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5-Minute Writing Exercise: Unlocking the Unconscious
Extreme End-of-Decade Love for A VISIT FROM THE GOON SQUAD!!
Grateful and Thrilled that GOON SQUAD has somehow remained in the conversation after ten years:
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Best Book of Decade
Time Magazine: 10 Best Books of Decade
ELLE: 15 Books that Defined the 2010s
Philadelphia Inquirer: 20 Best Books of the Decade
VOX: 19 Best Books of Decade
Literary Hub: The Best 20 Novels of the Decade
Recap of Jennifer Egan’s experience as a Literature Professor:
https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/studying-novels-with-novelist-Jennifer-Egan
Jennifer Egan is currently Artist-in-Residence at the University of Pennsylvania, teaching English 086 in Spring 2018: Self, Image, Community: Studies in Modern Fiction.
Manhattan Beach Chosen for the One Book, One New York Summer Read!!
Find out about events and book discussion groups here.
MANHATTAN BEACH is a Finalist for the One Book, One New York read!
Please, help MANHATTAN BEACH to be read widely in the city that inspired it! Voting takes *one second*…really!
Jennifer Egan becomes President of PEN America
Friends, colleagues and readers, please immediately join this tremendous organization, dedicated to protecting free speech at home and abroad! It’s crucial…and cheap!
MANHATTAN BEACH longlisted for the Women’s Prize (UK)!!
MANHATTAN BEACH wins the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction!!
End-of-Year Love for MANHATTAN BEACH!
The Spectator (UK): 6 Best Books of 2017
Booklist: Top of the List for 2017. Best Fiction Title
PBS: Best Books of 2017
Amazon: Best Literature and Fiction of 2017
New York Newsday: Best of 2017
MANHATTAN BEACH has been shortlisted for the American Library Association’s Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction. Other finalists are the splendid novels SING UNBURIED SING and LINCOLN IN THE BARDO.
UK Tour Details
Manhattan Beach book tour starts October 3rd!
October 2017: Jennifer Egan to publish new novel, MANHATTAN BEACH with Scribner!!
Starred Kirkus review here.
Starred Publishers Weekly Review here.
Scribner Press Release here.
Entertainment Weekly article here.
Bookseller article here.
Archived site for A Visit from the Goon Squad
The previous version of this site has been archived at goonsquad.jenniferegan.com.
