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Tehrangeles is so excited to be an Indie Next List pick for June 2024!

There is a big feature on Porochista and Tehrangeles in Publisher’s Weekly, in print and online.

Porochista has a new essay in The Los Angeles Times that touches on Tehrangeles the neighborhood and the book.

Kirkus and Publisher’s Weekly and Booklist pre-pub reviews have been raves.

Porochista was interviewed on NPR’s All Things Considered: “Tehrangeles Explores the Complexities of Iranian Life in America”. Tehrangeles was an NPR “Book of the Day” on June 20, 2024.

CNN.com conducted a lengthy interview with Porochista.

Tehrangeles was reviewed positively over at the Los Angeles Times.

The Tehrangeles playlist appeared on Largehearted Boy’s site.

Johns Hopkins Magazine has a feature on Porochista and Tehrangeles.

And in addition to the last post’s most anticipated/best lists, we have some new ones:

Vogue “The Best Books of 2024 So Far”

Harper’s Bazaar “The Best Books of 2024”

Vanity Fair 6 of the Best Novels This Summer to Keep Your Beach Trip Lit

W magazine “The Best, Most Talked-About Books of 2024 So Far”

Nylon magazine “The It-Girl’s Summer Reading List”

New York Post “The 32 Best Beach Reads for Summer 2024″

The Millions “Most Anticipated: The Great Spring 2024 Preview”

Literary Hub “18 New Novels You Need to Read This Summer” and “The 15 Best Book Covers of June”

Alta Journal “14 New Books for June”  and “2024 Pride Month Reads”

Katie Couric Media “12 Best New Beach Reads 2024”

Bustle “This Summer’s 40 Most Anticipated Books”

Chicago Review of Books “12 Must-Read Books of June 2024”

The Week 5 Satisfying Books to Read This June

& more (see below’s previous post)!

In June 2024, Pantheon is releasing Tehrangeles, Porochista’s first novel in a decade.

The book has already enjoyed “Most Anticipated” coverage in: TIME, The National, The Seattle Times, LitHub, Electric Literature, Nylon, and more. Preoder your copy now.

Brown Album has been on many lists, including The New York Times “New & Noteworthy”, TIME magazine, O:The Oprah Magazine, USA Today, goop, MS Magazine, BITCH Media, Read It Forward, Kirkus, Publisher’s Weekly, Bustle, Vol1 Brooklyn, Chicago Review of Books, & Paperback Paris.

There is also currently a Goodreads giveaway!

And the virtual tour will begin on May 19, when Brown Album is officially out!

We are excited that the first pre-prepub reviews are starred reviews! Check out Kirkus, Publisher’s Weekly, Library Journal, and Booklist. And please consider preordering!

We will be adding a few stops and some conversation partners but for now:

Brooklyn, NY—Books Are Magic, w/ Elif Batuman, 5/19

Los Angeles, CA—Skylight Books w/ Myriam Gurba, 5/22

San Francisco, CA—Booksmith w/ Shanthi Sekaran, 5/25

Seattle, WA—Town Hall, 5/26

Portland, OR—Powell’s City of Books w/ Fatemeh Fakhraie, 5/27

Minneapolis, MN—Moon Palace w/ V.V. Ganeshananthan, 6/3 

Chicago, IL—Women + Children First w/ Hoda Katebi, 6/5

Washington, DC—Politics & Prose w/ Tania James, Fulton Market, 6/10

Oxford, MS—Square Books w/ Kiese Laymon, 6/11

Narrowsburg, NY–Deep Water Festival (One Grand Books) 6/19-21

We are excited to show you this new cover! This essay collection will be out in May 2020, from the Vintage imprint of Knopf

A new short story is out thanks to Amazon Original Stories https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07WGGT3W4?ref=aw_sitb_digital-text&fbclid=IwAR0ZYEx7pQGJNtwWCTdFPPpsSiVOvFkQf-ublwupopCLX8gDId183Yl0HPA