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"Beautifully written, masterfully structured, and brimming with insight into the natural world . . . It has the makings of an American classic." -ANN PATCHETT
About the author
Margaret Renkl is the author of
The Comfort of Crows, Late Migrations, and
Graceland, at Last. She is a contributing opinion writer for
The New York Times, where her essays appear weekly. Her work has also appeared in
Guernica, Literary Hub, Proximity, and
River Teeth, among others. She was the founding editor of
Chapter 16, the daily literary publication of Humanities Tennessee, and is a graduate of Auburn University and the University of South Carolina. She lives in Nashville.
Summary
“Beautifully written, masterfully structured, and brimming with insight into the natural world . . . It has the makings of an American classic.” —ANN PATCHETT
Foreword
Featured author at Winter Institute 2019, participating in Evening Reception for Authors and bookseller dinner with influential booksellers like Doug Robinson, President of the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance
Featured book for Parnassus First Edition book club for July 2019
Excerpt placement in major national literary journals and magazines, including an excerpt in O, the Oprah Magazine, published October 2018, with ongoing weekly opinion pieces in the New York Times through publication
Large galley quantities of almost 1,000 available for sales force, media, and targeted Indie Next selection mailing
Major media outreach with specialized campaigns focused on booksellers, nonfiction media, and Southern/regional media
Advertising in Shelf Awareness, Library Journal, and Oprah.com
Campaign for Okra Pick through Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance and collaboration with SIBA’s Lady Banks newsletter
Collaboration with author on substantial newsletter and social media promotional push, with targeted newsletter outreach to nonfiction-specific lists of over 20,000 contacts; November 2018 cross-platform cover reveal reached over 10,000 contacts
Book launches in Tennessee, and wide touring in Oxford, Atlanta, New Orleans, Dallas, the Carolinas, Washington DC, New York City, and Minneapolis
Promotional item featuring author’s brother’s contributed illustrations on broadside, to be distributed with bookseller campaigns, as well as at conferences such as AWP and Winter Institute
