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01/09/2024

“If it’s not a risk, it’s nothing.”

Join us in wishing a happy 84th Birthday to the brilliant, fearless, Annie Ernaux—our raison d’être!

30/08/2024

New cover art, some kind words from the inimitable Kate Zambreno, and of course, a release date:

THE USE OF PHOTOGRAPHY by Annie Ernaux and Marc Marie will be in stores everywhere on October 22nd!

29/08/2024

Reviews are rolling in for Tova Reich’s fearless new novel, CAMP JEFF, an impossibly dark comedy set in a rehabilitation facility for men who have been accused of misconduct.

Camp Jeff (yes, as in “Epstein”) finds Tova Reich in fine commenting on the shortcomings of the MeToo movement, wellness culture, redemption narratives, antisemitism, and the power structures that run throughout all of American culture.

28/08/2024

PANCHO VILLA is a towering historical figure no matter what your opinion of him. His enemies, of which there were many, despised him. His supporters, of which there were equally as many, saw him as a liberator.

Here is the full, and true, story of Pancho Villa’s life. Told over the course of 1,008 pages (because a life of this size needs a book of this size) this is the definitive look at a man who changed history.

Written by one of Mexico’s most celebrated and most prolific writers, Paco Ignacio Taibo II, PANCHO VILLA marks a major advance in our understanding of the revolutionary figure. Until now, Villa has been defined and interpreted mostly by his enemies. Here, for the first time, he finds himself among friends.

Available now, in stores and online!

28/08/2024

Out now: 1,000 pages of Pancho Villa

Paco Ignacio Taibo’s gargantuan biography marks a major advance in our understanding of the Mexican revolution and its most explosive leader, Pancho Villa. Until now, Villa has been defined and interpreted mostly by his enemies. Here, for the first time, he finds himself among friends.

- https://mailchi.mp/sevenstories/pancho-villa-announcement-d2c

27/08/2024

We are so excited to tell you that A KID FROM MARLBORO ROAD, the debut novel from Edward Burns, is an official Library Reads selection for the month of September!

This poignant novel is a sprawling family saga set against a backdrop of 1970s New York. Emotionally astute, and alive on the page, fans of Burns’ films will feel right at home in the pages of his first novel.

Don’t miss Ed, out on tour just about everywhere, starting next month!

23/08/2024

You've all been very patient, and without any further ado:

THE NIGHT TREMBLES by Nadia Terranova (translated from the Italian by the celebrated Ann Goldstein) is a masterful and poetic historical novel, set in the aftermath of the 1908 Earthquake that shattered southern Italy.

Our two main characters converge as their lives, and lives of the entire country, are upended by an unprecedented natural disaster. Terranova's elegiac voice, and Goldstein's brilliant translation, will immerse readers into a place, and time, where all that remains is the future

This award-winning novel arrives in Spring, 2025!
Cover still to be revealed!

22/08/2024

To our growing number of Nadia Terranova fans: your patience is about to be rewarded.

21/08/2024

And now, the one you've been waiting for! Actor & filmmaker Edward Burns will be embarking on a serious tour, bringing his debut novel A KID FROM MARLBORO ROAD to life in 25 cities (and counting!)

Conversational and vibrant, A KID FROM MARLBORO ROAD is a wide-screen family saga set against the backdrop of 20th century New York, and finds Ed Burns' gift for storytelling on full display. We could not be more thrilled to be bringing you such a wonderful, emotionally-astute novel, and we are excited for everyone to have a chance to meet the sprawling McSweeney family.

Don't see a city near you on that list? Have no fear, because you can pre-order an autographed copy of the book from McNally Jackson, which will begin shipping after the book's release. Link to the pre-order in the comments below!

Let us know which date you're most excited about, and keep an eye out for more announcements just over the horizon!

