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Joshua Henkin has lived in New York for most of his life, but he spent four formative years in his mid-20s in Berkeley and San Francisco. Between 1987 and 1991, he worked at Tikkun magazine and was a freelance journalist and a tutor. He also taught Hebrew school at Congregation Beth El in Berkeley.
The 57-year-old author, who has a new novel coming out June 15, said that period of his life was crucial in his development as a serious writer of fiction.
“I grew up on the East Coast in a world where there were pretty traditional ideas about what a nice Jewish boy should do, and I’m not sure being a fiction writer was one of them,” Henkin said via Zoom from his Brooklyn home. “I think being away from that world, and being in the Bay Area, gave me the freedom to do something that I might not have done if I hadn’t come to the Bay Area.”
Rights Professionals Eye Spring/Summer 2021 Buzz Books from the US
The promotional Buzz Books Editors’ Panel for spring and summer offers insights into titles planned for release by American publishers.
Seven Authors and Editors
One way to get an early look at what might be a worthwhile title for rights acquisitions is to follow the Publishers Lunch Buzz Books series of events.
There’s a chance to look in on a session Wednesday (January 27), when the program, in coordination with the American Booksellers Association, presents digital conversations between seven high-profile authors and their editors.
The program, standing on the Zoom platform, is online at 7 p.m. ET (midnight GMT and 1 a.m. CET Thursday), and registration, free of charge, is available here. You should be able to log on 15 minutes prior to the start of the event.
2021 s Most Highly Anticipated New Books: 26 Fiction and Nonfiction Titles to Get Lost In
On 12/23/20 at 3:00 PM EST
There is much to anticipate in the new year, and the thought of getting out and about is not the least of them. But until social distancing is a distant memory, you can still snuggle up with a good read. Enjoy the rare pleasure of turning the crisp pages of some of these intriguing books coming out in the first half of the year.
Newsweek has chosen some of the best new fiction and nonfiction for your reading pleasure.
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