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New York City-based literary agency, representing books that matter since 1977.

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Frances Goldin Literary Agency @goldinagency.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It is (somehow) almost October, and @nytimes.com recommends two client books coming out next week--WILL AND ATTENTION by Meghan O'Gieblyn, and PARTITA by Barbara Kingsolver! www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/b...
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26 New Books to Read in October: Barbara Kingsolver, Bonnie Garmus, Stephen Graham Jones and More
Novels by Barbara Kingsolver, Imbolo Mbue and Stephen Graham Jones; biographies of Larry David and Frank Capra; spooky season horror; and more.
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Frances Goldin Literary Agency @goldinagency.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“A novel isn’t a few seconds and then on to something else—the hodgepodge of randomness, equating things that are not equivalent. A novel brings you into the one-to-one, the intimacy of human relationships and human conflicts, for hours at a time.” www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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What Barbara Kingsolver Believes the Novel Can Do
One of the country’s most popular novelists writes what she calls socially engaged fiction. In Barbara Kingsolver’s new book, she considers the role of art—and who it’s for.
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 21/09/2026
One of the country’s most popular novelists writes what she calls socially engaged fiction. In Barbara Kingsolver’s new book, she considers the role of art—and who it’s for. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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What Barbara Kingsolver Believes the Novel Can Do
One of the country’s most popular novelists writes what she calls socially engaged fiction. In Barbara Kingsolver’s new book, she considers the role of art—and who it’s for.
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Frances Goldin Literary Agency @goldinagency.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"Cha­va and Ahmad are decid­ed­ly the cen­tral char­ac­ters of The Golem and the Jin­ni tril­o­gy, but the spir­i­tu­al heart of the tale might belong to Kreindel." --Helene Wecker on one of her most beloved characters in the GOLEM AND DJINNI trilogy www.jewishbookcouncil.org/pb-daily/the...
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The Girl I Made from Research: On Writing Golems and Jinn
I write historical fantasy novels, which means I spend an awful lot of time on research.
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Frances Goldin Literary Agency @goldinagency.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Happy publication day to THE GATES OF MIDNIGHT by @helenewecker, which Booklist called "a thrilling climax and a gratifying end to Wecker's decades-spanning trilogy." We couldn't agree more! theavidpen.com/the-gates-of...
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The Gates of Midnight with Author Helene Wecker – The Avid Pen
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Frances Goldin Literary Agency @goldinagency.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Huge news! @alvaroenrigue.bsky.social's NOW I SURRENDER is a @nationalbook.bsky.social 2026 longlist pick for Translation www.nationalbook.org/longlist-for...
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Frances Goldin Literary Agency @goldinagency.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Tomorrow's the big day! The third and final installment of Helene Wecker's seminal GOLEM AND DJINNI trilogy will finally be on shelves. Order THE GATES OF MIDNIGHT today! bookriot.com/new-sci-fi-a...
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13 Awesome New Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books of September 2026
Fairy witches, cyberpunk hitmen, vengeful wolves, demon hunters, and more: check out the new sci-fi and fantasy books out in September 2026!
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Frances Goldin Literary Agency @goldinagency.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
From her upcoming book WILL AND ATTENTION, Meghan O'Gieblyn in The New York Review of Books on how AI has eroded our attention spans and expressiveness, and how philosophers like Simone Weil offer profound insights on what it means to be an individual. www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
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Wishing It So | Meghan O’Gieblyn
As AI erodes our attention spans and expressiveness, philosophers like Simone Weil and Arthur Schopenhauer offer profound insights on what it means to be an individual.
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Frances Goldin Literary Agency @goldinagency.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
A wonderful piece by Barbara Kingsolver on the passing of her literary mentor, Wendell Berry, in the @nytimes.com today: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/b...
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Barbara Kingsolver Remembers Wendell Berry
Barbara Kingsolver remembers the man she counted among her most important literary mentors.
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Frances Goldin Literary Agency @goldinagency.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Not one but TWO agency books recommended by Hadassah Magazine in their Shabbat Bookshelf roundup! Congrats to Helene and @shellyjayshore.bsky.social ! www.hadassahmagazine.org/2026/08/28/s...
