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New York City-based literary agency, representing books that matter since 1977.
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 â this year is no different. We call out a handful of upcoming titles for readers to put on their radars â offering a good alternative to doomscrolling.
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/03/nx-s1-5729089/new-books-march
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A rave for Alvaro Enrigue's NOW I SURRENDER in
@theatlantic.com
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www.theatlantic.com/books/2026/0...
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A Western That Goes Where Cormac McCarthy Wouldnât
Ălvaro Enrigueâs Now I Surrender scraps the simplistic binary of cowboys and Indians in favor of a wild, multifaceted war story.
https://www.theatlantic.com/books/2026/03/alvaro-enrigues-wild-western/686241/
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"Heâs one of the best we have, and heâs not done pushing against conventions." --The New York Times Book Review Happy publication day to NOW I SURRENDER by the inimitable Alvaro Enrigue, on sale now from
@riverheadbooks.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/b...
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The Last Days of the Apaches and a Search for a Nation Erased
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/books/review/alvaro-enrigue-now-i-surrender.html
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WNET will be screening the documentary RABBLEROUSERS tonight (3/2) at 10PM, a wonderful film about our fearless founder, Frances Goldin!
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Women Who Made History: Documentaries | THIRTEEN - New York Public Media
From U.S. Rep. Bella Abzug to housing and civil rights leaders, and the woman who helmed the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue to Martha Graham.
https://www.thirteen.org/blog-post/women-who-made-history-documentaries/
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Feel like you missed some books at the end of last year?
@nytimes.com
includes GOTHAM AT WAR in this list of "hidden gems":
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/b...
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Our Favorite Hidden Gem Books of 2025
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/books/hidden-gems-books-favorites.html
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The
@bostonglobe.com
calls
@juliaccooke.bsky.social
's STARRY AND RESTLESS "Thrillingly breakneck..." On sale from
@fsgbooks.bsky.social
on 2/24/26
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Three daring women who pursued journalism on their own terms - The Boston Globe
âStarry and Restless" is Julia Cookeâs aptly titled biography of pioneering foreign correspondents Rebecca West, Martha Gellhorn, and Emily Hahn.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/18/arts/julia-cooke-starry-and-restless/
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It's official! Barbara Kingsolver's newest novel, PARTITA, will be published on October 6, 2026 đ
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The Frances Goldin Literary Agency is hiring an intern for the Spring 2026 season (with possibility for extension through the summer). See below for details and instructions for applying. Applications due February 6!
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Alvaro Enrigue's NOW I SURRENDER and Rebecca Goldstein's THE MATTERING INSTINCT featured in PW's hotlist for 2026!
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
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9 Books That Should Be On Your Radar in 2026
The first quarter of the year is bursting with new books. Our editors think you should pick up these titles.
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/tip-sheet/article/99387-9-books-that-should-be-on-your-radar-in-2026.html
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Alvaro Enrigue in
@publisherswkly.bsky.social
on his new novel NOW I SURRENDER, out from
@riverheadbooks.bsky.social
in March:
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
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Ălvaro Enrigue Will Not Bend
For his latest, the Mexican novelist explores the Apache Wars and asserts that resistance is anything but futile.
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/profiles/article/99425-lvaro-enrigue-will-not-bend.html
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The Atlantic
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The philosopher Rebecca Newberger Goldstein argues in her new book that the often-painful struggle to justify our existence is the very thing that makes us human, John Kaag writes:
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A New Understanding of Human Beingsâ Most Basic Desire
Rebecca Newberger Goldstein argues that a good life is one that seeks to create order out of a natural state of chaos.
https://bit.ly/4boquGD
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Van Jensen's GODFALL spotted in the
@theguardian.com
's roundup of the best SFF and horror:
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
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The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror â review roundup
Godfall by Van Jensen; The Salt Bind by Rebecca Ferrier; The Poet Empress by Shen Tao; A Hole in the Sky by Peter F Hamilton; Hello Earth, Are You There? by Brian Aldiss
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jan/09/the-best-recent-science-fiction-fantasy-and-horror-review-roundup
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Liz Allanâs IN BLOOM featured in Town and Countryâs most anticipated books for January! âIf ever there was a book to which one could consider head banging, this might be it.â
www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts...
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The 20 Best Books to Read This January
Our picks for the top new releases of the month.
https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a69698064/best-books-january-2026/
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Thrilled to see Ray Madoff's THE SECOND ESTATE included on The New Yorker's list of best books of 2025:
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The Best Books of 2025
The New Yorkerâs editors and critics choose this yearâs essential reads in fiction, poetry, and nonfiction.
https://www.newyorker.com/best-books-2025
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Barbara Kingsolver writes the powerful introduction for the
@nytimes.com
's photo essay on the continuing fallout of opioid addiction in Appalachia:
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Opinion | The Opioid Crisis Never Ended. It Was Inherited by the Children.
