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Queer Eye‘s Jonathan Van Ness to Publish Memoir
Queer Eye fans rejoice: JVN’s memoir Over the Top is coming this fall! The book will open with a look back at his childhood in a small Midwestern town, where years of judgement and ridicule were unable to dull his unique and resilient spirit. It’ll surely be a testament to embracing individuality and turning pain into something beautiful. Read more about it here.
Vanessa Veselka’s Latest is Going to Knopf
The PEN/Robert Bingham prize-winning author took to Twitter this week to announce that Knopf will publish her latest, The Offshore Grounds. The industry announcement calls it a read in the vein of Nathan Hill’s The Nix and Ottessa Moshfegh’s Eileen and… je suis intrigued! Read the whole announcement here.
#Bookstagram: Where Books Reign Supreme and the Internet Sucks Less
“You may find this hard to believe, but there is a place within social media, tucked away behind the outrage and the trolls and the eye-rolling GIFs, where the weather is mild and disagreements are conducted at reasonable volumes.” The Chicago Tribune dives into the magical realm of #bookstagram, a hashtag with one 28 million posts and some really cute pictures of coffee mugs, unmade beds, books, and sometimes ferrets. Check out the article here.