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May 2023 Virtual Tour for STARS COLLIDE by Rachel Lacey

Coming May 2, 2023 from Rachel Lacey, award-winning author of Read Between the Lines – a sexy slow-burn romance about two dynamic divas who collide on the world’s biggest stage.

“Utterly captivating!” – Alexandria Bellefleur, bestselling and
Lambda Award-winning author of Written in the Stars

Reviewers have called Rachel Lacey’s sapphic novels “swoony, “heartrenching and utterly sweet,” and “well-crafted, heartfelt lesfic romance.” Her novels consistently average above 4.5 stars on Amazon, and two of her recent novels have been chosen as Editor’s Picks for Best Romance. With her latest novel, Rachel Lacey is poised to become a star as bright as her two utterly magnetic diva characters. STARS COLLIDE (May 2, 2023; Montlake), is a grumpy/sunshine celebrity romance between an up-and-coming young pop star with a very bubbly, very queer brand, and a reserved legend of pop music who’s lonely and jaded after twenty years of stardom. She’s always assumed she was straight but never understood why she’s never had much passion in her life. When they’re teamed up for a duet at the Grammy’s, well, it’s safe to say that both of their worlds will be rocked that night.

Eden Sands has been a star for twenty years, but it’s lonely at the top. Her mediocre marriage just ended, and her inner circle is smaller than ever. The stage is the only place she’s ever felt like she truly belonged, and yet, her last album flopped, and her upcoming tour hasn’t sold out. Eden’s desperate for her star to shine bright again, but when her team suggests a collaboration with an up-and-coming young star to give her a boost, she balks.

Anna Moss is pop music’s rising star. She’s idolized Eden Sands for most of her life―so it’s a dream come true when she’s invited to perform with her at the Grammys. Anna’s tired of being defined by her bubbly persona. She wants to be taken seriously as an artist, and a duet with Eden could be just what she needs.

As Anna and Eden rehearse, they soon realize they have more in common than their musical talents. Now they just have to decide if what is between them is a one-hit wonder or the making of a romance worthy of one of the greatest love songs of all time.

We have lined up a group of highly acclaimed bloggers who will share features, post reviews and offer giveaways throughout the month May:

Tuesday, May 2 – We Break For Books AND Book Things With Brit

Wednesday May 3 – Latest Book Crush

Thursday, May 4 – Aimee Dars Reads AND Nerdy Gurl Reads

Friday, May 5 – Secret Reading Life AND The Caffeinated Reader

Saturday, May 6 – Average Lesbian Reader

Sunday, May 7 – True Color Bookends

Monday, May 8 – Reading with Nicole AND Bookphile Belle

Tuesday, May 9 – Janai Reads Books AND Fiona and Steph Read

Wednesday, May 10 – Sarah’s Bookstack

Thursday, May 11 – Katie Needs A Bigger Bookshelf

Friday, May 12 – Tina May Reads AND Reading With Mel Ann Rosenthal

Monday, May 15 – Tees Book Journey AND Coles Book Nook

Tuesday, May 16 – X Bookworm Café AND Always Reading

Wednesday, May 17 – Books with Becki AND Bookalong

Thursday, May 18 – Books N Yoga Pants AND Books Dogs And Coffee

Friday, May 19 – Danish Mustard Reads AND Storeybook Reviews

Sunday, May 21 – Subukka Bookstuff

Monday, May 22 – Nurse Bookie

Tuesday, May 23 – Lexijava AND What Jessie Reads

Wednesday, May 24 – Oh You Read

Thursday, May 25 – It’s Bibliotherapy AND Suzy Approved Book Reviews

Friday, May 26 – Megan’s Book Corner

Saturday, May 27 – Books and Coffee MX

Tuesday, May 30 – Rainbow Rose Reads AND Angels Mom Reads

Wednesday, May 31 – Lilacs and Literature AND Gloriana Wong

Filed Under: Blog Tours, Reviews & Features, Uncategorized Tagged With: Montlake, Rachel Lacey, Stars Collide

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Available NOW — BEST MINDS: How Allen Ginsberg Made Revolutionary Poetry from Madness by Stevan Weine, MD