The pain of drug addiction continues to course through towns like Clarksburg, W.Va., where many babies are born withdrawing and have to be taken from their parents.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/12/22/opinion/west-virginia-appalachia-opioids-children.html
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Congratulations to Martha Ackmann, whose biography of Dolly Parton, AIN'T NOBODY'S FOOL, is now out everywhere and the subject of an
@npr.org
interview about Dolly's life:
www.npr.org/2025/12/13/n...
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Martha Ackmann discusses her new book on the life of the iconic Dolly Parton
NPR's Rob Schmitz talks to author Martha Ackmann about her new book on "American icon" Dolly Parton and the ambition it took the young Tennessean to reach success.
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/13/nx-s1-5607091/martha-ackmann-discusses-her-new-book-on-the-life-of-the-iconic-dolly-parton
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HUGE congratulations to Jeremy Atherton Lin on his book DEEP HOUSE being a
@publisherswkly.bsky.social
top 10 book of 2025!
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Best Books 2025: Publishers Weekly Publishers Weekly
Best Books 2025, Staff Picks, Top 10 Best Books, Katie Kitamura, Stephen Graham Jones, John Cassidy, Jeremy Atherton Lin, Solvej Balle, Vauhini Vara, Jonas Hassen Khemiri, Jeff Chang, Jordan Thomas, H...
https://best-books.publishersweekly.com/pw/best-books/2025/top-10#book/book-4
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In a
@teenvogue.com
excerpt from POLICE AGAINST THE MOVEMENT from
@princetonupress.bsky.social
, Josh Clark Davis reveals how police departments illegally spied on civil rights activistsâand then burned the records.
www.teenvogue.com/story/police...
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Police Departments Surveilled Activists in the 1960s and 70s â and Erased The Records
"Just as police tracked civil rights, Black Power, feminist, and anti-war protesters in the 1960s and â70s, today they snoop on organizers taking a stand against ICE, Israelâs war on Palestine, and At...
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/police-departments-tracked-activists-in-the-1960s-and-70s-erased-records
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Riverhead Books
7 months ago
The visionary novelist behind YOU DREAMED OF EMPIRES is back with his most expansive, impassioned novel yetâŒïž NOW I SURRENDER by Ălvaro Enrigue (translated to English by Natasha Wimmer) is part epic, part alt-Western, and 100% can't-be-missed. Learn more and pre-order your copy today:
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Happy publication day to IOSI: THE REMORSEFUL SPY by Miriam Lewin, out from Seven Stories Press!
www.sevenstories.com/books/4735-i...
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Iosi, the Remorseful Spy
A gripping true crime tale of espionage, Jewish history, and antisemitic mass terrorism in 1990s Buenos Aires. An unresolved true story that echoes today, this book shows that even after the milita...
https://www.sevenstories.com/books/4735-iosi-the-remorseful-spy?srsltid=AfmBOorrLDPIw0aVxCCnn9vb4Pysn8_5FwZOciuNAEKDebX2lOTaVowU
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WORK NIGHTS is longlisted for the Center for Fiction Prize! Congratulations Erica!
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Announcing The Center for Fiction 2025 First Novel Prize Longlist | The Center for Fiction
We are pleased to announce the longlist for The Center for Fiction 2025 First Novel Prize. This year, we received 185 submitted titles with U.S. publication dates between January 1 and December 31, 20...
https://centerforfiction.org/book-recs/2025-first-novel-prize/
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Great to see Kate Broadâs debut novel GREENWICH featured by
@peoplemag.bsky.social
as a best book of July!
people.com/peoples-best...
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PEOPLEâs Best Books of July 2025: Gwyneth Paltrowâs Bombshell Biography, A Tina Turner Photo Book and More
See PEOPLE's picks for the best new books of July 2025, including new novels, celebrity memoirs and more.
https://people.com/peoples-best-books-of-july-2025-11762434
8 months ago
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Happy publication day to MOTHER OF METHADONE by
@melodyglenn.bsky.social
, now out from
@beaconpress.bsky.social
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Melody Glenn, MD MFA
8 months ago
Honored for "Mother of Methadone" to be included in
@debutiful.bsky.social
's list of books to read in July!
@beaconpress.bsky.social
@penparentis.bsky.social
@goldinagency.bsky.social
debutiful.net/2025/07/11/2...
