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PEN Out Loud: Boundaries and Borders with Daniel José Older & Idra Novey

Q&A: Kirkus Reviews Word on the Street

I recently had the pleasure of talking to Kirkus Reviews for their “Word on the Street” series about the joys and challenges of working for an independent publisher of international literature. We cover bookstores, diversity, and other signs we’re living in a great time for smart literary publishing.

What are some upcoming trends for the rest of 2016?

Trends can be deceiving. Restless Books…

Texas Book Festival Panel with Viet Thanh Nguyen and Jim Shepard: Twisting History into Fiction

Join me in Austin for this year’s Texas Book Festival as I moderate a panel with two phenomenal authors: Jim Shepard and Viet Thanh Nguyen, in a conversation called Twisting History into Fiction:

“Take a look in history’s rearview mirror with Jim Shepard and Viet Thanh Nguyen as they consider the ways in which they twist war and history into fiction in their novels The Book of Aron and The…

I’d love to see you at AWP! Restless Books will be at this year’s Association of Writers and Writing Programs conference, to be hosted at the Minneapolis Convention Center this week from Thursday through Saturday. I’ll be speaking with publishing luminaries Fiona McCrae of Graywolf Press, Jon Fine of Amazon, Deena Drewis of Nouvella, and Kevin Nguyen of Oyster, in a panel on “New Trends in…

I’m honored that I’ll be speaking with Ilan Stavans—prolific author, translator, critic, Amherst College professor and Publisher of Restless Books—at this year’s Texas Book Festival. Stavans and I will discuss his most recent book, A Most Imperfect Union: A Contrarian History of the United States, an illustrated history of our country that serves as a corrective to mainstream received ideas. From…