“The Sympathizer,” on HBO, is based on a terrific 2015 novel by Viet Nguyen, which won the Pulitzer Prize that year – John Powers Fresh Air discusses #TheSympathizer – on The Nation podcast w/ Jon Wiener bit.ly/4cYymwZ #VietNguyen Grove Atlantic

Looking forward to this event at novel.! Two days prior to the official release of HOLY CITY, so it will be the inaugural event! Come if you can.

Come see Ben Westhoff discuss his book FENTANYL, INC. at Revolution Hall in Portland on May 1st!

Purchase tickets here: etix.com/ticket/k/28279…

The ebook edition of THE COVENANT OF WATER is now just $6.99 for a limited time! Abraham Verghese's stunning epic of love, faith, and medicine is one you won't want to miss!

bookbub.com/books/the-cove…

We are so excited that AND THEN HE SANG A LULLABY won the Publishing Triangle Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction Award! Congratulations, Abolish The UN Veto!!

Don’t miss Leif Enger on tour for I CHEERFULLY REFUSE this May and June!

Take a closer look at the event details here: groveatlantic.com/events/

Worried that the HBO adaptation of THE SYMPATIZER won't match the Pulitzer Prize-winning book? Fear not! TIME calls it 'vibrant, faithful yet often audacious . . . [matching the] brilliant novel in both ambition and execution.'

time.com/6965283/the-sy…

Today is your last chance to vote for Oprah's Super Soul - Covenant of Water in The Webby Awards! If you haven't yet, click the link to vote now!

vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/…

Please consider preordering HOLY CITY with this awesome deal from Barnes & Noble . Thank y’all!

The HBO adaptation of THE SYMPATIZER has big shoes to fill, but NPR critic John Powers says 'there are countless ways to go wrong adapting such a tricky book, but 'The Sympathizer' gets it right.'

npr.org/2024/04/11/124…

This week on the LeVar Burton Reads podcast.

Childhood logic and observations in the civil rights era, in this amazing stream of consciousness story by Diane Oliver. Grove Atlantic:  link.chtbl.com/R07WreYd

This fantastic profile by The New Yorker on Park Chan Wook illuminates the story behind the HBO adaptation of THE SYMPATHIZER - did you know that Park was an inspiration for Viet Thanh Nguyen when writing THE SYMPATHIZER?!

newyorker.com/magazine/2024/…

Come see Isabella Hammad in conversation with the other finalists and NPR's Mary Louise Kelly next Thursday (4/25) at The Morgan Library! The event is free and open to all.

Register here: support.aspeninstitute.org/event/2024-asp…

Looking forward to this event at the legendary lemuriabooks . Thank y’all for the opportunity.

We love to see Eileen Myles in this list of fantastic queer poets by The Week!

theweek.com/culture-life/b…

Hoa Xuande fills the role of THE SYMPATHIZER, adapted to tv by HBO, very well! (Even if he wasn't sure if he was right for the job at first.)

Read more about it in this New York Times Arts article
nytimes.com/2024/04/12/art…

One will lose his mind.
One will pay.
One will agonize.
And one will die.

I'm thrilled to share the cover for Jacquie Pham's stunning debut mystery centered around the glamor, violence, wealth, and opium of 1920's French-colonial Vietnam.

It’s US paperback publication day!! 🥳🇺🇸Grove Atlantic #AnneBoleyn #ElizabethI #Tudors

CHINESE PRODIGAL is the winner of the Midland Authors 2024 Bernard J. Brommel for Biography and Memoir! Congratulations to David Shih professorshih.bsky.social on this achievement.

Tune to City Watch on WBAI New York at 99.5 FM, streaming at wbai.org 99.5 FM at 8 AM ET next Sunday (4/21) when I talk with Ross Perlin about “Language City: The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York.” Grove Atlantic