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Farrar, Straus and Giroux has published award-winning fiction, nonfiction, & poetry since 1946. Home of MCD Books, FSG Originals, and AUWA Books.

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BIRD SCHOOL describes and follows Adam Nicolson’s progress over two or three years in trying to learn about, and eventually to create an environment friendly to, the birds of the farm where he lives in Sussex. bit.ly/46mb29T

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In TOMORROW IS YESTERDAY the analyst Hussein Agha and the diplomat Robert Malley offer a personal and bracing perspective on why the Israeli–Palestinian peace process failed, and anticipate what lies ahead. bit.ly/4gnljHs

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Full Bio: The Early Years of James Baldwin | All Of It | WNYC Our latest installment of Full Bio focuses on the life of writer James Baldwin, a literary master and essential figure of the Civil Rights movement. Nicholas Boggs discusses his new b...

Nicholas Boggs joins Full Bio to discuss his new biography, BALDWIN: A LOVE STORY. Listen here:

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The Love Story of James Baldwin: A conversation with Nicholas Boggs Podcast Episode Β· You Are What You Read Β· 09/09/2025 Β· 34m

🎧 Listen here: Nicholas Boggs joins the You Are What You Read podcast to talk about literary icon James Baldwin and his new biography BALDWIN: A LOVE STORY.

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The Emergency by George Packer Packer, a journalist and winner of the National Book Award for The Unwinding, delivers a propulsive Orwellian novel set in a str...

George Packer, a journalist and winner of the National Book Award for The Unwinding, delivers a propulsive Orwellian novel set in a strange future world known as β€œthe empire.” It’s a knockout. @fsgbooks.bsky.social

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Listen to Addie E. Citchens discuss the path to publishing her debut novel, DOMINION, on the Debutiful podcast!

Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...

Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4zyE... @fsgbooks.bsky.social

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My translation of Kim de l'Horizon's stunning debut novel #Blutbuch was published yesterday, with @fsgbooks.bsky.social in the US and @sceptrebooks.bsky.social in the UK. To read an extract, head over to @literaryhub.bsky.social... πŸ‘‡

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COVER REVEAL! In MUTINY, Noam Scheiber paints a portrait of a new working class with vivid detail and striking empathy while telling the dramatic story of its revolt against the status quo. MUTINY by Noam Scheiber is coming out April 7, 2026. bit.ly/4fZjRv1

Cover design by Ben Grandgenett.

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Sea, Mothers, Swallow, Tongues For example, I never officially told you about β€œit.” I just came over for coffee one day wearing makeup, with a box of Lindt & SprΓΌngli (the medium-sized, not the small ones like usual), and th…

Read an excerpt from SEA, MOTHERS, SWALLOW, TONGUES featured by @literaryhub.bsky.social

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You’re Probably Thinking About the Future All Wrong

Nick Foster helped Apple and Google envision the future. He has some notes.

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Out now, DOMINION by Addie E. Citchens offers an intricate, intimate view of how secrets control us, how shame stifles us, how silence implicates us, and how even love plays a role in the everyday violence and casual sins of the powerful. bit.ly/4mQ10EP

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β€˜Constantine Cavafy’ Review: A Poet’s Odyssey Within Cavafy’s poems present beguiling visions of Alexandria, Egypt, the poet’s home, off and on, of seven decades.

"While he worked as a clerk in Alexandria, Egypt, Cavafy published verses intended for a small circle of admirers. Global fame came only after his death."

Read a review from @thewallstreet.bsky.social on Gregory Jusdanis and Peter Jeffreys's new biography, CONSTANTINE CAVAFY, out now.

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In Emily Hunt Kivel's 'Dwelling,' a housing crisis in New York sets off an adventure A less-than-easy quest for a place to live after the housing crisis implodes. NPR's Adrian Ma talks with Emily Hunt Kivel about her surreal and funny debut novel, "Dwelling."

@npr.org's Adrian Ma talks with Emily Hunt Kivel about her surreal and funny debut novel, DWELLING. Take a listen:

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The Lives and Loves of James Baldwin An older generation dismissed him as passΓ©; a newer one has recast him as a secular saint. But Baldwin’s true message remains more unsettling than either camp recognizes.

The @newyorker.com on BALDWIN: A LOVE STORY, out next week:

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Opera, illness, gay cosmopolitans, S&M, glorious poems: I wrote about the poet James Schuyler & Nathan Kernan’s excellent new biography. Free post, no paywall. garthgreenwell.substack.com/p/there-was-... @fsgbooks.bsky.social

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Andrew Martin’s new novel, DOWN TIME, unpacks age-old, universal desires. In his terribly funny book about five friends growing older, Martin tells People that he sought to capture the feeling of being β€œon the verge of β€˜midlife’ in our current era." Preorder DOWN TIME for March 10. bit.ly/415Jhkm

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cover of a book, with a tiger looking on impassively.

cover of a book, with a tiger looking on impassively.

