Today’s post is the August list of agents currently accepting queries. You can access a preview of July’s agent list here, and an agent letter tutorial is freely available here. (Monthly and yearly Bookish subscriptions are currently 30% off.)
Submission reminder: Flash Fiction Online is open through August 7 for flash story submissions that address the theme of regret. More info here; Submittable portal here.
Last week’s Bookish interviewee, novelist Richard Babcock, is quoted extensively in New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd’s August 2 op-ed, “Attention, Men: Books Are Sexy!”
I’m currently reading Lori Ostlund’s new story collection, Are You Happy? Lori has two other books, and her fans have been waiting a while for this new one - the wait was worth it! (You can read
’s review of Are You Happy? in a recent post. Jenny also reviews books for many periodicals.)Lastly, congrats to fellow Substacker
, whose new book, Exchanges: Fictions, Transcriptions, Stories, is now in the world!