Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm | Laura Warrell with Lisa Lucas

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Those familiar with the New York Times magazine’s coverage of efforts to diversify publishing may recognize Laura Warrell’s novel Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm as Lisa Lucas’s first acquisition as Senior Vice President & Publisher of Pantheon and Schocken Books at Penguin Random House.

Warrell’s debut novel is told in the voices of a chorus of diverse women who all love the same trumpet player and ladies’ man, Circus Palmer. Jazz, sex, family, longing, and passion fill the pages. Author Jason Reynolds calls it, “dark and sexy, freeing and frightening, ecstatic and lonely… A modern masterpiece.” We are thrilled to partner with fellow booksellers The Center for Fiction to bring Laura and Lisa to present this thrilling debut.

About the Author

Laura Warrell is a contributor to the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference and the Tin House Summer Workshop, and is a graduate of…