Jenna Johnson

EIC @fsgbooks. Joy hunter. Mushroom lover. Fiction tender. Poetry champion. Celebrant of the weird & wonderful. Not a machine. Doing her best.

Tweets all mine!

[Jenna Johnson @MsJennaJohnson]

Philadelphians! A week from tonight, there's going to be an excellent talk between @elizagriswold
and @KeeangaYamahtta at @FitlerClub. Enjoy!!

https://t.co/cyXAlD67Zq

[Jenna Johnson @MsJennaJohnson]

Tomorrow brings @elizagriswold's new book, CIRCLE OF HOPE. Today, read about it in the NYT.

"Inspiring.... Are our differences so great that they justify destroying relationships or institutions that are truly good?"

https://t.co/JO4V7ILuj0

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

Eliza Griswold first encountered Circle of Hope during the summer of 2019. She wanted to understand how a radical evangelical church fused faith and social justice. Instead, she watched it unravel. https://t.co/t5nuZOjqwF

[Michael Luo @michaelluo]

Fascinating parable of church and American life in @elizagriswold's feature, an excerpt from her forthcoming book, "Circle of Hope." https://t.co/Rm8yR8UqhP

[Hillary Clinton @HillaryClinton]

Voting rights journalist @ariberman has been detailing threats to our democracy for years, and his new book Minority Rule is a timely and essential read.

He expertly shows how Republicans are trying to rig our political system—and shares how we can fight back. https://t.co/kRfIwBjxrZ

[Jenna Johnson @MsJennaJohnson]

@AbbyManzella Nina MacLaughlin's WAKE SIREN (Ovid), Maria Dahvana Headley's THE MERE WIFE and BEOWULF, Eleanor Catton's BIRNAM WOOD...

[Jenna Johnson @MsJennaJohnson]

It lands on shelves 1/16, but @mhbertino 's #BEAUTYLAND touches down in @nytimesbooks today. You'll want to be friends with this very special alien! "This is the kind of humor that made Seinfeld millions, and Bertino does pathos, too." @fsgbooks

https://t.co/aEX4djqeRr

[Jenna Johnson @MsJennaJohnson]

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[Jenna Johnson @MsJennaJohnson]

"We are inside a howl."

"Darkly glittering... Mona wages her own war, over her power as a writer, and as a woman. This beautiful and piercing novel is her hard-won victory." @MegHowrey
in @nytimesbooks

DAUGHTER by @claudiadey out 9.12.23 from @fsgbooks

https://t.co/djN2kADlQ3

[Jenna Johnson @MsJennaJohnson]

“Despair is contagious.”

(which, to ears of a certain age, sounds like "the Nothing takes in everything".... and "people who have no hopes are easy to control.")

We must not lose hope.

https://t.co/mrPnA2Py5d

[Jenna Johnson @MsJennaJohnson]

"Nothing's better than books." - Hoda Kotb

"Jamel Brinkley. What a talent!... It doesn’t take even two sentences before you know, oh man, this guy’s got something." - Harlan Coben

& join @jamelbrinkley tonight w @booksaremagicbk: https://t.co/0pRVPTnC7u

https://t.co/jecBQJJ5vq

[Linda Zagon @peachyteach]

BookPage's picks for the most exciting books coming this fall include Viet Thanh Nguyen’s nonfiction debut, Zadie Smith’s leap into historical fiction and long-awaited sophomore novels from Justin Torres and Ayana Mathis. https://t.co/1q2c1S5N5p

[Jenna Johnson @MsJennaJohnson]

Brilliant @KatherineLTurk on feminist and labor activism in @jacobin. Come hear more at events this week launching #TheWomenofNow.

8/15, 4pm @RadInstitute - online
8/16, 7 pm @WCFBooks - Chicago
8/18, 7pm @PoliticsProse - DC

https://t.co/lXti60evfD

[Katherine Turk @KatherineLTurk]

For Jacobin, I wrote about how labor union women built American feminism in the 1970s and continue to advance the movement today:

https://t.co/Zb493F2Mp5

[Jenna Johnson @MsJennaJohnson]

Today is HAPPY PUB DAY to WITNESS and @jamelbrinkley and you can witness his genius in numerous ways-- including this rave in @nytimesbooks from @AskMateo and zipping out in the August bright to buy a copy of this brilliant book!

“Exhilarating... each story is a gift."

[Jenna Johnson @MsJennaJohnson]

New book from @jamelbrinkley COUNTDOWN = PUB DAY MINUS 5!

[Jenna Johnson @MsJennaJohnson]

"I love this novel with my entire being" says one early goodreads reviewer.

Join them! The new book from Justin Torres, BLACKOUTS, publishes 10.10.23, but if you want to be one of the first to read it, check out this giveaway @goodreads from @fsgbooks. https://t.co/7MvG1CCDEj

[Jenna Johnson @MsJennaJohnson]

Happy Publication Day to @writerdominic and the truly transporting RETURN TO VALETTO. "This terrific book" says @1JessWalter "is probably as close as I’ll ever get to buying one of those picturesque Italian villas, and surely a wiser investment.”

[Emily Forland @EmilyForland]

An Excellent View of Oblivion: On Italy’s Vanishing Towns ‹ Literary Hub https://t.co/pHYmfAmxQX

[Jenna Johnson @MsJennaJohnson]

Money and rocks! Kate Lebo on oysters and selkies and the precious ephemeral.

"Some oysters look like they’re dressed for a ball; the Olympia looks like it’s dressed for the weather."

https://t.co/YSXhTrHMCc

[Jenna Johnson @MsJennaJohnson]

So grateful to have this live streamed tonight so I can attend from afar. Join us!!

https://t.co/aLKdj03Vgl

[Farrar,Straus&Giroux @fsgbooks]

Tonight! Join @Center4Fiction for an Alternate Histories in Fiction event featuring @GrilloCM discussing her novel, HESTIA STRIKES A MATCH. RSVP here: https://t.co/BzfdJ3g8Sr

[Jenna Johnson @MsJennaJohnson]

"Librarians everywhere stand ready to help anyone find information on any subject, regardless of their own personal or political views. I don’t know of a professional group more impeccable, ethical or in love with what they do."

Essential reminder: Support libraries & librarians

[Diana Goetsch @DianaGoetsch]

Thank you @TB_Times for running this (including hyperlinks to great sources). The book bans are coming from white supremacist orgs, not "concerned parents."