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28 debut books to discover in July 2025
Here are the debut books that caught Debutifulâs eye this month. We think readers will find plenty to love among them. To see our curated list of standout titles, check out our â12 Noteworthy DebutâŠ
https://debutiful.net/2025/07/11/27-debut-books-to-discover-in-july-2025/
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Roz Foster
8 months ago
The wise
@rainalips.bsky.social
on
#Mamdani's
win: âYou donât get anywhere responding to the racist, fascist, aggression of ppl like Donald Trump w a defensive crouch. You can only win by standing up for yourself, by being brave & uniting w other ppl.â âŹïž
@versobooks.bsky.social
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A red-hot happy publication day to Kelly Ramsey and her memoir WILDFIRE DAYS: A WOMAN, A HOTSHOT CREW, AND THE BURNING AMERICAN WEST, which publishes today with
@scribnerbooks.bsky.social
Read an excerpt at
@newsweek.com
!
www.newsweek.com/2025/06/27/w...
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Inside the life of a woman hotshot battling blazes in the American West
A female hotshot firefighter's inside look at battling the ever-hotter and more frequent wildfires in America's West
https://www.newsweek.com/2025/06/27/wildfire-days-book-hotshot-firefighter-kelly-ramsey-excerpt-2082813.html
9 months ago
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Roz Foster
9 months ago
In the
@latimes.com
,
@drsurekhadavies.bsky.social
, author of HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY, writes incisively on MONSTRIFYING undocumented migrants, an age-old strategy used through history to dehumanize & normalize campaigns to strip individuals of human rights.
@ucpress.bsky.social
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Contributor: Why 'monstrify'? Look at who benefits when few are considered fully human
The category of 'human' is shrinking as politicians, tech bros and right-wing pundits divide the world into two groups: You're a cis-het white man, or you're a monster.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-06-15/immigration-policy-human-rights-monsters
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Thank you to
@latimes.com
for this q & a with Kelly Ramsey, author of WILDFIRE DAYS: A WOMAN, A HOTSHOT CREW, AND THE BURNING OF THE AMERICAN WEST in advance of its publication on 6/17 !
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She became a âhotshotâ wilderness firefighter to write about being on the front lines
Author Kelly Ramsey details how her new book, 'Wildfire Days,' chronicles her time fighting some of California's most dangerous wildfires. We also check in with Diesel, A Bookstore.
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/newsletter/2025-06-07/book-club-kelly-ramsey-wildfire
9 months ago
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Maggie Nelson on
@michelletea.bsky.social
âs raucous, remarkable classic VALENCIA â âa missive sent straight from the mayhemâ â celebrating its 25th anniversary this June with beautiful new editions from Seal Press and Serpentâs Tail
www.theparisreview.org/blog/2025/05...
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A Missive Sent Straight from the Mayhem: On Michelle Teaâs Valencia by Maggie Nelson
May 21, 2025 â "I want to talk about Valenciaâs achievement in transmitting the conjoined rush of being young, being high, being in love, and becoming a writerâand how that rush feels when these thing...
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2025/05/21/a-missive-sent-straight-from-the-mayhem-on-michelle-teas-valencia/
9 months ago
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10 months ago
"Mother of Methadone advocates a range of ways that the medical and social justice worlds can work together... [and] presents a cogent argument against the continued criminalization of drug use."
@newpages.bsky.social
@beaconpress.bsky.social
@goldinagency.bsky.social
@methadonelib.bsky.social
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10 months ago
We could not be more excited to welcome Lucy Cleland to @goldinagency.bsky.social--a truly brilliant agent and a lovely friend of the agency, now turned colleague! She had a fairly low key first day yesterday in the form of, uh, her client winning a Pulitzer, so we'll count it as an auspicious start
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Weâve been sitting on this news for a minute and are so delighted to FINALLY share that the brilliant Lucy Cleland has joined The Frances Goldin Agency as VP and Senior Agent! We are enormously lucky to have her on the team đ
10 months ago
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10 months ago
get to drop some more good
@goldinagency.bsky.social
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The collected works of Essex Hemphill were published by New Directions last week! Here is an excerpt of this incredible volume:
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John Keene on the Life and Literary Legacy of Essex Hemphill an Early Poetic Chronicler of Black Queer Life
Throughout Essex Hemphillâs poetry, what we registered was his attentiveness to craft as well as statement, to the possibilities of performance, of form, of the line, and to the expressive content,âŠ
https://lithub.com/john-keene-on-the-life-and-literary-legacy-of-essex-hemphill-an-early-poetic-chronicler-of-black-queer-life/
12 months ago
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A rare spot of good news in these timesâread about the recovery center DEMON COPPERHEAD helped build
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/b...
