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Wall Street Journal (may be behind paywall)

Novelist Jennifer Egan’s New Experiment

PW Profile by the extremely lovely Suzanne Fox

Jennifer Egan in the City that Never Sleeps

MANHATTAN BEACH on National Book Award Longlist!!

See all of the Nominees (including 4 debut works!)  here

****COMING SOON…NEW WEBSITE!!****

My remarkable website designers, Noah Scalin and Spencer Hansen, are working on a total redesign to accompany my new novel, MANHATTAN BEACH.  It will be artful, playful, and will also link to an archived version of the present website, which I would never want to lose.

October 2017: Jennifer Egan to publish new novel, MANHATTAN BEACH with Scribner!!

 

TODAY SHOW recommendation here.

Starred Booklist review here.

Starred Kirkus review here.

Starred Publishers Weekly Review here.

Scribner Press Release here.

Entertainment Weekly article here.

Bookseller article here.

May/June 2012: THE NEW YORKER serialized “Black Box,” Jennifer Egan’s short story, on Twitter

Tweeting happened from 8:00-9:00pm, from 5/24-6/2 @NYerFiction.

Jennifer Egan’s explanation of why and how she chose to write “Black Box” is here.

The story appeared in print in the NEW YORKER fiction issue–on stands Monday, May 28th.

May 2012: GOON SQUAD was one of 10 Finalists for the IMPAC DUBLIN Literary Award

The 2012 list is here.

Dec, 2011: GOON SQUAD was second “most chosen” fiction in the UK for 2011

Read the Evening Standard article, or this one in Bookseller.com about how GOON SQUAD’s success has given a much deserved boost to its spectacular publisher, Constable & Robinson.

End-of-Year love for GOON SQUAD in 2011

Though it came out in 2010, GOON SQUAD still made some “Best of 2011” reading lists in North America:  Newsweek/The Daily Beast, The Vancouver Sun, and the Atlantic Monthly.

Nov, 2011: GOON SQUAD Chosen as Amazon UK’s #2 Book of 2011

Nov, 2011: GOON SQUAD shortlisted for the 2011 Irish Book Awards

You can find the list here. 

Nov, 2011: GOON SQUAD wins Galaxy National Book Award’s 2011 International Author of the Year Award

You can find the list here.

May 2011: GOON SQUAD Wins the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction!

Article here.

April 2011: GOON SQUAD wins the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction!

http://www.pulitzer.org/citation/2011-Fiction

New "Special Edition" App (excluding the US and Canada) available for GOON SQUAD

It includes (in App language):  full text and audiobook sync, exclusive chapter artwork, exclusive audio, video and author content, unique interactive reading navigation.  It also includes the color version of the PowerPoint below (scroll down).  Investigate it Here.

March 2011: A VISIT FROM THE GOON SQUAD wins the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction

http://nyti.ms/gfP9aB

March 2011: GOON SQUAD is a Finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction

You can find the list of finalists here.

Great Rock and Roll Pauses

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Great Rock and Roll Pauses by Alison Blake

Some slides have audio. Be sure your speakers are on and “play” button is activated to hear it.

8-Tracks Playlist

Listen to a playlist for A VISIT FROM THE GOON SQUAD on 8-Tracks here.