A hearty congratulations goes out to 2019 Nobel Prize in Literature winner Peter Handke, praised for “an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has explored the periphery and the specificity of human experience.” (Nobel Prize Press Release) FSG’s president Jonathan Galassi says, “Handke is one of the great German prose stylists, who has spent his […]
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Remembering Ntozake Shange
Award-winning writer Ntozake Shange passed away last weekend at the age of 70. We are honored to have published SOME SING, SOME CRY (written with her sister Ifa Bayeza). Her works include the Tony Award-nominated and Obie Award-winning FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE/WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF, as well as SASSAFRASS, CYPRESS & […]
In the Hot Seat: Matt Goldman on GONE TO DUST
Today we turn the spotlight on Matt Goldman, whose debut novel, GONE TO DUST, features an unusual crime—a murdered woman is found covered in dust from hundreds of vacuum cleaner bags, rendering DNA evidence useless. Library Journal‘s Books for Dudes column called it, “hard-boiled awesomeness” and Booklist said, “Offer this one to aficionados of chilly […]