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Shabbat Bookshelf: Jewish Fantasy Books for When You Need an Escape
Fantastical tales draw on Jewish folklore and mythology to transport you to otherworldly realms.
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Frances Goldin Literary Agency @goldinagency.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Agency client @katherineturk.bsky.social speaks to @cnn.com on the occasion of Gloria Steinem's death at 92 video.snapstream.net/Play/5Kc1lTV...
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Connect the World - Katherine Turk
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Frances Goldin Literary Agency @goldinagency.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
"[Gloria] has done things that no one else could do...To call her an icon is shortchanging her.'' It's hard to know what to add to the outpouring of love for Gloria because @sydneystern.bsky.social really said it best in her book, GLORIA STEINEM. sydneylstern.com/books/gloria...
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Gloria Steinem: Her Passions, Politics and Mystique – sydney ladensohn stern
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Frances Goldin Literary Agency @goldinagency.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
We, along with the rest of the country and the world, are grieving the loss of Dolly Parton. @marthaackmann.bsky.social said it best in her book, AIN'T NOBODY'S FOOL--Parton was an American Original: marthaackmann.com
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Home - Martha Ackmann
A larger-than-life new biography of country music legend and philanthropist Dolly Parton. ON SALE NOW! BUY THE BOOK About the Book In Ain’t Nobody’s Fool:The Life and Times of Dolly Parton, Martha Ack...
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Frances Goldin Literary Agency @goldinagency.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Thrilled to finally have the long-awaited final book in the GOLEM & JINNI trilogy, THE GATES OF MIDNIGHT on our shelves! -- in stores September 15.
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Frances Goldin Literary Agency @goldinagency.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Hard to believe it has been 25 years since Barbara Ehrenreich's seminal NICKEL AND DIMED was published. Author of CLEAN UP ON AISLE FIVE @annlarson.bsky.social spoke to @thenation.com about honoring her legacy and tradition of reporting. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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Frances Goldin Literary Agency @goldinagency.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
We are saddened to learn of the passing of agency client, Professor Johanna Fernández, a pioneering scholar and activist who fueled Latino history and pride with her book on The Young Lords: www.gc.cuny.edu/news/memoria...
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In Memoriam: Johanna Fernández
A pioneering and passionate scholar and activist, she fueled pride in Latino history with her definitive book on the Young Lords and is remembered for bringing scholarship into public life.
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Frances Goldin Literary Agency @goldinagency.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
In advance of the release of his book THE NERD REICH, author @gilduran.com joined @nprfreshair.bsky.social to talk about the most extreme dreams of the Silicon Valley right www.npr.org/2026/08/10/n...
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'The Nerd Reich' tracks the 'unmasking of Silicon Valley's true politics'
Journalist Gil Durán argues that a small circle of Silicon Valley billionaires and venture capitalists have concluded that democracy is in their way — and that they should be governing in its place.
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Frances Goldin Literary Agency @goldinagency.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
A GUIDE TO OPEN WATER LIFESAVING by @virginiaeeubanks.bsky.social, is a memoir of what happened after her partner survived a brutal attack — and her own will to endure. A wonderful review in @nytimes.com! www.nytimes.com/2026/08/08/b...
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There Were No Oxygen Masks: On Caring for a Loved One With PTSD
“A Guide to Open Water Lifesaving,” by Virginia Eubanks, is a memoir of what happened after her partner survived a brutal attack — and her own will to endure.
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Frances Goldin Literary Agency @goldinagency.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
A major profile of @gilduran.com, author of the forthcoming THE NERD REICH from @simonandschuster.bsky.social is in @theguardian.com today! www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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‘If we don’t fight back, we don’t have a future’: the journalist taking on the ‘tech fascists’ of Silicon Valley
As Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and their peers have grown richer and more influential, Gil Durán argues they have all but abandoned democracy – and found the perfect government to enable them
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Frances Goldin Literary Agency @goldinagency.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Delighted to see Helene Wecker's THE HIDDEN PALACE included in the newest slate of Olive Editions by @harpercollins.bsky.social (for a limited time only!)
