jami attenberg

Publication in the UK and Taiwan

admin — Tue, 15 May 2012 15:34:17 +0000

Two amazing foreign publishers have secured rights to THE MIDDLESTEINS. In Taiwan, Amygdala will be publishing THE MIDDLESTEINS sometime next year, and in the UK, Serpents Tail will publish the book in Spring 2013. Awesome.

Kirkus Gives The Middlesteins a Starred Review

admin — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 20:57:19 +0000

The first review of THE MIDDLESTEINS is in! Kirkus Reviews gives it a starred review: “A sharp-tongued, sweet-natured masterpiece of Jewish family life.”

New NY Times Column + The Middlesteins Pre-order

admin — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 17:24:52 +0000

Jami has a new piece up on NYTimes.com: “No, I’m the Narrator.” Also THE MIDDLESTEINS is now available for pre-order at WORD Brooklyn and also on Amazon and BN.com.

Gorgeous Book Cover + More Internet Presence

admin — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:45:50 +0000

For some reason, Jami has a tumblr now. It is here. Also, while there, check out the new book cover for her forthcoming novel THE MIDDLESTEINS. It is bold and brilliant.

Some Press, an Essay, a Winter Break

admin — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:50:54 +0000

Jami was pleased to be a part of the Conde Nast Traveler’s “A Scene Grows in Brooklyn” article. Also, Brooklyn Daily named her one of “Twelve to Watch in 2012″. And finally, she happily (and yet, sadly) wrote about the Occupy Wall Street Library for Salon. Currently she’s in New Orleans for two months, where it is much sunnier than Brooklyn.

Essays and Interviews, Out There on the Internet

admin — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 21:17:19 +0000

Jami’s published a bunch of essays and interviews, which you can find online this very second. Check out these essays for The New York Times Townie column: One Dark Night in My Neighborhood and A Shelf-Obsessed Writer. Plus she wrote about crying babies living next door for Babble, and has interviewed a bunch of writers about all things aural for emusic, including Kate Christensen and Elissa Schappell. Go read ‘em! What else were you going to do today?

New Book Deal

Jami — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 12:54:05 +0000

Super exciting news: Jami’s fourth book, THE MIDDLESTEINS, has been sold to Grand Central Publishing! It’s about a Midwestern Jewish family. A nice, smart lady named Helen Atsma is going to edit it. It’s going to come out in 2012. And now you know everything.

The Melting Season Paperback is Out

Jami — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 13:56:08 +0000

Head on down to your favorite independent bookstore and get one of those suckers. The new cover is awesome! WORD Brooklyn, which is Jami’s favorite bookstore, will be selling autographed copies. Order one here.

Two Blog Awards and One Novel Excerpt

Jami — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 15:19:30 +0000

Jami’s bizarre bike theft story has won an award from the Village Voice for the best blog post of the year. Not to be outdone in the made-up award category, Jewcy has dubbed Jami the Jewish Literary Vigilante of the Year. Back in the real(ish) world, Spork has published an excerpt of the book she has been working on in 2010, and you can read that here.

New Anthology Contribution

Jami — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 13:15:27 +0000

Jami has contributed an essay to The Rumpus Women: Volume 1, which is available for purchase here. It’s called “The Walker” and it’s all about broken ankles and hearts and Italy.