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Penguin Press@penguinpress.bsky.social · 18h ago

Daylight Come: Harry Belafonte and the World He Made is on sale today! Read an exclusive excerpt of the new book in @vanityfair.com.

From Day to Night: How Harry Belafonte Hosted a Historic Week of The Tonight Show Featuring Robert F. Kennedy, Paul Newman, and Martin Luther King Jr.

An exclusive excerpt from ‘Daylight Come’ revisits King’s last televised interview, where Belafonte, sitting in for Johnny Carson, masterfully converged all corners of American culture, from Hollywood...

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Penguin Press@penguinpress.bsky.social · 20h ago

In his interview with The Ringer @colsonwhitehead.com recommends Murderland by @calfraser.bsky.social! "It’s about serial killers and possible causes for the epidemic of serial killers in the ’60s and ’70s and ’80s. It’s pretty good." www.theringer.com/2026/07/21/b...

How to Die and Be Reborn in Colson Whitehead’s New York

The Pulitzer Prize–winning author opens up about midlife, the state of writing, and how his new book, ‘Cool Machine,’ makes sense of the world

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Penguin Press@penguinpress.bsky.social · 23h ago

Daylight Come by Joshua Jelly-Schapiro is on sale now! Harry Belafonte changed American music, culture, and history. From the recording studio to the front lines of the civil rights movement, this illuminating biography traces Harry Belafonte's remarkable life and enduring legacy.

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Penguin Press@penguinpress.bsky.social · 7d ago

"In one of my earliest memories, I’m shrinking. I’m in the back seat of my parents’ car, face pressed against the window, straining to see the peaks of the mountains outside..." Read an excerpt of ALL THAT'S UNSEEN by Emilee Hackney in @literaryhub.bsky.social. lithub.com/what-it-mean...

What It Means to Come From Appalachian Coal Country

In one of my earliest memories, I’m shrinking. I’m in the back seat of my parents’ car, face pressed against the window, straining to see the peaks of the mountains outside. The road we’re driving …

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Penguin Press@penguinpress.bsky.social · 7d ago

Emilee Hackney, the debut author of ALL THAT'S UNSEEN, sat down with @amnanawaz.bsky.social on @pbsnews.org to discuss her new book and the wider nation's misconceptions about Appalachia. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

On 'Settle In,' Emilee Hackney and Amna Nawaz discuss Appalachian stereotypes

Appalachia is often stereotyped as a region defined by struggling coal towns and substance abuse. Writer Emilee Hackney says those portrayals don’t reflect her life growing up in southwestern Virginia...

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Penguin Press@penguinpress.bsky.social · last wk.

“[An] achingly intelligent memoir . . . It’s been 10 years since the publication of Hillbilly Elegy, by Vice President JD Vance, and we finally have an Appalachian memoir worthy of its origins." @nytimes.com reviews ALL THAT'S UNSEEN from Emilee Hackney. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/b...

Book Review: ‘All That’s Unseen,’ by Emilee Hackney

“All That’s Unseen,” by Emilee Hackney, an eighth-generation Appalachian, offers a portrait both loving and cleareyed of the region that formed her.

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Penguin Press@penguinpress.bsky.social · 2w ago

We're deeply proud of our author Calvin Duncan, whose remarkable journey and continued fight for justice are featured in The Guardian. Learn more about his extraordinary story in The Jailhouse Lawyer. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

He won office in Louisiana after a murder exoneration. Maga wouldn’t let the election stand

Calvin Duncan studied law in prison to free himself and won his court clerk race in a landslide. Three hours in, the role was abolished in an act of ‘white supremacy’

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Penguin Press@penguinpress.bsky.social · 4w ago

“A dazzling survey of some three centuries of American history . . . Reading Two Ships would be an excellent way to observe this particular Fourth of July.” —Maureen Corrigan, @nprfreshair.bsky.social www.npr.org/2026/07/03/n...

You know the Mayflower. What about the White Lion? Here's the story of 'Two Ships'

David S. Reynolds' book examines the twin legacies of the Mayflower, which carried the Pilgrims to Plymouth in 1620, and the White Lion, which brought the first enslaved Africans to Virginia in 1619.

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Penguin Press@penguinpress.bsky.social · last mo.

Join Nephi Craig on his book tour for Our Knives Will Save Us! 🌽🍗🥦 Craig shares a powerful story of healing, resilience, and Indigenous foodways, exploring how reclaiming ancestral knowledge can nourish communities and transform lives.

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Penguin Press@penguinpress.bsky.social · last mo.

"Unflinching . . . All That’s Unseen is a gripping exploration of identity, class, religion and a large swath of American life that is fighting with all its might to survive." @ajc.com reviews Emilee Hackney's forthcoming memoir, on shelves July 28th! www.ajc.com/arts-enterta...

From Appalachian coalfields to Harvard, memoir charts extraordinary journey

Emilee Hackney gives an intimate look at a way of life unfamiliar to many but more widespread than imagined by those whose worldview is shaped by social media and pop culture.

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Penguin Press@penguinpress.bsky.social · last mo.

Alan Greenspan, the longtime Federal Reserve Chairman and one of the most influential economic policymakers of the modern era, passed away today at the age of 100. We were honored to publish three of his books, including his memoir The Age of Turbulence. Our thoughts are with his family and friends.