Quote from David Quammen: "There is no beast on earth more formidable, more magnificent, more improbable-seeming than the Amur tiger...this is this saga of that animal, and of the heroic wildlife biologists who have long worked to understand and protect it. Jonathan C Slaght tells the tale from deep knowledge, in rich detail, with high skill."

Quote from David Quammen: "There is no beast on earth more formidable, more magnificent, more improbable-seeming than the Amur tiger...this is this saga of that animal, and of the heroic wildlife biologists who have long worked to understand and protect it. Jonathan C Slaght tells the tale from deep knowledge, in rich detail, with high skill."

Some early endorsements of TIGERS BETWEEN EMPIRES have come in--here's one from David Quammen. Only three months now to publication--a great time to preorder! shorturl.at/UrWuz πŸŒπŸ“šπŸ’™

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Let this @thebookerprizes.com-longlisted novel be your next summer read.

THE SOUTH by Tash Aw is the story of one summer and the longing that blooms between two boys. bit.ly/43NGEVY

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β€œEpic . . . Captivating . . . Choi’s prose shines with poetry and intelligence.” β€”Jasmine Vojdani, @nymag.com

Have you picked up Susan Choi’s @thebookerprizes.com-longlisted novel FLASHLIGHT for your summer reading yet?

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Garth Greenwell Is Too Much | Broadcast Jordan Kisner talks with the novelist and critic about being ruthless with your art.

For @pioneerwork.bsky.social, Jordan Kisner talks with Garth Greenwell about being ruthless with your art. Read the interview here:

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'Cane Sugar' vs High Fructose Corn Syrup | The Brian Lehrer Show | WNYC With Coca-Cola announcing cane-sugar-sweetened offerings after pressure from Pres. Trump, Marion Nestle talks about differences betweenΒ sugars and whether one is healthier than another.

Marion Nestle, author of the forthcoming, WHAT TO EAT NOW, talks about the chemical differences and perceived differences of "Cane Sugar" vs High Fructose Corn Syrup:

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Mississippi Expat: Addie Citchens "I consider myself more Mississippian than American."

"I consider myself more Mississippian than American."

DOMINION author Addie E. Citchens was interviewed about what it means to call Mississippi home and the setting for her new novel:

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In the Bardo: An Interview with Amie Barrodale In this intimate Q&A, Amie Barrodale opens up about writing as a parent, rediscovering her Buddhist roots, and how navigating an autism diagnosis transformed the story she thought she was telling.

Read an interview with Amie Barrodale, author of TRIP:

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How the Poet James Schuyler Wrung Sense from Sensibility Schuyler once told a friend that β€œlife had been after him with a sledgehammer.” But the poet’s work was sharp and humane, a marvel of twentieth-century literature.

Poet James Schuyler once told a friend that β€œlife had been after him with a sledgehammer.” But the poet’s work was sharp and humane, a marvel of twentieth-century literature.

Nathan Kernan's A DAY LIKE ANY OTHER is a the long-awaited biography of the brilliant poet.

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James Baldwin’s Love Stories

"James Baldwin’s Love Stories"

Read an original essay by Nicholas Boggs, author of BALDWIN: A LOVE STORY, for Vogue:

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After 50 Years of Writing, Jamaica Kincaid Insists She’s Still an Amateur

A beautiful profile of Jamaica Kincaid for @nytimes.com:

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There Was a Young Woman Who Lived in a Shoe

"Beautifully radical . . . DWELLING deserves the plaudits it will surely get and more. It’s hard to believe that a work so seemingly effortless and original could be a debut. Certainly, it’s the most fun I’ve had reading in years."

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A DAY LIKE ANY OTHER is the long-awaited biography of the mercurial, troubled, brilliant poet James Schuyler, the Pulitzer Prize winner who helped shape the New York School of poetry in the 1960s. bit.ly/4mtXcZJ

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DWELLING is a dazzling, surrealist fairy tale of a young woman's quest for house and homeβ€”from New York to the Texas hinterlands and, maybe, back again. bit.ly/4foi0Q0

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PUTTING MYSELF TOGETHER is a collection of Jamaica Kincaid’s nonfiction writing, including early pieces, proving what her admirers have always known: from the start, she has been a consummate stylist, and she has always been herself. bit.ly/4msvzQI

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