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McNally Editions @mcnallyeditions.com · 8d

Thereafter Johnnie by Carolivia Herron is now available on our website, in McNally Jackson stores, and everywhere books are sold.

Thereafter Johnnie — McNALLY EDITIONS

Carolivia Herron New afterword by the author Family trauma, race, and the destiny of a nation corrupted by slavery, cast in the light of epic myth: “More than a saga of Black revitalization . ....

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McNally Editions @mcnallyeditions.com · 8d

By turns a poetic epic, a ghost story, a historical saga, and a chilling dystopian fable, Carolivia Herron’s Thereafter Johnnie is a unique and uniquely American fusion of myth and hard-bitten reality an erotic, horrifying, and even hopeful reckoning with centuries of injustice.

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McNally Editions @mcnallyeditions.com · 12d

Readers in the DMV! Join us at @peoplesbooktakoma.com this Sunday for a conversation with Carolivia Herron, author of THEREAFTER JOHNNIE, a genre-defying novel that is by turns a poetic epic, a ghost story, a historical saga, and a chilling dystopian fable. RSVP for free:

Carolivia Herron for Thereafter Johnnie

The Snowdon family stands as a pinnacle of Black excellence in Washington, D.C.: educated, affluent, and influential. John Christopher, the patriarch, is revered by his medical students at Howard U…

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Frances Evangelista @nonsuchbook.bsky.social · 15d

Wickedly wonderful. Not kidding about the Spark and Waugh vibes.

McNally Editions @mcnallyeditions.com · 27d

From the prolifically gifted Pamela Hansford Johnson, neglected peer of Evelyn Waugh and Muriel Spark, comes “a maliciously witty account of literary skulduggery and lofty pretensions” (The Telegraph). THE UNSPEAKABLE SKIPTON is available now on our website and everywhere books are sold.

The Unspeakable Skipton — McNALLY EDITIONS

Pamela Hansford Johnson Foreword by Michael Dirda From the prolifically gifted Pamela Hansford Johnson, neglected peer of Evelyn Waugh and Muriel Spark, comes “a maliciously witty account of li...

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McNally Editions @mcnallyeditions.com · 15d

Alpha and Omega by Jane Ellen Harrison is available now from Marginalian Editions. Buy your copy on our website and everywhere books are sold.

Alpha and Omega — McNALLY EDITIONS

Jane Ellen Harrison Foreword by Maria Popova From Marginalian Editions: a far-seeing essay collection by the iconoclastic historian Jane Ellen Harrison—heroine to generations of writers from Virg...

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McNally Editions @mcnallyeditions.com · 15d

"The word 'heretic' has still about it an emotional thrill—a glow reflected, it may be, from the fires at Smithfield, the ardours of those who were burnt at the stake for love of an idea."

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Frances Evangelista @nonsuchbook.bsky.social · 18d

A lazy Saturday afternoon reading the newly rereleased The Unspeakable Skipton by Pamela Hansford Johnson. With a foreword by Michael Dirda. Not a single @mcnallyeditions.com release has disappointed so I have high hopes for this one as well.

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People's Book @peoplesbooktakoma.com · 17d

So honored to host the very talented Carolivia Herron at People's Book at 2pm on Sunday 9/28. Read about why this DC classic is getting reissued with @mcnallyeditions.com!

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Why a Lost DC Novel Is Getting New Attention

Carolivia Herron’s Thereafter Johnnie is being reissued by McNally Editions.

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McNally Editions @mcnallyeditions.com · 26d

The Authentic Death of Hendry Jones by Charles Neider is now available on our website and everywhere books are sold.

The Authentic Death of Hendry Jones — McNALLY EDITIONS

Charles Neider Foreword by Will Oldham The 1950s classic that rewrote the myth of the American West and inspired its subsequent chroniclers from Sam Peckinpah to Marlon Brando to Cormac McCarth...

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McNally Editions @mcnallyeditions.com · 26d

“We liked him for a lot of reasons. Some liked him because they were afraid of him, others because they admired him and still others because they hated him. But I think most were drawn to him because of his luck. You could not help wondering how a fellow could have such luck.“

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McNally Editions @mcnallyeditions.com · 27d

From the prolifically gifted Pamela Hansford Johnson, neglected peer of Evelyn Waugh and Muriel Spark, comes “a maliciously witty account of literary skulduggery and lofty pretensions” (The Telegraph). THE UNSPEAKABLE SKIPTON is available now on our website and everywhere books are sold.

The Unspeakable Skipton — McNALLY EDITIONS

Pamela Hansford Johnson Foreword by Michael Dirda From the prolifically gifted Pamela Hansford Johnson, neglected peer of Evelyn Waugh and Muriel Spark, comes “a maliciously witty account of li...

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McNally Editions @mcnallyeditions.com · Aug 20

Buy your copy today: www.mcnallyeditions.com/books/p/the-...

The Authentic Death of Hendry Jones — McNALLY EDITIONS

Charles Neider Foreword by Will Oldham The 1950s classic that rewrote the myth of the American West and inspired its subsequent chroniclers from Sam Peckinpah to Marlon Brando to Cormac McCarth...

