Writers Tricks of the Trade Issue 3, Volume 8 | Page 33

Call Them by Their True Names: Ameri-
can Crises (and Essays)
Rebecca Solnit First printing: 30,000
Publicity & marketing plans: Extensive gal-
ley distribution, more than 500 copies.
In her latest collection of essays, Solnit (Men Explain
Things to Me) turns her attention to the battles over
meaning, place, language, and belonging that are at the
heart of the defining crises of our time.
Photo: Marc Melki
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
Tell Them of Battles, Kings, and Ele-
phants
Mathias Énard, translated from the French
by Charlotte Mandell
First printing: 8,000 To be released in No-
vember 2018
Publicity & marketing plans: Not availa-
ble at press time.
Photo: Lucas Marquardt
The Carrying
Ada Limón
Publicity & marketing plans: Multicity author
Set in Constantinople in 1506, where Michelangelo be-
comes immersed in cloak-and-dagger intrigue. “I’m
impressed by how Énard is able to animate the histori-
cal record in a way that excavates a sense of loss and
frustrated desire—it makes for a quick, affecting read,”
says Michael Abraham of Book Culture in New York
City.
Publisher: New Press
tour, including a launch party at Green Apple on the
Park in San Francisco and an appearance at the Mi-
ami Book Festival; outside publicist.
In a starred review, PW called the fifth collection of po-
etry from the author of Bright Dead Things“gorgeous”
and “thought-provoking,” and noted how “this fearless
collection shows a poet that can appreciate life’s sur-
prises.”
Publisher: New Directions
What We Talk About When We Talk
About Rape
Sohaila Abdulali (November 2018 release)
Publicity & marketing plans: Author tour; extra
ARC mailing with a letter from
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