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Upcoming Events

Stacy Wakefield — Deep Water Literary Festival, Narrowsburg, NY

6/23/19, 12:45pm

Stacy Wakefield (131 Different Things) will be participating in the Deep Water Literary Festival, reading The Willful Child in the Dream Room (corner of 5th and Main Street, Narrowsburg, NY) at 12:45 PM. Full festival details: deepwaterfestival.com.

Glen E. Friedman — Rough Trade, Brooklyn, NY

6/26/19, 7:00pm

Glen E. Friedman presents Keep Your Eyes Open and DogTown in conversation with Fugazi’s Guy Picciotto; moderated by Jason Diamond from Vol. 1 Brooklyn.

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Category: News

Heatin’ Up: PRAISE SONG FOR THE BUTTERFLIES

Entertainment Weekly, Refinery29, the Millions, and more agree: PRAISE SONG FOR THE BUTTERFLIES is a top August pick!

WE ARE THE CLASH: Praise Roundup + Events!

From Rolling Stone to Vol. 1 Brooklyn and more, WE ARE THE CLASH rakes in the praise!

AN UNKINDNESS OF GHOSTS—An Award-Winning Debut Novel!

Rivers Solomon has won the CLMP Firecracker Award and is nominated for a Hurston/Wright Legacy Award!

Etan Thomas in the WASHINGTON POST

Etan Thomas, author of We Matter: Athletes and Activism on our Edge of Sports imprint, was recently interviewed by Candace Buckner in the Washington Post on athletes using their platform to speak out on current political events. Read the full article here.

BEAUTIFUL MUSIC Playlist + Praise Round-Up!

To celebrate the Italian edition of Michael Zadoorian’s latest novel, Beautiful Music, publisher Marcos y Marcos has created a Spotify playlist of music inspired by the book: We’ve received fantastic praise for this 1970s coming-of-age novel set in Detroit, including a recent review in the Wall Street Journal by Sam Sacks, which reads in part: “Beautiful Music is a sweet […]

Cardi B reads GO THE FUCK TO SLEEP on Jimmy Fallon!

On the April 9 episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, mom-to-be and chart-topping artist Cardi B read a verse of our best-selling gift book Go the Fuck to Sleep! Check out the video below, and click on the button to buy a copy of Go the Fuck to Sleep through our website (signed by both the author, Adam […]

CITY MOUSE is a Kindle Daily Deal!

For today only, Wednesday, April 4, Stacey’s Lender’s enlightening and often hilarious debut novel City Mouse is an Amazon Kindle Daily Deal