“The author brings nuance to Allen’s views on mental illness, arguing that Allen had more ambivalent feelings about the anti-psychiatry movement than one might expect, and the author’s privileged access to material on the poet’s and Naomi’s institutionalizations make this a valuable resource for future biographers. Fans of the Beat Generation will be enlightened.” –Publishers Weekly

“Dr. Weine takes a serious, detailed look at how Allen Ginsberg’s personal encounters with mental illness became integral to his poetry. Best Minds is a unique contribution to the critical and biographical work on this troubled and brilliant Beat Generation poet. The book presents a brisk a challenge to “official” notions of mental illness by way of poetry and antipsychiatry. Its broad reach is also an enhancement to the growing field of literature and medicine.” –Hassan Melehy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

“A masterpiece of definitive and seminal scholarship, Best Minds: How Allen Ginsberg Made Revolutionary Poetry from Madness will have a very special appeal to readers with an interest in the life and poetry of Allen Ginsberg… Best Minds is exceptionally well written, organized and presented — making it an inherently fascinating, informative, and insightful study.” –Midwest Book Review

“In Weine’s telling of the Naomi story, one is suddenly aware that readers of Beat Literature never had a clear or comprehensible picture of Naomi’s hospitalization records and treatments…The richness of this story does not alter the eventual poetic output of Allen, but it makes Ginsberg’s accomplishments more singular and more human.” –The Allen Ginsberg Project

A revelatory look at how poet Allen Ginsberg transformed experiences of mental illness and madness into some of the most powerful and widely read poems of the twentieth century.

Allen Ginsberg turned the madness he had encountered in his own life into a literary call to arms defending the human spirit against social oppression. The poem “Howl” opens with one of the most resonant phrases in modern poetry: “I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness.” But despite this poem’s international fame and notoriety, the madness referred to in “Howl,” “Kaddish for Naomi Ginsberg,” and multiple other poems remains an enigma today.

In BEST MINDS: How Allen Ginsberg Made Revolutionary Poetry from Madness (Fordham University Press; March 28, 2023; $34.95), psychiatrist, researcher, and scholar Stevan M. Weine, M.D. examines how Allen Ginsberg took his visions and psychiatric hospitalization, his mother’s devastating illness, confinement, and lobotomy, and the social upheavals of the post-war world and imaginatively transformed them. 

As a Columbia University medical student preparing to enter psychiatry in 1986, Stevan Weine was especially curious about literary views of madness. Says Weine, “I worked up the courage to write to Ginsberg, one of my heroes, and asked him how he reconciled the different views of madness in his art and life. Much to my surprise and delight, Ginsberg called me and asked to meet the very next day. He let me interview him and offered access to his archives and psychiatric records, as well as to his mother’s psychiatric records, which nobody outside the hospital had seen. In multiple meetings over several years, Allen, as he asked to be called, mentored and encouraged me to pursue my investigation, making this book possible.”

Madness is often linked to hardship and suffering, but in BEST MINDS, Weine shows how Allen’s poetics involved a lifelong imaginative and hopeful reworking of mental illness. In Ginsberg’s hands, madness could lead to profound and redemptive aesthetic, spiritual, and social changes. Through his revolutionary poetry and social advocacy, Ginsberg dedicated himself to leading others toward new ways of being human and easing pain.

Throughout his celebrated career Ginsberg made us feel as though we knew everything there was to know about him. However, much has been left out about his experiences growing up with a mentally ill mother, his visions, and his psychiatric hospitalization. 

In BEST MINDS, with a forty-year career studying and addressing trauma, Weine provides a groundbreaking exploration of the poet and his creative process especially in relation to madness. 

BEST MINDS examines the complex relationships between mental illness, psychiatry, trauma, poetry, and prophecy―using the access Ginsberg generously shared to offer new, lively, and indispensable insights into an American icon. Weine also provides new understandings of the paternalism, treatment failures, ethical lapses, and limitations of American psychiatry of the 1940s and 1950s.