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Barbara Kingsolver Uses âDemon Copperheadâ Royalties to Build Rehab Center
Barbara Kingsolver has put royalties from her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel to work in the region it portrayed, starting a home for women in recovery.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/books/barbara-kingsolver-demon-copperhead-recovery.html
about 1 year ago
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So excited to see USPSâs official announcement of their new line of postage stamps inspired by the illustrations from GOODNIGHT MOON!
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âGoodnight Moonâ and âSpongeBob SquarePantsâ stamps to be issued later this year - Newsroom - About.usps.com
WASHINGTON â The U.S. Postal Service today announced two more stamps it will release in 2025. Additional stamps will be announced in the coming weeks and months. These designs are preliminary and may ...
https://about.usps.com/newsroom/national-releases/2025/0113-goodnight-moon-and-spongebob-squarepants-stamps-to-be-issued-later-this-year.htm
about 1 year ago
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about 1 year ago
to the extent it's possible to have TOO good of a time designing an agency holiday card, that's... absolutely what happened at
@goldinagency.bsky.social
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Wishing you all a magical holiday season, delightful readings (both tarot and otherwise), and more pentacles than swords!
about 1 year ago
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Nice to see Sarah Virenâs âTo Name the Bigger Lieâ on this list of six books that genuinely surprise -- âthat transform in such unexpected ways, that their readers should aim to approach them with no information about whatâs to come.â
www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv...
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Read These Six BooksâJust Trust Us
Each title richly rewards readers who come in with little prior knowledge.
https://www.theatlantic.com/books/archive/2024/12/know-nothing-surprising-book-recommendations/680958/
about 1 year ago
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Can you match the Taylor Swift song to the poem from INVISIBLE STRINGS, the collection of Swift-inspired poetry edited by Kristie Daugherty? Find out in this fun
@nytimes.com
quiz!
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Match the Taylor Swift Song to the Poem Inspired By Her Music
Famous poets (tortured or not) have taken inspiration from Swift's music. Can you match the poem to the song?
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/12/12/books/taylor-swift-songs-poems-invisible-strings.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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RULES FOR GHOSTING by
@shellyjayshore.bsky.social
is one of
@nytimes.com
âs Best Romances of 2024!
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/b...
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The Best Romance Books of 2024
Here are the novels our columnist loved most.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/books/review/best-romance-books-2024.html
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Great to see
@chaykak.bsky.social
âs FILTERWORLD and Alvaro Enrigueâs YOU DREAMED OF EMPIRES on the
@newyorker.com
âs list of best books of 2024!
www.newyorker.com/best-books-2...
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The Best Books of 2024
The New Yorkerâs editors and critics choose this yearâs essential reads in fiction, poetry, and nonfiction.
https://www.newyorker.com/best-books-2024
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I adored Alvaro Enrigue's densely dreamy, truly singular YOU DREAMED OF EMPIRES, and the whole team at
@goldinagency.bsky.social
couldn't be more thrilled that it's been named one of the 10 best books of 2024 by the NYT:
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/03/b...
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The 10 Best Books of 2024
The staff of The New York Times Book Review choose the yearâs top fiction and nonfiction.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/03/books/best-books-2024.html
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Itâs Giving Tuesday! Join us in supporting Literary Agents of Change in their efforts to support agencies in diversifying their ranks. đ§”
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Literary Agents of Change (LAOC) is a nonprofit organization on a mission to increase the number of literary agents from historically underrepresented groups. On this Giving Tuesday, we ask that you donate to help us continue to enact change in the industry!
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Enable Literary Agents -> Empower Authors -> Enlighten Readers
Join the 2024 Giving Tuesday Fundraising Campaign for Literary Agents of Change
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Join The Hudson Writers Center tomorrow as 65 poetsâincluding Diane Seuss, Stephanie Burt, Cornelius Eady, and Ellen Bassâconvene for a marathon virtual reading to celebrate the release of Invisible Strings: 113 Poets Respond to the Songs of Taylor Swift
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Launch Reading: Invisible Strings: 113 Poets respond to the songs of Taylor Swift (Via Zoom) | Hudson Valley Writers Center
Join Jennifer Franklin, Sophia Bannister, and Kristie Frederick Daugherty for the launch reading of Invisible Strings: 113 poets respond to the songs of Taylor Swift, on its publication date! Here [âŠ]
https://writerscenter.org/calendar/taylorswift/
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Very happy to see THE OTHER VALLEY on the Washington Post best fiction list:
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50 notable works of fiction from 2024
Highlights among the yearâs novels, short-story collections and works in translation, as selected by the staff of The Washington Postâs Book World.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2024/11/21/best-fiction/
over 1 year ago
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The agency is poking its head into the wild world of @bsky.app--say hello and tell us your favorite FGLA book <3
over 1 year ago
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