Rick Yancey
G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
320 pages
$18.99
“Heart-pounding pacing, lyrical prose and mind-bending twists . . .”
–The New York Times Book Review
Lorrie Moore
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
752 pages
$30
“These forty stories represent their eras but also stand the test of time. Here is Ernest Hemingway’s first published story and a classic by William Faulkner, who admitted in his biographical note that he began to write “as an aid to love-making.” Nancy Hale’s story describes far-reaching echoes of the Holocaust; Tillie Olsen’s story expresses the desperation of a single mother; James Baldwin depicts the bonds of brotherhood and music. Here is Raymond Carver’s “minimalism,” a term he disliked, and Grace Paley’s “secular Yiddishkeit.””
–From the publisher
Joshua Hood
Touchstone
352 pages
$26
“Clear by Fire is a blistering new military thriller about an American hero who, in order to clear his name, must take” down a highly classified band of soldiers that has gone murderously rogue.
–From the publisher
Monica McCabe
Lyrical Press
272 pages
$15
“Matt and Miranda will have to work together if they want to save Katanga, and both of their lives, before it’s too late.”
–From the publisher
September 8, 2015 At any given moment, the fate of the feisty young heroine of Lorraine Lopez’s new novel would seem to rise and fall at the mercy of whatever book she’s reading. Written with humor, The Darling provides a delightful glimpse into the ways a woman’s reading life can become inextricable from her desires and her choices. Lopez will discuss The Darling in Vanderbilt University’s Furman Hall Room 114 on September 10, 2015, at 7 p.m. and at the Southern Festival of Books, held in Nashville October 9-11, 2015. Both events are free and open to the public.
September 4, 2015 Celebrated Southern poet and novelist Ron Rash returns with Above the Waterfall, a taut tale of mountain intrigue that combines Rash’s elegiac lyricism with his gift for fast-paced, suspenseful plotting and his rage at the continuing exploitation of Appalachia. Rash will discuss Above the Waterfall at the Southern Festival of Books, held in Nashville October 9-11, 2015.