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Frances Goldin Literary Agency @goldinagency.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Author of GOD FORGIVES, BROTHERS DON'T, Jasper Craven, on Graham Platner and his veteran identity in @thenewyorker.bsky.social www.newyorker.com/news/the-pol...
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The Complications of Graham Platner’s Veteran Identity
How much of Graham Platner’s behavior should be read through the lens of what combat did to him, and how much of it is simply who he is, independent of war?
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Frances Goldin Literary Agency @goldinagency.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Virginia Eubanks speaks powerfully about why the advice to family caregivers, that they should "put on their own oxygen masks first," is so unhelpful and misleading: www.instagram.com/p/DbY-NLHvcDL/
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Frances Goldin Literary Agency @goldinagency.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Thrilled to be celebrating the publication of @boraleereed.bsky.social's debut novel, SONG FOR ANOTHER HOME, with this personal essay in @peoplemagazine.bsky.social! On sale now from @simonandschuster.bsky.social people.com/bora-lee-ree...
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My Father Hadn’t Seen My Grandfather’s Face Since He Disappeared in 1950. Then an Old Photo Appeared (Exclusive Essay)
Author Bora Lee Reed’s grandfather left his home in Pyongyang in 1950. That was the last time his family saw his face, until an old photo miraculously resurfaced. In an exclusive essay for PEOPLE, the...
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Frances Goldin Literary Agency @goldinagency.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
You don't want to miss this week's Weekend Essay in @newyorker.com -an excerpt from Claire Stapleton's forthcoming memoir DON'T BE EVIL! www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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How I Lost Faith in Google
While working at Google, Claire Stapleton cracked the code for generating corpspeak with personality. Then she lost faith in what the company was selling.
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Frances Goldin Literary Agency @goldinagency.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Another wonderful excerpt of THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL by Colin Asher here in @nplusonemag.com, exploring the influence of music from Rikers Island. www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
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Sounds from Rikers Island | Colin Asher
A bit more than three years into his exile from New York City, St. Elmo Sylvester Hope sat for an interview with Down Beat magazine in Los Angeles. He was a diminutive, softspoken man who looked like ...
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Frances Goldin Literary Agency @goldinagency.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Happy publication to Jean Makdisi's BEIRUT FRAGMENTS, part of the new Outsider Editions series by @doubledaybooks.bsky.social. Read an excerpt here at @jewishcurrents.bsky.social: jewishcurrents.org/beirut-fragm...
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Beirut Fragments
An account of Israel’s 1982 bombing campaign echoes through the decades.
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Frances Goldin Literary Agency @goldinagency.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
"First published in 1990, this powerful memoir is now being reissued for a new generation of readers at another particularly poignant time in our history….BEIRUT FRAGMENTS provides a nuanced, layered look into life during war.”--@msmagazine.com msmagazine.com/2026/07/01/b...
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July 2026 Reads for the Rest of Us
Each month, <em>Ms.</em> provides readers with a list of new books being published by writers from historically excluded groups. Dear feminist reader friends, I don’t ask you for much. But now, I wan...
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Frances Goldin Literary Agency @goldinagency.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
🎉 SONG FOR ANOTHER HOME by Bora Lee Reed is a Goodreads Editor's Pick for July 2026! Out from @simonandschuster.bsky.social on July 21 www.goodreads.com/blog/show/31...
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Goodreads Editors Share Their July Book Picks
Here at Goodreads World Headquarters, we sort through a lot of books each month. Our monthly Readers’ Most Anticipated Books feature is exactly that—se...
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Frances Goldin Literary Agency @goldinagency.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
We are immensely saddened to report the death of longtime agency client, Mike Wallace, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning GOTHAM series exploring the radical history of New York City, at the age of 83 after a long battle with Lewy body dementia. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/05/b...
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Mike Wallace, Who Wrote an Acclaimed History of New York, Dies at 83
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Frances Goldin Literary Agency @goldinagency.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
An absolute RAVE from @dwightgarner.bsky.social in @nytimes.com for Colin Asher's book THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL, out today from @wwnorton.com www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/b...
