The cover of the latest novel—out September 24, 2024—is here! And there has been some wonderful press for 1000 WORDS, and really enjoyable in-person events, with a few remaining this spring in Baton Rouge, Baltimore, and Greensboro. Look out for the new summer session of #1000wordsofsummer starting June 1, 2024, with a day of events in New York City.
1000 WORDS launch
1000 WORDS: A Writer's Guide to Staying Creative, Focused, and Productive All Year Long will be published on January 9. Listen to an interview about the book on NPR’s 1A right here! Also, in a starred review, BookPage said, “1000 Words collects and distills that project into a motivational volume every writer should keep close at hand.” In another starred review, Booklist said, “A fantastic set of essays… Readers of this collection will feel surrounded and bolstered by like-minded people who have been in the trenches.”
1000 Words Book
Two new books are on the horizon: 1000 Words:A Guide to Staying Creative, Focused, and Productive All-Year Round will be published in January 2024, and a new novel is forthcoming fall 2024. More frequent updates can be found at the Craft Talk newsletter, as well as on instagram.
I Came All This Way to Meet You Launches
I Came All This Way to Meet You published 1/11 and has received praise in The New York Times Book Review, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, USA Today, Vogue, Entertainment Weekly, Library Journal and more. An excerpt of it was published on The New Yorker. It was The Observer book of the week and Entertainment Weekly published this fun conversation. You can read about Jami’s book tour over on her newsletter, Craft Talk.
Tour Dates Announced & Two Early Reviews
The tour dates for I CAME ALL THIS WAY TO MEET YOU have been announced. Click here for the list of in-person and virtual events. Publisher’s Weekly said “Attenberg’s story shines with wit and empathy” and in a starred review, Library Journal said, “What Attenberg has learned about being a writer and a human offers a valuable lesson for readers seeking wholeness, healing, self-expression, and strength.”
1000 Words of Summer Raises 7k for Charities
The annual 1000 Words of Summer collective writing project raised nearly 7k this year for New Orleans and national charitable organizations. The Associated Press covered the incredible community here.
Memoir Pub Date Announced
I Came All This Way to Meet You: Writing Myself Home will be published on January 11, 2022, and you can pre-order a personalized copy of it through beloved independent bookstore Books are Magic right here.
All This Could Be Yours Out in Paperback, New Essays in NYT, Sunday Times of London & more
All This Could Be Yours is now out in paperback in the US, and in hardcover in the UK, where she gave a recent interview in The Guardian. Jami has also published new essays in The New York Times, Slate, Sunday Times (here and here), and discussed how solitude feeds the brain with The Atlantic. She has started a weekly email on writing called Craft Talk.
Reviews from NPR, USA Today, People, NYTBR and more
All This Could Be Yours received fantastic reviews from NPR, USA Today, The New York Times Book Review, Newsday, and many more publications. It was also People’s Pick of the Week!
Starred Library Journal Review + Best of the Month Lists for Amazon, Apple, Indie Next and More
“Contemporary family sagas don’t get much better than this novel,” says Library Journal. Plus All This Could Be Yours is on the best of the month lists for Amazon, Apple, Indie Next, Time, Washington Post and more.
Best of Fall Lists for People, Vogue, Entertainment Weekly + Starred Booklist Review
All This Could Be Yours is on the best of fall list for People, Vogue, EW, New York Post, Observer, Buzzfeed and more. Booklist gave it a starred review and said, “Attenberg writes with a deeply human understanding of her characters, and the fact that, when it comes to family, things are rarely well enough to leave alone.”
Starred Kirkus Review
Kirkus Review gives a star to All This Could Be Yours and says: “Prickly and unsentimental, but never quite hopeless, Attenberg, poet laureate of difficult families, captures the relentlessly lonely beauty of being alive. Not a gentle novel but a deeply tender one.”
Publishers Weekly Starred Review + New Essay + Fall Tour Dates
The first review of All This Could Be Yours is here and it’s a starred Publishers Weekly review. PW calls it “a dazzling novel” and “a delectable family saga.” There’s also a new essay up over The Sunday Times (UK). Plus the complete fall tour dates have been posted.
New Book Cover Announced + New Essay + Interview
Entertainment Weekly launched the new book cover for All This Could Be Yours and it is gorgeous. Also there’s a new essay up on Curbed about moving to New Orleans and an interview with Maurice Ruffin about his new book on Lit Hub.
New Book Announced + A Travel Essay
All This Could Be Yours, a novel set in New Orleans will be published on November 12, 2019. And last spring AFAR published this essay: In Guatemala, a Solo Traveler Learns It’s Sometimes Best to Leap Before You Look.
All Grown Up Optioned for Television + Paperback Release
All Grown Up is now available in paperback! Also Heyday Television has optioned it for television, which you can read about here.
New NYT Magazine Essay & Times-Picayune Profile
There's a new essay over at The New York Times Magazine here, and nola.com/The Times-Picayune did a charming profile, which includes an incredible picture of Sid Attenberg.
All Grown Up on Best Books of 2017 Lists
All Grown Up appeared on some Best Books of 2017 lists, including those of NPR, Kirkus, Amazon, BuzzFeed, Elle, PBS, Bust, The New York Post, Electric Literature, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Book Riot, Vogue.com, The Stranger, Bustle, Globe and Mail and Huffington Post. Also, seven spring tour events have been announced.
New Writing in The Times Style Magazine and The New York Times Book Review
Two new pieces of writing are up: an essay on dating apps in The Times Style Magazine
and a book review in The New York Times Book Review. I'm also delighted to announce a recent sale of All Grown Up to a publisher in Portugal, which brings the publication count for the book to 13 countries. And in Germany, The Kept Man has finally been translated and is out now.
All Grown Up on Lists from Elle, Book Riot, Chicago Tribune + New Essay
All Grown Up is on several best books of the year (so far) lists, including Elle, Chicago Tribune, Vol 1. Brooklyn, and Book Riot, and summer reading lists from Bust and Vogue UK. And here's a recent essay on conquering flight anxiety on Longreads.