Catapult Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Tomorrow, 12:30 PM PST! The great Susan Straight, author of IN THE COUNTRY OF WOMEN, goes live with @HeatherScottP to discuss the generations of women before us, and how she's been teaching writing remotely. Hosted by @AltaJournal! https://www.crowdcast.io/e/alta-asks-live-susan/register

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@BuzzFeed has chosen the books you can't miss in 2020, and you KNOW Catapult books made the list! Including NIGHT THEATER by @VikramParalkar BLACK SUNDAY by Tola Rotimi Abraham (@thatTola) GODSHOT by @chelseabieker and YOU EXIST TOO MUCH by @ZainaArafat! https://t.co/9onjwYqw51 https://t.co/ZeTmrbVTKP

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"One thing I love about writing is how some small craft decision you make ends up affecting the entire feel of the book. For each of my books, this emerges as a difference in tone and style." @jeanmarcahsen chats with @lizharmer about STRANGE LOOPS: https://t.co/aUDi6zPGLR

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The New Yorker's Briefly Noted looks at Jokha Alharthi's "novel of remembrance and regret" BITTER ORANGE TREE! https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/08/01/resistance-paul-laurence-dunbar-chinatown-and-bitter-orange-tree

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“A profound, gorgeous, devastating book . . . That rarest of creations, an original work about a condition in which we are all implicated.” —Jeff Sharlet, bestselling author of The Family Dina Nayeri’s WHO GETS BELIEVED? will be on shelves next month! https://t.co/zekzxqj4Cl https://t.co/WxFwkmedbX

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Rainbow Rainbow, the debut story collection by Lydia Conklin—on shelves this May! https://t.co/ftF9QEJ0Ce https://t.co/R2awIjgZaJ

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"The first time I asked who my father was, my mother pointed at the box TV and said, That’s him." A new short story by K-Ming Chang on Colonel Sanders, fathers, mothers, and the stories we're told: https://t.co/y4atqkhR5L

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"One of the things I’m trying to do with my books is have radical, realistic representations of humanity." Kali Fajardo-Anstine is interviewed by @jjackso92 about her book WOMAN OF LIGHT: https://t.co/zV8oJkwS68

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A fantastic review for Meghan Gilliss's LUNGFISH in @nytimesbooks! "Gilliss’s language is an elemental force . . .Lungfish reads with a slowly building terror . . . Reminiscent of Lydia Kiesling’s The Golden State and Stephanie Land’s Maid." https://t.co/bvr60MHdbw

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While writing THE FAMILY CHAO, Lan Samantha Chang recalls, "I searched [for exclamation points] and found a total of 437." She was ready to justify each one to her copy editor. Spoiler: She didn't have to. On writing loud truths: https://t.co/E6T9kLnWuO