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.
New Essay in NYT Travel & New Reviews in The Guardian and The Irish Independent
A new essay on a trip to Palermo is available here. Plus The Guardian says All Grown Up has "hope, in spades." and The Irish Independent says, "the prose remains zesty, sharp and thought-provoking throughout."
Recent Essays in The New York Times Book Review, The Sunday Times, plus new reviews and profiles.
New essays have appeared in The New York Times Book Review, The Sunday Times, Lit Hub, and The Stranger. And profiles were published in The Guardian and Vogue, along with reviews in The New York Times Book Review and Haaretz.
Weekend Edition Interview, Tablet Review, Newsweek, Harper's Bazaar and more
Here is a lovely Weekend Edition interview. Adam Kirsch in Tablet says All Grown Up is, "revolutionary." Newsweek calls All Grown Up, "a story that’s sexy, charming, and impossible to put down." Harper's Bazaar calls it one of the best new books of March.
Amazon Best of the Month, Book of the Month Club pick, Vulture and more
All Grown up is one of the top ten Amazon Best Books of March, as well as one of the five Book of the Month club picks. Vulture calls it one of the 8 Books You Need to Read this March, and Bustle calls it one of the 9 Best Fiction Books of March. If you add that all up it equals 32.
All Grown Up in Marie Claire, Tablet, Autostraddle, and Bustle
All Grown Up appears in the March issue of Marie Claire's "What We're Reading" list. ("Bravo to Attenberg, who, with hilarity and honesty, tells the story of an adult woman who wants what she wants, not what she's supposed to want.") It also makes an appearance on Tablet's Seven Jewish Literary Fiction Books To Read This Year list, Autostraddle's 45 Queer and Feminist Books You Need to Read in Early 2017 list, and Bustle's 15 Most Anticipated Feminist Book Releases of 2017 list.
All Grown Up Appears on Best of Lists
All Grown Up is on Elle's 25 Most Anticipated Books by Women for 2017 list, The Millions Most Anticipated List, New York Magazine/Vulture's 25 of the Most Exciting Book Releases for 2017 list, Nylon's 50 Books We Can't Wait to Read in 2017 list, Glamour's Best Books to read in 2017 list, and Martha Stewart Living's Page Turners for 2017 list.
All Grown Up Excerpt Available on Lenny Letter
"He's dumb, and just another man." An excerpt from All Grown Up is now available at Lenny Letter. Read it.
All Grown Up Tour Dates Announced
Find out all the March/April 2017 tour dates right here.
Starred Kirkus Review
A starred Kirkus review for All Grown Up. "Wry, sharp, and profoundly kind; a necessary pleasure." Read more.
Two New Essays
Two New Conversations.
Entertainment Weekly Cover Reveal
The nice people at EW helped launch the cover of All Grown Up. Read all about it here.
New Praise for All Grown Up & An Excerpt
Wonderful writers including Eileen Myles, Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, and Maria Semple have offered praise for All Grown Up. An excerpt is available on Guernica - Indigo Gets Married.
New Novel & New Essays
All Grown Up will be published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in March 2017, and in the UK, France, Italy, Germany and Holland in 2017-2018. Recent essays by Jami include “Appreciating the View” in Lenny Letter, “A Good Bagel is Hard to Find” in Extra Crispy, and “My Idea of a Good Time” in Johns Hopkins Magazine.
WSJ & Guardian Essays + NYT & Washington Post reviews
Jami wrote an essay on drinking whiskey for the Wall Street Journal and an essay on why Mazie Phillips is her hero for The Guardian. The New York Times called Saint Mazie “lively and new” and The Washington Post says the book, “perfectly captures Mazie’s jazz-age voice.”
Amazon Spotlight Pick, WSJ, Chicago Tribune and More
Saint Mazie has been chosen by Amazon as the Spotlight Pick for the month of June! There are also some wonderful reviews in the Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, Boston Globe and others. And finally, Jami interviewed Judy Blume for Buzzfeed, was interviewed for The Rumpus and Jezebel, and was profiled for The Millions.