Star pupil, 82 years old, reading her lesson in adult class, Gee's Bend, Alabama, May 1939 (from the NY Public Library Digital Gallery).
I'm wrapping up my projects for 2008, and getting ready for 2009. I get many more inquiries for my publicity services than I can take on, and am lucky to choose the projects I am most enthusiastic about, always. If you're looking for last-minute gift ideas (or something indulgent for yourself to curl up with over the happy lull), here are the books I helped get the word out about this year:
Correspondences by Ben Greenman ($50, limited edition)
Cost by Roxana Robinson ($25, hardcover)
Crust by Lawrence Shainberg ($15, paperback)
The Drop Edge of Yonder by Rudolph Wurlitzer ($15, paperback)
Free Food for Millionaires by Min Jin Lee ($13.99, paperback)
Have You Found Her by Janice Erlbaum ($14, paperback)
The Rowing Lesson by Anne Landsman ($12, paperback)
Rhapsodic reviews can be found at each of the authors' sites above, including many appearances on Best Book of the Year lists, such as Cost (#1, Washington Post), The Drop Edge of Yonder (#1, Time Out New York), The Rowing Lesson (Financial Times, The Times-- South Africa), etc. etc. in the loveliest manner...
And there's also a year of extraordinary programming for "Upstairs at the Square," a series that I help to curate, produce and publicize, archived free online at bn.com/upstairs.
And as you know, I am a tremendous believer in and supporter of flourishing quality cultural and literary discourse online, so if you have a blog or contribute to one and would ever like to receive a review copy of a book I'm publicizing, please drop me a line.
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