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McNally Editions @mcnallyeditions.com · Aug 20

“The Authentic Death of Hendry Jones is neither a kind nor a comforting book, but it is a good one, wry, caustic and wise about the young, doomed American male.”—Matthew Keeley, @washingtonpost.com

Review | An influential western gets its spotlight after 70 years

Charles Neider’s “The Authentic Death of Hendry Jones” is a neglected classic about hardened characters in 1880s California.

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McNally Editions @mcnallyeditions.com · Aug 6

Charles Neider’s The Authentic Death of Hendry Jones— the 1950s classic that rewrote the myth of the American West and inspired its subsequent chroniclers from Sam Peckinpah to Marlon Brando to Cormac McCarthy—is back in print today! Get your copy on our website and everywhere books are sold.

The Authentic Death of Hendry Jones — McNALLY EDITIONS

Charles Neider Foreword by Will Oldham The 1950s classic that rewrote the myth of the American West and inspired its subsequent chroniclers from Sam Peckinpah to Marlon Brando to Cormac McCarth...

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McNally Editions @mcnallyeditions.com · Aug 5

Ursula Parrott’s Ex-Wife chronicles the friendships, one-night stands, and misadventures of Patricia, a twenty-something divorcée in Jazz Age New York.

RSVP to join us on August 14th for a conversation about this unforgettable novel between writer Iva Dixit and NYT Books editor Joumana Khatib.

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McNally Editions @mcnallyeditions.com · Aug 4

“Las Vegas: a circus of human misery turned comedy; a cacophony of grotesque utterances, self-soothing repetition, and relentless hope. This is what Dunne writes best.”

Stephanie Danler’s Foreword to Vegas by John Gregory Dunne is live now on our new Substack!

A Circus of Human Misery Turned Comedy

Stephanie Danler on John Gregory Dunne’s sublimely sleazy memoir of a breakdown in Las Vegas—and the marital mythology that shadows it

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McNally Editions @mcnallyeditions.com · Jul 17

Join us and Ama Kwarteng on Monday (7/21) at McNally Jackson Downtown Brooklyn to discuss Daddy’s Gone A-Hunting by Penelope Mortimer! A breakthrough novel of suburban loneliness and subversion, it shocked critics in 1958 with its “feminine rage” (New York Times). RSVP on the MJ website!

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McNally Editions @mcnallyeditions.com · Jul 15

“Not since Kafka has a writer created such terror and tenderness on the same page... If you read one book from India, read Sakina’s Kiss. If you want to read one novel from anywhere in the world, read Sakina’s Kiss.” —Mohammed Hanif

Sakina's Kiss — McNALLY EDITIONS

Vivek Shanbhag Translated from the Kannada by Srinath Perur A taut story of hidden violence and self-deception from “an Indian Chekhov” (Suketu Mehta)

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McNally Editions @mcnallyeditions.com · Jul 15

Precise, enigmatic, and suspenseful, Sakina’s Kiss by Vivek Shanbhag is a taut story of hidden violence and self-deception from “an Indian Chekhov” (Suketu Mehta). It is now available on our website, in McNally Jackson stores, and everywhere books are sold.

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McNally Editions @mcnallyeditions.com · Jul 10

Extremely important announcement from our Associate Publisher Nathan Rostron, who is reporting live from our NYC warehouse: RENT BOY and WINTER LOVE are back in stock on our website! Get your copies now before they sell out again!

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McNally Editions @mcnallyeditions.com · Jul 9

“…I’m very excited by what promises to be a blood-soaked 90s LA vampire novel from “the greatest horror writer you’ve never read.” There’s also a washed-up rock-star element? Say no more.” — Drew Broussard

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McNally Editions @mcnallyeditions.com · Jul 9

Thrilled to have Todd Grimson’s Stainless included in @literaryhub.bsky.social’s 33 Most Anticipated Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books for the Rest of 2025!

Our 33 Most Anticipated Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books for the Rest of 2025

Lit Hub’s list of the most anticipated books of the second half of the year includes many genre titles, but, one might argue, not enough. What can I say, I’m an excitable boy, still in …

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Neglected Books @neglectedbooks.com · Jul 3

There's a new edition coming out next month from @mcnallyeditions.com.

The Authentic Death of Hendry Jones — McNALLY EDITIONS

Charles Neider Foreword by Will Oldham The 1950s classic that rewrote the myth of the American West and inspired its subsequent chroniclers from Sam Peckinpah to Marlon Brando to Cormac McCarth...

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Radz Pandit @radzpandit.bsky.social · Jun 11

A Post from the Past. WINTER LOVE by Han Suyin, a stylish, elegantly written novel of doomed love set in 1940s London. Published by @mcnallyeditions.com.
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Winter Love by Han Suyin. Published by McNally Editions.

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McNally Editions @mcnallyeditions.com · Jun 10

Then on Thursday, join us at 92Y (in person or virtually) for a conversation between Stephanie and Griffin Dunne, acclaimed actor and director, and John Dunne's nephew. Plus, we'll have a limited number of copies on sale (early! before the July 22nd release!) at each event.

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