
01/25/2021
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Melville House Publishing is an independent publisher of literary fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. Founded in 2001 by Dennis Loy Johnson and Valerie Merians.
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The company was founded in 2001 and was named winner of the 2007 Miriam Bass Award for Creativity in Independent Publishing, popularly known as the "indie publisher of the year" award. In January, 2008 Melville House moved to a new location in DUMBO, Brooklyn that combines a bookstore with an event space as well as their offices. Events will be held regularly and will feature Nobel Prize winners, a "lunch-time" lecture series, and younger fiction writers. For more information go to their Wikipedia page, their official site, or (for a complete listing of books they have published) their Goodreads page. (See above) Information about a recently published book will appear in the "Notes" section, which will be updated biweekly or monthly.
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This is the real story of #QAnon—what it is, what it means, and where it goes. And be warned—none of it is pretty.
Mike Rothschild, a journalist specializing in conspiracy theories, explains all in his new book. → bit.ly/StormUponUs
Fresh window display 🤩 just in time for Black History Month! Beach Books in Oregon is doin' it right!
Some of our fave books from our Last Interview series covering black representation, identity + diversity:
JAMES BALDWIN
MLK
SHIRLEY CHISHOLM
BILLIE HOLIDAY
PRINCE
TONI MORRISON
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There’s a long fight ahead. Check out these ~𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚜~ covering everything from the #impeachment process to how we can stop the #ClimateCrisis. ↓
https://www.mhpbooks.com/essential-reads-for-2021/
There's a long fight ahead this next week and beyond. Educate yourself on everything from the impeachment process to how we stop climate change. A Citizen's Guide to Impeachment by Barbara A. Radnofsky A non-partisan guide to a precise…
What's all the buzz on social media about?
'Bookstagrammers' are going wild for Jenny Odell's HOW TO DO NOTHING, an inspiring field guide to dropping out of the attention economy.
https://www.mhpbooks.com/buzzing-on-bookstagram-jenny-odells-how-to-do-nothing/
Jenny Odell’s How to Do Nothing just celebrated its paperback release. And believe us when we say, this book is *blowing up* on social feeds. If you’ve ever found yourself thinking about your self worth as something that’s contingent upon…
🌟 Day 18 of 25 DAYS OF BOOKS 📚
We have to rebuild the economy and restore the promise of equality! "Money From Nothing" by Robert Hockett and Aaron James is a major work of financial theory and practice with immediate relevance.
🎄 Our Holiday Gift Guide → bit.ly/MelvilleGiftGuide
✨ Day 17 / 25 DAYS OF BOOKS ❄️
This is not your conventional biography. "Chalk" by Joshua Rivkin is poetic, strange, and personal— covering the life of artist Cy Twombly whose life and paintings are difficult to summarize in just a few words.
→ bit.ly/MelvilleGiftGuide
❄️ Day 16 / 25 DAYS OF BOOKS 📚
This book is many things: poetic, funny, frustrating, insightful, strange. Kirkus Reviews calls Ari Braverman's THE BALLAD OF BIG FEELING "an original, compelling, and enigmatic first novel."
🎁 Holiday gift guide → bit.ly/MelvilleGiftGuide
🍁 Day 15 / 25 DAYS OF BOOKS ❄️
What are the effects of intergenerational + colonial traumas on #Native people like Alicia Elliot? This memoir covers a wide-range of topics like race, mental illness, poverty, gentrification, and representation.
🎁 → bit.ly/MelvilleGiftGuide
👩⚖️ Day 14 / 25 DAYS OF BOOKS ❄️
Get to know American icon Ruth Bader #Ginsburg and the details of her fascinating life in a concise collection of in-depth interviews.
🎁 Shop the Holiday Gift Guide → bit.ly/MelvilleGiftGuide
🪄 Day 13 / 25 DAYS OF BOOKS 🧙♀️
When #women gather, magic happens. Covens. Girl bands. Women-owned businesses. Ballet troupes. Sam George-Allen celebrates the power + pleasure of working with other women in this personal exploration.
🎁 Gift Guide → bit.ly/MelvilleGiftGuide
❄️ Day 12 / 25 DAYS OF BOOKS 📚 She’s everywhere once you start looking for her: the trainwreck.
Sady Dyle's TRAINWRECK takes a hard look at what it means to "behave" as a woman in a world where any form of self-expression is scrutinized.
Gift Guide → bit.ly/MelvilleGiftGuide
❄️ Day 11 / 25 DAYS OF BOOKS 🎄
In a world that demands our attention, how do we do...nothing? Jenny Odell encourages us to question capitalist ideas of productivity and optimization, and instead value the peace that comes from simple observation.
→ http://bit.ly/MelvilleGiftGuide
🎄 Day 10 of 25 DAYS OF BOOKS ❄️
Calling all Beloved and Song of Solomon fans! Get to know Toni Morrison—a "national treasure" according to Barack Obama—in an intimate collection of thought-provoking interviews.
