He always wanted to live in New York.” Zone One (Doubleday, October 2011) by Colson Whitehead. Sixth book, fifth novel. Agent: Nicole Aragi. Editor: William Thomas. Publicist: Alison Rich.
“When I get the call about my brother, / I’m on a stopped train leaving town / & the news packs into me—freight— / though it’s him on the other end / now, saying finefine—” Kingdom Animalia [3] (BOA Editions, October 2011) by Aracelis Girmay. Second book, poetry collection. Agent: None. Editor: Peter Conners. Publicist: Albert Abonado.
“The walls were kittens and puppies.” Ghost Lights (Norton, October 2011) by Lydia Millet. Eighth book, seventh novel. Agent: Maria Massie. Editor: Tom Mayer. Publicist: Jessica Purcell.
“A light, floating slumber / it seemed.” Nod House (New Directions, November 2011) by Nathaniel Mackey. Tenth book, fifth poetry collection. Agent: None. Editor: Jeffrey Yang. Publicist: Tom Roberge.
“Sobriety is its own kind of altered state of consciousness.” Too Much to Dream: A Psychedelic American Boyhood [4] (Soft Skull Press, October 2011) by Peter Bebergal. Second book, memoir. Agent: Matthew Elblonk. Editors: Denise Oswald and Laura Mazer. Publicist: Sarah Cantor.
“I remember all those great bands.” Power Ballads (University of Iowa Press, October 2011) by Will Boast. First book, story collection. Agent: Gail Hochman. Editor: James McCoy. Publicist: Allison Means.
“The night that cats were wished away was a hard one full of wine, tears, and spectacle.” Death Wishing (Ig Publishing, October 2011) by Laura Ellen Scott. First book, novel. Agent: None. Editor: Robert Lasner. Publicist: Robert Lasner.
“To provoke the pasture’s ladder, to wash out the cat’s message, / What you hear through the walls is panic coming here.” The Blue Tower [5] (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, October 2011) by Tomaž Šalamun. Eleventh book, poetry collection. Translators: Michael Biggins and Tomaz Salamun. Agent: None. Editor: Drenka Willen. Publicist: Liz Anderson.
“The minivan bumped along the hills that hugged Lake Titicaca.” Black Elephants (Bison Books, October 2011) by Karol Nielsen. First book, memoir. Agent: None. Editor: Bridget Barry. Publicist: Cara Pesek.
“The light filters through the window into the still, dark air.” Tales of the New World [6] (Black Cat, November 2011) by Sabina Murray. Fifth book, second story collection. Agent: Esmond Harmsworth. Editor: Elisabeth Schmitz. Publicist: Stephanie Gilardi.
“We wonder if this matters.” Sweet Nothing (Lowbrow Press, October 2011) by Nate Pritts. Fifth book, poetry collection. Agent: None. Editor: Matt Ryan. Publicist: Nate Pritts.
“To start with, look at all the books.” The Marriage Plot (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, October 2011) by Jeffrey Eugenides. Third book, novel. Agent: Lynn Nesbit. Editor: Jonathan Galassi. Publicist: Jeff Seroy.