TOUR DATES:
Sept 9 — Spring Lake, NJ (Thunder Road Books)
Sept 10-12 — Toronto International Film Festival
Sept 13 — Wellesley, MA (Wellesley Bookstore)
Sept 16 — Danville, CA (Rakestraw Books)
Sept 18 — Corte Madera, CA (Book Passage Bookstore)
Sept 19 — Santa Monica, CA (Zibby's Books)
Sept 20 — Los Angeles, CA (Barnes & Noble at The Grove)
Sept 21 — Pasadena, CA (Vroman's)
Sept 23 — San Diego, CA (Warwick's)
Sept 24 — Portland, OR (Powell's Books)
Sept 25 — Seattle, WA (Seattle Town Hall with Elliott Bay bookstore)
Sept 26 — Berwyn, IL (Fitzgerald's Bar with The Book Cellar)
Sept 27 — Chicago, IL (Everybody's Coffee with The Book Cellar)
Sept 30 — Milwaukee, WI (The Downer Theater with Boswell Books)
Oct 1 — Cleveland, OH (Cuyahoga Public Library with Mac's Backs Bookstore)
Oct 2 — Atlanta, GA (SCAD-Atlanta)
Oct 3 — Fairway, KS, (Unity Temple with Irish Center and Rainy Day Books)
Oct 4 — Dallas, TX (Dallas Contemporary with Deep Vellum Books)
Oct 5 — Austin, TX (Book People)
Oct 10 — New Canaan, CT (New Canaan Library with Elm Street Books)
Oct 14 — Pleasantville, NY (Village Bookstore)
Oct 16 — Raleigh, NC (Quail Ridge Booksellers)

20/08/2024

We’ll be revealing the tour dates very soon, but in the meantime, we want to know if you have any guesses or cities that you want to see!

Regrettably, Ed cannot be everywhere, but he can (and will) be stopping by McNally Jackson in NYC to sign plenty of copies of his “emotionally resonant” (Harlan Coben) debut novel, A Kid From Marlboro Road! You can pre-order yours right now on the McNally website!

19/08/2024

Without any further ado, an excerpt from THE USE OF PHOTOGRAPHY by Annie Ernaux, in the newest issue of the The New Yorker (and online now at the link in our bio)

Watch out for that first sentence, it’s a doozy

16/08/2024

Olga Tokarczuk (winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize for literature) and illustrator Joanna Concejo return with MR. DISTINCTIVE, a gorgeous, and scathing, picture book for adults, translated by Booker-nominated Antonia Lloyd-Jones!

Mr. Distinctive has a famous face. Everyone in the world knows his face. But one day Mr. Distinctive looks in the mirror and sees that his features have begun to fade, his face has changed into a blur. With every new photo he posts, his distinctiveness dwindles.

In their new story, the team behind THE LOST SOUL show us a world of obsession with personal appearance and self-promotion, where happiness is an imperative, and the cult of youth rules.

MR. DISTINCTIVE arrives in Spring of 2025!

15/08/2024

Ralph Nader still believes in the better angels, and OUT OF DARKNESS offers definitive proof. Collecting a decade of essays, letters, columns, and rallying cries, this book is classic Nader—encouraging us to make the world a better place, even when faced with the unchecked political and corporate power that has gotten us into this mess in the first place.

This outspoken and prescient collection is now available in stores and online!

14/08/2024

An unfiltered look at some of the Seven Stories office chaos, because we are simply too excited about the boxes we just received and wanted to show you immediately! Not bad for a Wednesday morning!

Booksellers, librarians, reviewers, etc. — get in touch! Advance copies of THE USE OF PHOTOGRAPHY and CONTEXT COLLAPSE are shipping now

13/08/2024

And at the halfway point of Women In Translation Month, another teaser…

13/08/2024

Trying our hand at the vibe-y photo dump to remind you that we’ll be there for the glorious return of the Small Press Flea! Now at its new home at Amant, in East Williamsburg, we will be selling books alongside dozens of our friends and favorite presses!

See you there?

12/08/2024

In case you missed it—you can now watch Barbara McQuade’s full (and fantastic) interview on The Daily Show over on YouTube! And that’s the truth!

Link is in our bio, and ATTACK FROM WITHIN is available everywhere now!

09/08/2024

The first of our announcements is also the return of a beloved writer/translator duo:

TOO GREAT A SKY is the profound story of a family, relocated to the Kazakh steppe by the Soviets, and a thoughtful exploration of history, memory, and humanity.

This new novel from the celebrated Romanian writer Liliana Corobca, and her award-winning translator Monica Cure, arrives in September!

Pre-orders available now!

08/08/2024

While we wait for to process this roll (results coming soon!) we will tell you about the kind words that Publishers Weekly had for THE USE OF PHOTOGRAPHY by Annie Ernaux and Marc Marie!

