’s not fair to judge a book by its cover, but let’s dispense with the rules just this once. Next spring is still a ways off and while our sales catalog is being copyedited we wanted to give you a sneak peek at what’s on deck.

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Indie Next Pick for June!

Indie Next Pick for June!

“A page-turner and a disconcerting portrayal of the randomness of life and the choices we make. Strangely uplifting, The Upright Piano Player is guaranteed to keep you riveted.”
–Jack Gillard, Nicola’s Books, Ann Arbor, MI

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Give the Gift of Reading this Graduation Season!

Give the Gift of Reading this Graduation Season!

Graduation season is upon us, and what better gift for those who are finishing high school or college than a copy of beloved storyteller Pat Conroy’s My Reading Life, a celebration of the books and writers that have shaped his life?

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The Russian Affair by Michael Wallner

The Russian Affair by Michael Wallner

“Tense, evocative and moving. Wallner expertly depicts the dreariness, paranoia and intrigue of the Soviet Union in the early 1970s, while simultaneously crafting a deep, heartfelt love story peopled by fully realized characters facing difficult situations, forced to act without a clear-cut notion of right and wrong.”
Kirkus Reviews

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Guggenheim Fellowship Awarded to Valerie Martin!

Guggenheim Fellowship Awarded to Valerie Martin!

Congratulations to Valerie Martin, who is among the nine fiction writers awarded a 2011 grant by the Guggenheim Foundation! Click here to see the complete list of Fellows.

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