"At the time of have-not, I look at myself in this mirror," writes Sharon Olds in Balladz, a self-scouring, exhilarating volume which opens with a section of quarantine poems, and at its center boasts what she calls Amherst Balladz (whose syntax honors Emily Dickinson: “she was our Girl – our Woman – / Man enough […]
Bestselling author Rick Riordan presents Daniel José Older’s Ballad & Dagger, a music-and-magic-filled YA urban fantasy about two teens who discover each other and their powers during a political battle within a unique diaspora community. While the rest of his tight-knit Brooklyn community dreams of someday finding a way back home to the lost island […]
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Rainbow Rowell comes Scattered Showers: Stories. Rowell has won fans all over the world by writing about love and life in a way that feels true. In her first short story collection, she gives us nine beautifully crafted love stories. Girl meets boy camping outside a movie theater. […]
B. B. Alston returns to his Supernatural Investigations trilogy with Amari and the Great Game. Between the fearsome new Head Minister’s strict anti-magician agenda, fierce Junior Agent rivalries, and her brother Quinton’s curse steadily worsening, Amari’s plate is full. So when the secretive League of Magicians offers her a chance to become its new leader, […]
Husband-and-wife creative team Yarrow and Carrie Cheney join forces to present Superworld: Save Noah, a new series that breaks the mold with gorgeous black-and-white art on every page, and a cinematic, blockbuster feel. Every 12-year-old kid feels like they don’t fit in sometimes – but Noah takes it to a whole new level. When a meteor […]
Carmen Mola (el seudónimo de Antonio Mercero, Jorge Díaz y Agustín Martínez) habla del fenómeno de La novia gitana y de la serie de novela negra de Elena Blanco. Los autores conversan con su editora, María Fasce, directora literaria de Alfaguara.
El diplomático y periodista Luis Alberto Moreno ha sido ministro de Desarrollo Económico de Colombia, embajador en Estados Unidos por siete años y presidente del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID). En esta oportunidad presenta su libro ¡Vamos!, en el que propone siete ideas para lograr una América Latina próspera y justa. Moisés Naím, escritor y […]
Sergio Ramírez, Premio Cervantes 2017, narrador, ensayista, periodista, político y abogado nicaragüense presenta su nueva obra Tongolele no sabía bailar, una novela negra sobre Nicaragua y el fin del sueño de la revolución. El autor conversa con la escritora, socióloga y docente universitaria guatemalteca Denise Phé-Funchal.
The National Poetry Series was established in 1978 to recognize and promote excellence in contemporary poetry by ensuring the publication of five books of poetry annually through participating publishers. In addition, the National Poetry Series has partnered with Miami Book Fair to award the Paz Prize in Poetry, which ensures bilingual publication for a book […]
BookTok Book Talk! Rosie Graham, the main character in Elena Armas’ The American Roommate Experiment: A Novel, wants to focus on her secret career as a romance writer and quits her day job to do that – and now she has terrible writer’s block. Then her best friend’s cousin, Lucas, proposes an experiment: He’ll take […]
John Waters' debut novel Liarmouth: A Feel-Bad Romance is a hilariously filthy tale of sex, crime, family dysfunction, and yes, a perfectly perverted “feel-bad romance.” Marsha Sprinkle – suitcase thief, scammer, and master of disguise – is hated by dogs, children, and her family. She's called Liarmouth, until one insane man makes her tell the […]
In I Exaggerate: My Brushes with Fame, actor, comedian, and Saturday Night Live alum Kevin Nealon shares his original full-color caricatures and funny, endearing personal essays about his famous friends. Alongside his portraits and doodles from script margins and cocktail napkins, Nealon takes readers through his memories on the SNL set to the eulogy he […]