Suzanne Collins' Mockingjay releases August 24th
It’s Friday the 13th, but today’s news is all good. Check out a hilarious essay about first-time publication anxiety, an interview with Suzanne Collins, and a Time cover that supports literature in America.
- On The Millions blog, first-time novelist Rosecrans Baldwin shares his pre-publication fears via a hilarious diary dating back to March. His novel You Lost Me There released Thursday, an event Baldwin compares to “a meteor landing in the backyard”–unbelievable, exciting, and terrifying. The essay gives the everyday reader a glimpse of the neuroses and anxieties that go into every great novel.
- With Mockingjay, the third book in the “Hunger Games” series, releasing August 24th, Suzanne Collins is the author of the moment. Shelf Life interviews Collins (whose novels are addictive to teens and adults alike) and asks her questions like, “What book would you use to swat a fly?” Her answers give a glimpse into the author’s personality and the influences behind her bestselling series.
- Brace yourself–a novelist (and not a celebrity-turned-writer novelist) is about to appear on the cover of Time magazine. With his next book Freedom hitting stores later this month, Jonathan Franzen will grace the cover of an upcoming issue, accompanied by the headline “Great American Novelist.” The last time a novelist appeared on the Time cover was Stephen King in 2000–maybe the American novel isn’t dead, after all. Jacket Copy has more.
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