Tomorrow (8/28) is “International Read Comics in Public Day,” and the NYC meeting place is at 1 pm, in front of the George Washington statue. For more information, go to http://readcomicsinpublic.com/meetup-5-new-york-city/.
We hope that Pantheon graphic novels will be well represented, so be sure to bring along both our classics—The Complete Maus, The Complete Persepolis, Black Hole—and spanking new comics—Asterios Polyp, A.D. (in paperback!).
More >Josh Neufeld’s “unforgettable, breathtaking chronicle of New Orleans before, during and after Katrina” (NPR) A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge is now onsale in paperback from Pantheon Books. Don’t miss Neufeld’s appearances at the Brooklyn Book Festival on 9/12 and at Greenlight Bookstore on 9/20.
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David Abram’s Becoming Animal, a “provocative, boldly recalibrating blend of stories, reflections, and discoveries . . . prodigious, transfixing, and rectifying” (Booklist, starred review) is now on sale from Pantheon Books. “The author is an inspired force who invites the neglected yet ever-present serendipities of the natural world to show themselves,” hails Kirkus, and the LA Times asserts that Becoming Animal is “an exploration of how cutting the roots, the tentacles of meaning that first tied us to nature and to our own wild natures has paved the way to self-destruction . . . . [It] helps the reader remember his or her place in the larger, luminous world.”
More >Editor Randall Kenan talks about James Baldwin’s The Cross of Redemption on NPR’s Morning Edition’s American Lives series. Tune in and read an excerpt at NPR.org. “These pieces, previously uncollected,” says the LA Times, “not only give us a sense of the physical distances he traveled to ‘bear witness’ but the intellectual latitude he stretched.” Read more about The Cross of Redemption in the 8/15 issue of Newsweek.
More >io9.com calls Charles Yu’s “fascinating” (Kirkus, starred) debut novel How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe “intellectually demanding” and “emotionally rich and funny . . . . Getting stuck with Yu in his time loop is like watching an episode of Doctor Who as written by the young Philip Roth.” Get lost in the time warp on September 7, and don’t miss Yu’s NYC appearances on 9/26 at Word Bookstore in Brooklyn and 9/27 at McNally Jackson in Manhattan!
More >One of Japan’s most acclaimed and accomplished writers, Shuichi Yoshida’s “hypnotizing” (Booklist) Villain is now on sale from Pantheon Books. The Wall Street Journal calls Villain “engrossing and unsettling.” Read all about Yoshida’s English-language debut on WSJ.com, which compares Yoshida to the likes of Stieg Larsson.
More >It’s the fourth and final day of Comic-Con, and Pantheon is reporting live from booth #1515. Here’s the latest from sunny San Diego!
More >We’re reporting live from day three at the Pantheon booth (#1515) and we’re lucky enough to have Charles Yu, author of the debut novel How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe (9/7), sitting with us today. Visit our flickr photo stream to see some great shots of Yu and his fans. To meet and chat with him, see and hear about the metal Book from Nowhere, and learn how you really do live safely in a science fictional universe, come on by booth #1515 to see him, and don’t miss him on the “Welcome to the Future – Are You Sure You Want to Stay?” sci-fi panel at 4:30 pm in room 4. Following the panel, Yu will be signing exclusive Comic-Con posters for How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe at 5:30 pm at table AA2.
More >Live report from day 2 at Comic-Con: Today at the Pantheon booth (#1515) Chip Kidd signed copies of Bat-Manga! and Rough Justice. He also signed some of our exclusive Pantheon tote bags, which will be up for grabs following the Con. Visit our flickr photostream for new photos from today’s show, and be sure to check back in tomorrow when we welcome Charles Yu, debut author of How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe (9/7), to the Pantheon booth. He’ll be unveiling The Book from Nowhere. To see it (and Yu) live, visit the booth tomorrow!
More >GeekDad.com blogger Jonathan Liu gave a shout-out to Charles Yu at the San Diego Comic-Con on 7/22. He looks forward to finishing How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe, Yu’s debut novel going onsale 9/7.
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