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John Legend’s First Title From His New Publishing Company Explores Themes of Love

April 26, 2023

John Legend is committed to amplifying Black voices on stage, on screen and now, on the page. Working with his longtime business partner, award-winning producer Mike Jackson, the duo has launched Get Lifted Books, the new publishing arm of their media company Gift Lifted Film Co.

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San Francisco Chronicle

This time-traveling YA novel delights in 1990s nostalgia, with appeal beyond Gen Z

April 7, 2023

I knew going into “Throwback” that the book would make me laugh out loud. But I was pleasantly surprised to find myself weeping by the book’s close, so moved by Goo’s story of hard-won tenderness and joy between unforgettable mothers and daughters.

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Los Angeles Times

How a Mexican-born debut novelist created a beautiful monster

March 9, 2023

At once heartbreaking and unapologetically strange, Monstrilio is a cross-cultural, syncretic, folksy, razor-sharp narrative about the horrors of grief and the eternal debate over nature versus nurture.

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Chicago Tribune

When will Gillian Flynn write the next ‘Gone Girl’? Later, it’s still a first draft. She’s a publisher now.

March 8, 2023

Douaihy’s “Scorched Grace” is the first title for Gillian Flynn Books. The second Gillian Flynn Books title arrives in July, and more are coming.

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Vanity Fair

An indie publisher harnesses the muscle of household names

March 8, 2023

In books, it’s all about the eyeballs. In 2020, Molly Stern launched Zando, an innovation on traditional publishing that had a mission to partner with “beloved” public figures and institutions in putting forth books.

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Letterboxd

The Horror Films that influenced Monstrilio, a story by Gerardo Sámano Córdova

March 3, 2023

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