In light of these new discoveries, the challenges Ginsberg faced appear starker and his achievements, both as a poet and an advocate, are even more remarkable.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Dr. Stevan M. Weine is Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Illinois College of Medicine, where he is also Director of Global Medicine and Director of the Center for Global Health. He is the author of two books: When History is a Nightmare: Lives and Memories of Ethnic Cleansing in Bosnia-Herzegovinaand Testimony and Catastrophe: Narrating the Traumas of Political Violence.

BEST MINDS: How Allen Ginsberg Made Revolutionary Poetry from Madness
by Stevan M. Weine
Fordham University Press; Hardcover and e-book; March 28, 2023
(Nonfiction/Biography/Psychology; $34.95; ISBN#: 978-1531502669; 304 pp. with 37 b/w illustrations)

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Spring 2023 Virtual Book Tour for THE WOMAN BEYOND THE SEA by Sarit Yishai-Levi, translated by Gilah Kahn-Hoffmann

From the author of the #1 international bestseller-turned Netflix hit, The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem, comes a mesmerizing novel about three generations of women who have lost each other―and the quest to weave them back into a family.

“The measured pacing allows readers to take in the rich historic detail—Paris’s Latin Quarter, Tel Aviv after the Yom Kippur War, pre-WWII Yugoslavia, and Jerusalem under the British Mandate—as the family members struggle with loss and abandonment. Thanks to the memorable characters and solid plot, this has much to offer.” —Publishers Weekly
 
“Yishai-Levi’s characters demand empathy as well as attention from readers.” – Kirkus Reviews

THE WOMAN BEYOND THE SEA by renowned Israeli journalist Sarit Yishai-Levi, author of the #1 international bestseller, The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem, is an immersive historical novel that spans the life stories of three unforgettable women.  Deftly translated by Gilah Kahn-Hoffmann, THE WOMAN BEYOND THE SEA will be published in English for the first time by Amazon Crossing on March 21, 2023.

This beautifully written, multi-generational story traces the paths of three women who lead entirely separate lives.  There’s Eliya, a young woman who thinks she has finally found true love with her charismatic and demanding husband, an aspiring novelist, until he ends their relationship in a Paris café, spurring her suicide attempt; next is Lily, Eliya’s mother, who vanishes for long hours every day, and Eliya has no idea where she is; and a third, mysterious woman who has abandoned her newborn baby on the doorstep of a convent on a snowy night in Jerusalem.

Seeking to heal herself, Eliya is compelled to piece together the jagged shards of her life and history.  Her heart-wrenching journey leads her to a profound and unexpected love, renewed family ties, and reconciliation with her orphaned mother, Lily. Together, the two women embark on a quest to discover the truth about themselves and Lily’s origins…and the unknown woman who set their stories in motion one Christmas Eve.

As each woman confronts upheavals in her life, Yishai-Levi, a truly gifted storyteller, masterfully ties the three together, striking chords of love, hate and despair. This English translation is sure to make many more fans of Sarit Yishai-Levi’s novels.

We have a wonderful group of bloggers who will share features, post reviews and offer giveaways of this compelling new novel from March 13th through April 11th. We hope you will follow along!