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American Music and American Prisons Overlap More Than You Know
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Frances Goldin Literary Agency @goldinagency.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Love to come to the office to find bound books of Summer 2026 titles waiting for us! On the left: A GUIDE TO OPEN WATER LIFESAVING by Virginia Eubanks out from @fsgbooks.bsky.social on 8/11/26 On the right: SONG FOR ANOTHER HOME by Bora Lee Reed, out from @simonandschuster.bsky.social on 7/21/26
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Frances Goldin Literary Agency @goldinagency.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
For @thenation.com, author @annlarson.bsky.social talks workplace injuries for retail workers in the context of her new book, CLEAN UP ON AISLE FIVE, out now from @onesignalbks.bsky.social time.com/article/2026...
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What Working in a Grocery Store Taught Me About American Inequality
"While the affluent are living longer, healthier lives and retiring with a nest egg and their dignity, low-income workers are facing destitution," writes Ann Larson.
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Frances Goldin Literary Agency @goldinagency.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
For Publishing Perspectives, author Shelley Fisher Fishkin writes about the process of producing her own audiobook for JIM: THE LIFE AND AFTERLIVES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN'S COMRADE publishingperspectives.com/2026/06/edit...
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Editing for the Ear: What I Learned Producing My Own Audiobook - Publishing Perspectives
When the themes and text of her book proved challenging for an audiobook publisher to find a narrator, author Shelley Fisher Fishkin took on producing the book herself.
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Frances Goldin Literary Agency @goldinagency.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Happy publication to the paperback of Kelly Ramsey's memoir, WILDFIRE DAYS! www.instagram.com/p/DZ7uf-gk1Nb/
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scribnerbooks on Instagram: "“The true spine of this inspiring memoir is Ramsey’s progression from the 'careful, compliant girl I had been for most of my life, …"
“The true spine of this inspiring memoir is Ramsey’s progression from the 'careful, compliant girl I had been for most of my life, half-starved to stay thin,' to a full-throttle warrior who could hold her own alongside some of the most fearless firefighters in the nation." —Washington PostBoth a look into firefighting and a personal journey, @kellylynnramsey's memoir WILDFIRE DAYS follows her exhilarating journey to be the first woman in ten years to join an elite wildland firefighting crew. Her story is now available in paperback.
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Frances Goldin Literary Agency @goldinagency.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
An excerpt from Meghan O'Gieblyn's upcoming WILL & ATTENTION (out from @doubledaybooks.bsky.social in October) in @harpers.bsky.social, exploring the tricky nature of willpower, addiction, and truth. harpers.org/archive/2026...
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Backsliding, by Meghan O’Gieblyn
On the paradox of willpower
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Frances Goldin Literary Agency @goldinagency.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
A wonderful excerpt from @annlarson.bsky.social's CLEAN UP ON AISLE FIVE in @timemagazine.bsky.social time.com/article/2026...
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What Working in a Grocery Store Taught Me About American Inequality
"While the affluent are living longer, healthier lives and retiring with a nest egg and their dignity, low-income workers are facing destitution," writes Ann Larson.
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Frances Goldin Literary Agency @goldinagency.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Scrambling for a Father's Day gift? Never fear! Shelly Fisher Fishkin's JIM: THE LIFE AND AFTERLIVES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN'S COMRADE is included in this @forbes.com list of Books for Dads Who Have Everything www.forbes.com/sites/caroli...
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For The Dad Who Has Everything, May I Suggest: A Book?
Whatever your dad loves, there’s a book for him; these are some of the latest and greatest dad books that make perfect Father’s Day gifts.
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Frances Goldin Literary Agency @goldinagency.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
We've got a RAVE review of Rennie McDougall's NONSTOP BODIES: HOW DANCE SHAPED NEW YORK CITY in @newyorker.com ! www.newyorker.com/books/under-...
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When Dance in New York Took Center Stage
A new history explores how the city’s commingling of popular forms and artistic experimentation shaped dance in the twentieth century.
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Frances Goldin Literary Agency @goldinagency.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Or, if you're feeling a bit more musical, can we (and Town and Country) recommend Colin Asher's THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL as a perfect summer read? www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts...
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The 46 Must-Read Books of Summer 2026
Our picks for the standout new releases of June, July, and August.
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Frances Goldin Literary Agency @goldinagency.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
CLEAN UP ON AISLE FIVE by @annlarson.bsky.social is featured on this list of Great Nonfiction to Read in June by @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/ten-great-no...
