“This dazzling memoir from the writer better known as Lemony Snicket… delves deeply into every aspect of his life.”

I’m delighted to discover this STARRED review from ALA_Booklist for my forthcoming memoir AND THEN? AND THEN? WHAT ELSE?

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Author Daniel Handler (aka Lemony Snicket of 'A Series of Unfortunate Events') discusses his latest book 'And Then? And Then? What Else?' and the mentor whose name appears in that famed series. Watch full Book Lust episode w/ Nancy Pearl: youtu.be/f3ZW0osGLCQ?fe…

In today’s Baylor History African American History seminar, we engage the *Pulitzer Prize-winning* book Franchise (@LiverightPub) by Dr. Marcia Chatelain. 📚

Congrats to Selby Wynn Schwartz, winner of this year's Joseph Brodsky Rome Prize! Learn more about Selby's extraordinary novel, AFTER SAPPHO: wwnorton.com/books/97813240…

'In their landmark new translation of the Qur’an... Rafey Habib and Bruce B. Lawrence translate the entirety... in a fashion that beautifully and majestically captures the poetic sensibility... for contemporary English speakers.' (@NewBooksNetwork) newbooksnetwork.com/the-quran-a-ve…

Good galley day yesterday 👀

So good to have been part of the LA Times Festival of Books The best part was holding court with the brilliant Bettina Love #BlackFolk

It was a pleasure to talk with Nancy Pearl about my forthcoming memoir AND THEN? AND THEN? WHAT ELSE?

Give it a watch & pre-order the book from The Booksmith to get a rare postcard with a note from yours truly (while supplies last).

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At Publishers Weekly, David Varno selects MUSE OF FIRE as one of this week's PW Picks!

Blown away by this. Plot structure, teeth-clenchingly restrained prose. Reminded me of Toni Morrison in places: inherited trauma manifesting in ways that should be impossible. Asks: Whom am I supposed to blame for the history that isn't mine but that's imprisoned me in myself?

It's #NationalPoetryMonth ! #worcesterma #poetlaureate Oliver de la Paz of College of the Holy Cross to read @neibabooks winner & National Book Foundation longlisted THE DIASPORA SONNETS (@LiverightPub) Norwood Library. ow.ly/wQoj50Rj3Xl #CenterForTheBook Massachusetts Library Association 📚 MBLC Mass Poetry

Four years, countless meetings. Genese Grill and I just finished going through the proofs for What Remains: The Collected Poems of Hannah Arendt. Doting on the good ones, sighing at the bad ones, endless Heidegger jokes. A Brilliant partner in crime. Liveright Books Haley Bracken

Attn #TTPD : WHAT REMAINS: THE COLLECTED POEMS OF HANNAH ARENDT (12.10.24) is available now for preorder, and no cardigan or era is complete without it: wwnorton.com/books/97813240…

New in paperback: Hilary A. Hallett's INVENTING THE IT GIRL, the biography of pioneering celebrity romance author Elinor Glyn! 'Hallett gracefully restores Glyn’s dignity, defines her intelligence and tells the full story of her remarkable life.' ―@wsj
Learn more: wwnorton.com/books/97813240…

Early galleys are in for the incredible biography of the great Agnès Varda, coming in August. Interested?
'This is biography and film scholarship at their combined best—the irresistible story of an indomitable woman!”
—MOLLY HASKELL
“A landmark achievement.'—NOAH ISENBERG

Excited to share that Black Folk has been awarded with a 2024 Philip Taft Labor History Prize! What a joy to have my work recognized by my peers, it means the world to me!!!!

This is in a sense old news (book is written, it's in edits), but now it's official:

BOOKS: Richard Rothstein’s 2017 book “The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America” was an exacting look at how U.S. government policies created and then maintained housing discrimination. Economic Policy Institute Liveright Books amsterdamnews.com/news/2024/04/1…

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Spotted during the pre-game show at this evening’s Whiting Awards!