Monday, March 13 – The Salty Bookworm AND Lexijava

Tuesday, March 14 – Minsta Books

Wednesday, March 15 – Andrea C. Lowry Reads

Thursday, March 16 – Tina May Reads

Friday, March 17 – Katie Needs A Bigger Bookshelf

Saturday, March 18 – Nurse Bookie

Sunday, March 19 – Kera’s Always Reading

Monday, March 20 – Not In Jersey

Tuesday, March 21 – Traveling Bookshelf

Wednesday, March 22 – Bookoholic Café

Thursday, March 23 – Books and Coffee Mx

Friday, March 24 – Lit by Lilli

Saturday, March 25 – Angels Mom Reads

Monday, March 27 – Cassies Book Reviews

Tuesday, March 28 – Reading for the Seasons AND Courts Book Nook

Wednesday, March 29 – Sarah and her Bookshelves

Thursday, March 30 – Suzy Approved Book Reviews AND Bookalong

Friday, March 31 – Books Writing and More

Sunday, April 2 – Girl Who Reads

Monday, April 3 – Danish Mustard Reads

Tuesday, April 4 – Momfluenster

Wednesday, April 5 – We Love Big Books And We Cannot Lie

Thursday, April 6 – Two Girls One Bookpod

Friday, April 7 – What’s Better Than Books

Saturday, April 8 – Style and Savings

Monday, April 10 – Bookphile Belle AND The Book Review Crew

Tuesday, April 11 – Gloriana Wong AND What Is That Book About

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February 2023 Virtual Book Tour for BLACK FOAM by Haji Jabir, translated by Sawad Hussain and Marcia Lynx Qualey

“A captivating tale of one man’s tireless journey to belong. Perfect for readers of East African literature and historical fiction.” ―Booklist

“A searing exposé of the plight of Ethiopian Jews who immigrate to Israel. There is a cinematic quality to BLACK FOAM, a discovery of new worlds, with Haji Jabir pointing a camera, up close and intimate, at his protagonist’s anxieties and fancies. Scenes slice as Muslim Dawoud becomes Christian David then Jewish Dawit, accompanied by a haunting soundtrack of loneliness and the indomitable will to survive.” ―Leila Aboulela, author of River Spirit

Haji Jabir, the award-winning Eritrean author, is one of the most significant Arabic-language authors writing today. In BLACK FOAM, he weaves together a poignant tale about identity, belonging, refugees and racism that will resonate with many readers long after the last page is turned. Longlisted for the 2019 International Prize for Arabic Fiction, one of the most prestigious prizes for fiction in Arabic, BLACK FOAM will be published for the first time in English, translated by Sawad Hussain and Marcia Lynx Qualey (February 7, 2023; Amazon Crossing, by arrangement with the African Literary Agency).

With a unique poetic writing style, Jabir focuses on a community of Ethiopian Jews who move to Israel, and he creates a protagonist, Dawoud, who is on the run from his murky past, aiming to discover where he belongs. He tries to assimilate into different groups along his journey through North Africa and into Israel, changing his clothes, his religious affiliations, and even his name to fit in, but the safety and peace he seeks remain elusive. It seems prejudice is everywhere, holding him back, when all he really wants is to create a simple life he can call his own. A chameleon, Dawoud―or David, Adal, or Dawit, depending on where and when you meet him―is not lost in this whirl of identities. In fact, he is defined by it.

Dawoud’s journey is circuitous and specific, but the desire to belong is universal. Spellbinding to the final page, BLACK FOAM is both intimate and grand in scale, much like the experiences of the millions of people migrating to find peace and safety in the twenty-first century.

Check out the line up of stellar bloggers who will share features, post reviews and offer giveaways throughout the month of February. We hope you will follow along!

Monday, February 6 – This Browne Girl Reads

Tuesday, February 7 – We Love Big Books And We Cannot Lie

Wednesday, February 8 – Traveling Bookshelf

Thursday, February 9 – Subakka Bookstuff

Friday, February 10 – Bee is for Books

Monday, February 13 – Reading with Nicole

Tuesday, February 14 – Suzy Approved Book Reviews

Wednesday, February 15 – Tina May Reads

Thursday, February 16 – Lexijava AND What Is That Book About

Friday, February 17 – Sue the Bookie

Monday, February 20 – Translated Gems

Tuesday, February 21 – Bathtub Book Worm

Wednesday, February 22 – MJ Beauchamp

Thursday, February 23 – Bookalong

Friday, February 24 – Books and Coffee MX

Monday, February 27 – Girl Who Reads AND Danish Mustard Reads

Tuesday, February 28 – Mel Reads All The Things AND Gloriana Wong

Filed Under: Blog Tours Tagged With: Amazon Crossing, fiction, Literary fiction, OTRPR, Over the River PR, Over the River Public Relations

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January 2023 Virtual Book Tour for A CASTLE IN BROOKLYN by Shirley Russak Wachtel

“This is a story about immigration, adaptation to new cultures, and, for Esther, a chance to grapple with the traditional roles that women play. The house itself is an important part of the story … a solid choice for book clubs.” ―Library Journal