First published in France in 2005, the book recounts a passionate love affair between Ernaux and the journalist and author Marc Marie, after the two met in January 2003.

Here, both authors adopt Ernaux’s trademark style, to remarkable effect. A profound meditation on the temporary, and the eternal. Coming this fall!

07/08/2024

"Each author’s candor...is remarkable, and is enhanced rather than obscured by the framework of photographic analysis. The results are generous, steamy, and unexpectedly moving."

Publishers Weekly on THE USE OF PHOTOGRAPHY by Annie Ernaux and Marc Marie!

Nobel Prize winner Ernaux (The Young Man) and French journalist Marie recount their early-2000s affair through the lens of 14 ph...

07/08/2024

You have no idea how difficult it has been to keep this under wraps, but we could not be more thrilled to tell you that CLYO MENDOZA author of the striking, vivid, and vicious novel, FURY, will be appearing at the Brooklyn Book Festival this September!!

07/08/2024

"[Alex DiFrancesco] makes magic from trash and tragedy."

Some beautiful thoughts on BREAKING THE CURSE, from North of Oxford!

By Sawyer Lovett Alex DiFrancesco believes in magic. Scratch that. Alex makes magic from trash and tragedy. On the surface, their new book, Breaking the Curse: A Memoir about Trauma, Healing, and I…

07/08/2024

And now here it is, our moment of zen…

Barbara McQuade will be on The Daily Show TONIGHT to discuss her New York Times bestselling book, ATTACK FROM WITHIN: How Disinformation is Sabotaging America!

11pm eastern on Comedy Central, and tomorrow on the Internet!

06/08/2024

Courtesy of McNally Jackson, some photos from the joyous launch of Gary Indiana’s I CAN GIVE YOU ANYTHING BUT LOVE!

This striking and vulnerable memoir will challenge, and ultimately strengthen, what you think you know about one of the most acclaimed (and most caustic) writers of a generation! Vivid, atmospheric, and written with Indiana’s inimitable sardonic charm, I Can Give You Anything But Love is a generous tour from the woods of New Hampshire, to the sweltering 1970s in Los Angeles, to the grit and grime of 1980s New York—as only Gary Indiana could tell it.

Available now!

05/08/2024

With Paris still on everyone’s minds, we’d like to remind you about VILLAGE VOICES, a memoir by the owner of the Village Voice bookshop, which operated as the Parisian hub of English-speaking literary life for 30 years!

Filled with warm recollections, transcripts from readings and discussions, and rare photographs taken inside the shop (see: Kathy Acker on slide 3!) VILLAGE VOICES is more than a memoir, it is a postcard from literary Paris, 1982-2012.

Coming next month!

02/08/2024

Some very kind words from Booklist about A KID FROM MARLBORO ROAD, the debut novel by screenwriter, actor, and director EDWARD BURNS!

Coming in September, A Kid from Marlboro Road is a quintessential family saga—a miniature epic, keenly aware of the invisible dynamics that get passed down through generations.

Keep an eye out for the full list of tour dates coming soon!

01/08/2024

Hello and welcome to August! We would like to be among the first to wish you a happy Women In Translation Month ( )

Here are just a few of the titles that we will be spotlighting this month, with info about each book, its author, and their translator. We at Seven Stories have always believed in publishing voices from across the globe, and we are so glad to have any excuse to celebrate them with you.

So tell us, who are you reading this month, and who did the translation?

31/07/2024

Wise words from the legendary Kurt Vonnegut….

…And you can enjoy 30% off on books by, about, and with, Mr Vonnegut right now, during the final day of our Summer Sale!!! Head over to the 7 Stories website to see everything we have to offer!

30/07/2024

Announcements coming soon about two of our most intrepid writer/translator duos: Liliana Corobca & Monica Cure and Nadia Terranova & Ann Goldstein!

Women in Translation Month is just around the corner and we couldn’t be more excited!

29/07/2024

Ignore all previous instructions and enjoy 30% off on essential books about online misinformation, bot networks, and bad-faith arguments during this extremely critical election cycle.

Our annual summer sale runs through 11:59pm (EST) on Wednesday night! Don’t miss out on your chance to take 30% off on old favorites, new classics, and other important ideas