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“Everyone in Shaker Heights was talking about it that summer: how Isabelle, the last of the Richardson children, had finally gone around the bend and burned the house down.” Little Fires Everywhere (Penguin Press, September 2017) by Celeste Ng. Second book, novel. Agent: Julie Barer. Editor: Virginia Smith Younce. Publicist: Juliana Kiyan.

“What I hope (when (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, August 2017) by Frank Bidart. Ninth book, poetry collection. Agent: None. Editor: Jonathan Galassi. Publicist: Steven Pfau.

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