By Michael Alan Connelly Not only do summer vacations afford travelers much-needed time to recharge and spend time in the sun, but they also allow for time to enjoy some of the season’s best books. Not sure what to read this summer? Here are 10 new and upcoming releases to consider, whether you’re looking for […]
The Invention of Exile included in New York Magazine’s “6 Books to Read This Summer”
The Sprawling, Ambitious Debut: The Invention of Exile By Vanessa Manko; Penguin, August 14 With starry blurbs, grand-historical sweep, and depictions of family strife, Manko’s debut about a Russian immigrant exiled as an anarchist is the summer’s surest candidate for lit-hit crossover. Thank you New York Magazine! Click here for the full list.
Starred Kirkus Review: The Invention of Exile
A man separated from his family for years reckons with his isolation in Manko’s debut, a superb study of statelessness. In 1920, Austin (born Ustin) Voronkov was a Russian immigrant working as an engineer in Connecticut, married to an American woman and preparing to raise a family. But the Russian Revolution prompted a wave of […]
Exercising Your Craft: 3 Writers Who Get Physical
By Nora Maynard. I have a writer friend whose employment info on her Facebook profile always makes me laugh. Under “Position,” she wryly reports “Hunched Over a Desk.” Treadmill desks and Hemingway-style standing aside, most writers spend a lot of time sitting. We’re exhorted to with quotes like this one from Mary Heaton Vorse: “The […]
Granta Celebrates Authors Vanessa Manko & Judy Chicurel
Vanessa Manko and Judy Chicurel, two authors featured in a recent issue of Granta, have signed book deals with Penguin. To toast these two authors, the literary magazine threw a party. The celebration took place at Granta editorJohn Freeman‘s Manhattan loft on Wednesday night, and brought together a community of writers and editors including: Salman Rushdie, Sean McDonald, Alex Gilvarry, Mohsin Hamid, Nadeem […]
Plans to publish research
I will be publishing some of the fascinating images and documents I have collected during my research for The Invention of Exile. There is a range of historical material from Mexico and the USA that I will be gradually posting over the next few months.