“A vibrant family saga…A CASTLE IN BROOKLYN is an impressive debut novel that illustrates the many ways that the Holocaust continues to impact contemporary Jewish life; a deeply felt hatred of fascism gives the novel its heft and lasting relevance.” ―Foreword Reviews

For fans of Ann Patchett’s The Dutch House, Lauren Fox’s Send For Me and Linda Cohen Loigman’s The Two-Family House comes a moving and heartfelt immigration story of one man’s dream to have a family and build a home in America, a place where anything is possible. In A CASTLE IN BROOKLYN (Little A; January 1, 2023), critically acclaimed author Shirley Russak Wachtel pens her debut novel, an engaging and beautifully written tale that explores three main themes: the importance of following one’s dreams; the enduring nature of family and friendship; and the idea that home is a reflection of the lives within its four walls.

In 1944 Poland, Jacob Stein and Zalman Mendelson meet as boys under terrifying circumstances. They survive by miraculously escaping the brutalities of the Holocaust, but their shared past haunts and shapes their lives forever.

Years later, Zalman plows a future on a Minnesota farm, and Jacob has a new life in Brooklyn with his wife, Esther. When Zalman travels to New York City to reconnect, Jacob’s dream to build a home in Brooklyn becomes a reality. With Zalman’s help, they build a house for Jacob’s family and for Zalman, who decides to stay. Modest and light filled, inviting and warm, it’s a castle to call home for each of them.

Then an unforeseeable tragedy―and the grief, betrayals, and revelations in its wake―threatens to destroy what was once an unbreakable bond, and Esther finds herself at a crossroads.

Life goes on as others, with their own dreams, move into the home.  Eventually, the novel comes full circle as those who remain come to understand the true nature of friendship and family.

When asked about the inspiration for her novel, Wachtel explains, “I am defined by my parents’ legacy. Growing up the child of Holocaust survivors, never knowing my grandparents and with only a handful of extended family members, I came to understand the importance of family and am driven to express this idea in my writing.  From a young age, I learned of the horrific experiences my parents endured and their desire to build a better life for their children.  Their story is the story of so many others seeking to build a new home in America.  I wanted to express this idea in A CASTLE IN BROOKLYN.”

We have a great line up of fantastic bloggers who will share features, post reviews and offer giveaways throughout the month of January. We hope you will follow along to learn more about this wonderful new historical fiction!

Monday, January 2nd – We Love Big Books And We Cannot Lie

Tuesday, January 3rd – Cassie’s Books Reviews

Wednesday, January 4th – The Caffeinated Reader

Thursday, January 5th – Sue the Bookie

Friday, January 6th – Booklover Laura

Sunday, January 8th – Books N’ Yoga Pants

Monday, January 9th – Bookoholic Café

Tuesday, January 10th – Books Writing and More

Wednesday, January 11th – Lit by Lilli

Thursday, January 12th – Danish Mustard Reads

Friday, January 13th – Andrea C. Lowry Reads

Sunday, January 15th – Bookphile Belle

Monday, January 16th – Books and Coffee MX

Tuesday, January 17th – Suzy Approved Book Reviews

Tuesday, January 17th – Gloriana Wong

Wednesday, January 18th – Sarah and Her Bookshelves

Thursday, January 19th – Tina May Reads

Friday, January 20th – The Book Club Mom

Saturday, January 21st – Subakka Book Stuff

Sunday, January 22nd – Girl Who Reads

Monday, January 23rd – Momfluenster

Tuesday, January 24th – Storeybook Reviews

Wednesday, January 25th – Bookalong

Thursday, January 26th – Sarah’s Bookstack

Friday, January 27th – We Break For Books

Monday, January 30th – Kim Reads and Reads

Monday, January 30th – Books on my Mind

Tuesday, January 31st – The Book Review Crew

Tuesday, January 31st – Lexijava

Filed Under: Blog Tours, Uncategorized Tagged With: Amazon Publishing, fiction, historical fiction, January release, Jewish author, Jewish fiction, Literary fiction, Little A, OTRPR, Over the River PR, Over the River Public Relations

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