Our Holiday Gift Guide → bit.ly/MelvilleGiftGuide
Day 9 of 25 DAYS OF BOOKS 📚
Who agrees that #Prince was one of the greatest musicians of his generation? (*raises hand*) This brilliant collection of interviews gives telling insights into this star's pioneer spirit.
🎁 Holiday Gift Guide → bit.ly/MelvilleGiftGuide
🎄 Day 8 of 25 DAYS OF BOOK(stuff) 😉
Okay so maybe today isn't a book, but this "Bartleby the Scrivener" swag is 👌 Could any phrase encapsulate 2020 better than "I would prefer not to"?
❄️ Our Holiday Gift Guide → bit.ly/MelvilleGiftGuide
☀️ Good morning sunshine, it's DAY 7 of 25 DAYS OF BOOKS! 📚
Based on the true events told to journalist Eva Nour, "City of Sparrows" is a coming-of-age story about a city under siege and the power of hope.
🎁 Holiday Gift Guide → bit.ly/MelvilleGiftGuide
🎄 DAY 6 of our 25 DAYS OF BOOKS Advent calendar ❄️
Sometimes interactions with strangers are the best way to find yourself. Ellen Michaelson's debut novel, "The Care of Strangers" is a moving story about vulnerability.
🍬 Holiday Gift Guide here → bit.ly/MelvilleGiftGuide
🌟 COVER REVEAL 🌟 Meet our newest memoir, "Pedro’s Theory" by Marcos Gonsalez (out 1/12).
"Pedro's Theory: Reimagining the Promised Land" is a breathtaking debut memoir chock full of cultural commentary on identity, race, and queerness in America. Marcos Gonsalez explores the lives of many Pedros—real and imagined—all hoping to discover an America of their own. From his childhood memories of being bullied for his mixed background to learning how to acclimate to present-day New York City and academia, this memoir asks the pressing question: What does it look like to be classified as "Other" growing up as a queer MexiRican in a predominantly straight, white America? Is there a Promised Land for these "Others"?
Pre-order it here → bit.ly/3oeCPl
#melvillehouse #memoir #pedrostheory
🍬 DAY 5 of our 25 DAYS OF BOOKS roundup! ❄️
Emma Roberts included "What to Expect When You're Expecting" in her Belletrist gift guide, but what about... the unexpected? 👀 Melody Schreiber's anthology of premature birth stories is essential!
🎁 → bit.ly/MelvilleGiftGuide
🍬 DAY 5 of our 25 DAYS OF BOOKS roundup! ❄️
Emma Roberts included "What to Expect When You're Expecting" in her Belletrist gift guide, but what about... the unexpected? 👀 Melody Schreiber's anthology of premature birth stories is essential reading for families grappling with the surprise of a premature baby!
🎁 Check out our Holiday Gift Guide → bit.ly/MelvilleGiftGuide
📚 DAY 4 of our 25 DAYS OF BOOKS roundup! 🎁
Everyone here can agree that Anthony Bourdain's skills as a chef were simply, well, *chef's kiss* 😙👌 Dig into his heart-to-hearts with interviewers in this collection of blisteringly honest stories—such as when he talks about his battles with addiction, or when detailing his thoughts on restaurant critics.
Check out our Holiday Gift Guide → bit.ly/MelvilleGiftGuide
📚 DAY 4 of our 25 DAYS OF BOOKS roundup! 🎁
Everyone here can agree that Anthony Bourdain's skills as a chef were simply, well, *chef's kiss* 😙👌 Dig into his heart-to-hearts with interviewers in this collection including blisteringly honest stories—such as when he talks about his battles with addiction, or when detailing his thoughts on restaurant critics.
Check our our Holiday Gift Guide → bit.ly/MelvilleGiftGuide
🎄 Day 3 of our 25 DAYS OF BOOKS lineup! ❄️
Get a tour of the female dark side in Sady Doyle's "Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers." She illuminates the women who have shaped our nightmares paying particular attention to the primal threat of a woman who takes back her power. 👊
🎁 Check out our Holiday Gift Guide → bit.ly/MelvilleGiftGuide
🎄 Day 3 of our 25 DAYS OF BOOKS lineup! ❄️
Get a tour of the female dark side in @sadydoyle's "Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers." She illuminates the primal threat of a woman who takes back her power. 👊
🎁 Holiday Gift Guide → bit.ly/MelvilleGiftGuide
🎄 25 Days of Books 📚 DAY 2:
Can gentle people change the world? The charming novel "Leonard and Hungry Paul" by Rónán Hession aims to answer this question.
This is the story of two friends struggling to protect their understanding of what’s meaningful in life. It is about the uncelebrated people of this world — the gentle, the meek, the humble. Is it really them against the world, or are they on to something?
