Michael McKenzie

📚 former Associate Publisher & PR Director / @AlgonquinBooks 📚 former PR Director @eccobooks 🎾 tennis junkie 🏳️‍🌈

[Michael McKenzie @BklynMac]

Fired by a friend = not great. Otherwise, mostly RELIEF!

[Michael McKenzie @BklynMac]

“As part of the Hachette Book Group's ongoing reorganization of Workman Publishing, Algonquin publisher Betsy Gleick; associate publisher Michael McKenzie; and an unspecified number of Algonquin staff will be let go effective October 4.” https://t.co/WntJUgU3H0

[Michael McKenzie @BklynMac]

@Borisk @TheAtlantic congrats mister!

[Alex Cole @acnewsitics]

Project 2025 explained by a Yale Law Graduate.

[Algonquin Books @AlgonquinBooks]

"The author of THE CEMETERY OF UNTOLD STORIES is looking back at her 30-year publishing career and what it means to be an elder." @writerjalvarez speaks with @peoplemag. Read more: https://t.co/jE1uWiWbuJ https://t.co/isGaCxRjpL

[NY Public Library @nypl]

'Inciting Joy: Essays' by Ross Gay is a collection of long-form essays on joy, in which the author turns his mind to everything from skateboarding and cover songs to dancing and academia, and, always, the garden and the natural world.

#BookOfTheDay: https://t.co/v4Q4BNIXQB

[Michael McKenzie @BklynMac]

What Makes a Market Tough? - by ⁦@katemckean⁩
“The one that stuck with me the most is that everyone, and I mean everyone from the writer to the agent to the editor to the reader is just so damn TIRED.” #publishing https://t.co/yNgY5j9iIJ

[Michael McKenzie @BklynMac]

❣️ Moonrise Over New Jessup by @lionesstales ❣️

[The Center for Fiction @Center4Fiction]

Our 2023 First Novel Prize shortlist: Family Lore - Elizabeth Acevedo, Lookout - Christine Byl, Pay As You Go - Eskor David Johnson, Moonrise Over New Jessup - Jamila Minnicks, Night Wherever We Go - Tracey Rose Peyton, We Are a Haunting - Tyriek White, and Y/N - Esther Yi!

[Michael McKenzie @BklynMac]

@AlgonquinBooks #TheMuseumofFailures by @ThrityUmrigar and #TheBookofMoreDelights by #RossGay both included!

[The Christian Science Monitor @csmonitor]

In our favorite books for this month, characters discover much about themselves through their relationships – along with quests for truth. https://t.co/yEJNmkn71x

[KQED Forum @KQEDForum]

🎙️ ON AIR:

"Couchside tables made of crates; event posters; noticing how so many of your most comfortable clothes used to belong to your friends; the word belong."

"(More) Delights" from poet/author Ross Gay.

❓ What's a delight for you?

📻 Listen: https://t.co/jr4SYMsBfm

[Happier Meditation @MeditateHappier]

Can joy and delight be an act of resistance? Essayist & Poet, Ross Gay, joins @danbharris on the podcast to talk all things joy. Listen now: https://t.co/LitTMtDUI3

[Algonquin Books @AlgonquinBooks]

THE NEW NATURALS by @GabrielJBump is a @nytimesbooks recommended fall read! 🤩 Pre-order your copy of this highly anticipated novel, out 11/14: https://t.co/fZBIS6ogd9 https://t.co/EAmJndIzHc

[Michael McKenzie @BklynMac]

“In ‘The Book of (More) Delights,’ #RossGay offers a joyful approach to gardening, with gratitude even for the dandelions. Yes please, I’ll have another dose of delight”⁦@margaretroach⁩ ⁦@nytimes⁩ ⁦@AlgonquinBooks⁩ #thebookofmoredelights https://t.co/MZkyc6YrHu

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

In a new interview, the cinematic provocateur John Waters discusses his approach to filmmaking, his collection of fake food, and tips for shoplifters: https://t.co/VxMs3Z9y2c

[Michael McKenzie @BklynMac]

What’s in your pockets?!?!

[Michael McKenzie @BklynMac]

“Pockets have been a metaphor for abundance or perversion, possession or secrecy, a way of managing the efficiencies of life. They also index the changing imperatives of our existence.” ⁦@huahsu⁩ on POCKETS from ⁦@AlgonquinBooks⁩ ⁦⁦⁦ https://t.co/mZcysAPJrr

[Michael McKenzie @BklynMac]

Thrilled to see #CursedBunny by Bora Chung, translated by @AntonHur, longlisted for the NBA! @AlgonquinBooks

[National Book Foundation @nationalbook]

We are thrilled to announce the 2023 #NBAwards Longlist for Translated Literature! | @NewYorker

This year’s Longlist includes ten books originally published in seven different languages: Arabic, Dutch, French, German, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish.

https://t.co/hLNnBpKMH1

[National Book Critics Circle @bookcritics]

NBCC member Marian Perales talked to @GabrielJBump about his upcoming second novel, "The New Naturals," for @PublishersWkly: https://t.co/DBMx44qZuE

[Michael McKenzie @BklynMac]

#Halepova! https://t.co/DxJSsYkibD

[Michael McKenzie @BklynMac]

Let the countdown to the release of Ross Gay’s THE BOOK OF (MORE) DELIGHTS begin (osd 9/19) begin!

[Jen Balderama @jenduende]

🧵Y’all: I’m delighted to say that Ross Gay—he of The Book of Delights and, coming in Sept, THE BOOK OF (MORE) DELIGHTS @AlgonquinBooks—has an essay in @PostOpinions all about hugging. And it is delightful! FREE link 👇
https://t.co/jewT65VABK