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Ten Great Nonfiction Titles to Read in June
If you’re the kind of reader who prefers some heft in your beach reads, than June is the month for you. This month’s picks feature natural histories of American megafauna, domestic memoirs of paren…
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Frances Goldin Literary Agency @goldinagency.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Happy Pride 🏳️‍🌈! Have some books about being messy in your 20s to celebrate (including CENTRAL PLACES by Delia Cai and WELCOME HOME CAROLINE KLINE by Courtney Preiss!) Thank you Cosmo! www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainmen...
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Struggling Through the Messiness of Your 20s? Try These Relatable “Saturn Return” Novels
Including BookTok-approved reads and hidden gems that’ll make you feel so seen.
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Frances Goldin Literary Agency @goldinagency.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
"...liminal, with Enrigue living between worlds—the worlds of the past and the present, but also of the real and the imagined." A glowing review in @newyorker.com for Alvaro Enrigue's NOW I SURRENDER! www.newyorker.com/books/book-c...
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Marie Arana and Writing Between Reality and Imagination
The “LatinoLand” author discusses a few of the books that she has turned to while working on her new novel.
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Frances Goldin Literary Agency @goldinagency.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Congratulations to our client Ray Madoff, author of THE SECOND ESTATE, for being named a TIME100 Innovator in Philanthropy! time.com/collection/t...
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Frances Goldin Literary Agency @goldinagency.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Love to close out a week with such a glowing review of Alvaro Enrigue's latest novel, NOW I SURRENDER, from @thenation.com "Enrigue is no ordinary writer ... Against the savagery of imperialism, Now I Surrender offers the nobility of statelessness.” www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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The Radical Genius of Álvaro Enrigue
His new novel is as much a work of political philosophy as it is one of fiction.
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Frances Goldin Literary Agency @goldinagency.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
A wonderful STARRED booklist review for Colin Asher's new book, MIDNIGHT SPECIAL: “Asher creates rich, vivid portraits of all five of his subjects . . . This chronicle is full of little epiphanies . . . A well-written and mesmerizing group portrait of five musical outlaws.”
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Frances Goldin Literary Agency @goldinagency.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
We’ll be sleeping with the lights on here but are thrilled to share a first look at Apple TV's series remake of CAPE FEAR, with writing by our very own Brian Evenson. youtu.be/FZ3sN5E-mBU?...
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Cape Fear — Official Trailer | Apple TV
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Frances Goldin Literary Agency @goldinagency.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
@hippocampusmag.bsky.social reviews TELL ME HOW YOU EAT: FOOD, POWER, AND THE WILL TO LIVE! www.hippocampusmagazine.com/2026/05/revi... “Essayist and author Amber Husain never flinches from tough questions...by generously sharing her own journey, she emphasizes that healing is possible."
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REVIEW: Tell Me How You Eat: Food, Power, and the Will to Live by Amber Husain | Hippocampus Magazine
"A full spectrum of eating styles gets put under a microscope..." -- Nan J. Bauer reviews Tell Me How You Eat: Food, Power, and the Will to Live by Amber Husain.
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Frances Goldin Literary Agency @goldinagency.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
A wonderful shoutout for Ysabelle Cheung's collection, PATCHWORK DOLLS, in this @nybooks.com review of recent literature of Hong Kong! www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
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Scarred in Hong Kong | Louisa Lim
Recent fiction by Hong Kong writers explores life in a society traumatized by ever-tightening Chinese national security laws that suppress political discussion and artistic freedom.
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Frances Goldin Literary Agency @goldinagency.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
POISONWOOD BIBLE is an American Classic! Now available in new paperback form from @harpercollins.bsky.social
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Frances Goldin Literary Agency @goldinagency.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Ever wanted to know what it would be like to read what @npr.org calls "a sort of cubist western"? Try out Alvaro Enrigue's NOW I SURRENDER! www.npr.org/2026/03/03/n...
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10 new books in March offer mental vacations
March is always a big one for books – this year is no different. We call out a handful of upcoming titles for readers to put on their radars — offering a good alternative to doomscrolling.
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