🎄 Check out our Holiday Gift Guide → bit.ly/MelvilleGiftGuide
🎄 25 Days of Books 📚
Can gentle people change the world? The charming novel "Leonard and Hungry Paul" by Rónán Hession aims to answer this question.
This is the story of two friends struggling to protect their understanding of what’s meaningful in life. It is about the uncelebrated people of this world — the gentle, the meek, the humble. Is it really them against the world, or are they on to something?
🎁 Browse our Holiday Gift Guide → bit.ly/MelvilleGiftGuide
It's December 1 so we're kicking off our 25 DAYS OF BOOKS lineup!
IMMORTALS OF TEHRAN by @ataraghi is perfect for magical realism + literary fiction readers— especially fans of Gabriel García Márquez + Yaa Gyasi's 'Homegoing.'
🎄 Holiday Gift Guide → bit.ly/MelvilleGiftGuide
🤩 Our November stack 🤩
As the last day of November comes to a close, we're reflecting on the busy month we had publishing these books!
Care of Strangers → bit.ly/care_ofstrangers
What We Didn’t Expect → bit.ly/what_wedidntexpect
Night in Tehran → bit.ly/night_intehran
🤩 Today’s #ebook deals [ends at midnight]:
LEONARD AND HUNGRY PAUL → bit.ly/lahpbfd
PRINCE → bit.ly/princebfd
WHAT YOU BECOME IN FLIGHT → bit.ly/wybifbfd
CARE OF STRANGERS → bit.ly/caresbfd
HEALTH JUSTICE NOW → bit.ly/3hjnbfd
Today’s #ebook deals [ends at midnight]:
WHAT WE DIDN’T EXPECT → bit.ly/wwdebfd
A WOMAN LIKE HER → bit.ly/awlhbfd
ANTHONY BOURDAIN → bit.ly/anthonybfd
REVISIONARIES → https://bit.ly/revisbfd
TANGLED WEB WE WEAVE → bit.ly/twwwbfd
Word of the day: Unputdownable
Used in a sentence: Sometimes you read the first chapter of a book and you then realize you've got an unputdownable book in your hands...
Read Chapter 1 of "The Ancient Hours" here → bit.ly/ancienthourschapter
This #bookcover is quite literally out. of. this. world. 🤩
The paperback release of THE REVISIONARIES by @JuliusGoat is just around the corner (Dec. 1)!
More here → bit.ly/revisionariesbs
👇Today’s #ebook deals:
MIND SPREAD OUT ON THE GROUND → bit.ly/amsootgbfd
BALLAD OF BIG FEELING → bit.ly/bigbfbfd
TONI MORRISON → bit.ly/tonimbfd
AUTHORITARIAN NIGHTMARE → bit.ly/authnigbfd
NIGHT IN TEHRAN → bit.ly/nitbfd
📚 Are you ready for our Black Friday - Cyber Monday sale? Get 30% off ALL #BOOKS on our website! And be sure to check our daily #ebook deals — as low as $1.99!
🎁 Start shopping → bit.ly/BLACKFRIDAYBOOKS_mhp
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The second video in our interview series is live! This week, Melville House co-publisher Dennis Johnson talks to Danny Caine, owner of Raven Book Store and Gary Lovely, buyer at The Book Loft of German Village. Watch the full video here: https://www.mhpbooks.com/interview-with-danny-caine-and-gary-lovely/
We're excited to announce the launch of a new interview series! This week Melville House co-publisher Dennis Johnson talks to Jessica Stockton Bagnulo, co-owner of Greenlight Bookstore, and Johnny Temple, publisher at Akashic Books. Watch the full video here: https://www.mhpbooks.com/interview-with-jessica-stockton-and-johnny-temple/
A citizen asked: What does "high crimes and misdemeanors" mean? Barbara Radnofsky, author of A Citizen's Guide to Impeachment, has the answer. Read about Donald Trump's many high crimes and misdemeanors: bit.ly/2WshcBd
Don't just read the summaries—read the report! We're walking around New York City asking citizens to read segments of The Mueller Report.
HAPPENING NOW: Linda Sarsour (Arab American Association of New York), M Dove Kent (Jews for Racial and Economic Justice [JFREJ]), and Brad Lander LIVE from the powerHouse Arena bookstore talking WHAT WE DO NOW w Melville House publisher Dennis Johnson.
Tonight at powerHouse Arena!!! Feat contributors Linda Sarsour (Arab American Association of New York) and M Dove Kent (Jews for Racial and Economic Justice [JFREJ]). See you there!
David Graeber, author of the award-winning Debt, the First 5,000 Years, (now in paperback) is participating in a Reddit AMA session and UStream Video discussion on Monday, January 28th. If you have questions you would like to submit, please leave them below. —Reddit AMA will be at 10AM EST / 3PM GMT on Monday, January 28th http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/ —Ustream video chat will be at 11AM EST / 4PM GMT on Monday, January 28th www.ustream.tv/melvillehouse
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