It’s a good day for Rosecrans Baldwin—his first novel, You Lost Me There, debuts today to critical acclaim. But he’s spent most of his summer in publication purgatory, a time of equal parts elation, head-banging and agonized waiting. In this diary for The Millions, Baldwin chronicles the endless days, anxious nights, and infinite cups of coffee (plus the occasional tequila shot) in the months leading up to the publication of You Lost Me There, now available from Riverhead. More…
The Rumpus, an online culture and arts magazine, asks Riverhead author Doug Dorst about his pre-writing rituals, his impulse to experiment with form, and his favorite piece from his new short story collection The Surf Guru. The Surf Guru was The Rumpus Book Club’s pick for July. More…
“What good is health insurance for nearly all Americans, if hospitals and physicians keep bankrupting or closing…or, if doctors and hospitals have to adopt Wall Street’s values in order to stay open?” These are the questions that Dora Calott Wang, M.D., poses in her open letter to Congress calling for measures to protect physicians from a health care system increasingly focused on profits. Wang is the author of The Kitchen Shrink, a memoir about how changes in the health care industry have affected her personal experiences as a practicing psychiatrist. More…
Summer’s in full swing and so is, as Sloane Crosley coins it, the “New Naked”—a seasonal movement when tolerance for bare limbs and body types reaches its peak. So, does the New Naked make us all a little more free? And can this attitude last? Crosley broaches this and more in her New York Times op-ed.
How Did You Get This Number, Crosley’s acclaimed sophomore essay collection, is now out from Riverhead.
In this New York Times essay, Riverhead author Geoff Nicholson reviews Bernard DeVoto’s recently reissued classic The Hour: A Cocktail Manifesto, a 1940’s guide to drinking in
Rosecrans Baldwin talks to BookPage about his writing process and his experience researching Alzheimer’s in preparation for his debut novel You Lost Me There, forthcoming from Riverhead Books on August 12. You Lost Me There is the witty, poignant story of an Alzheimer’s researcher who, upon discovering notes written by his late wife, finds that his wife’s memory of their marriage differs drastically from his own. More…
Ivan Doig, author of Work Song, tells The New York Times Paper Cuts blog what he thinks is the future of the Western and gives us a sneak peek at the plot of the novel he’s currently working on. Work Song, Doig’s tenth book, is now out from Riverhead. More…