Poets & Writers has announced the Fall 2025 fiction cohort for Get the Word Out, a publicity incubator for early-career writers. The program gives selected writers an opportunity to work with an experienced book publicist who will guide them in leveraging the opportunity presented by their first or second major book publication.
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We are proud to feature an excerpt from Swift River by Essie Chambers.
In her debut novel, Chambers introduces readers to Diamond Newberry who is a teenager in 1987 learning how to drive, how to love her body, and how to be the only Black girl in an all-white community. Diamond’s coming-of-age story is equally heartbreaking as it is uplifting. Chambers breathes live into intimate scenes with characters that will warm your heart.
We asked the author to set up the excerpt with a short Q&A below, followed by an excerpt from the book’s first chapter.
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Let’s all just say it: good riddance to 2020! While the literature produced last year was unbelievably breathtaking and groundbreaking, the year itself was… a let down. As we enter 2021, let’s all remember to take care of one another and continue to discover debut authors together.
January’s debuts gives readers everything they could possibly want. There’s a trans-melodrama, gut-wrenching memoirs, a psychological thriller, and stories that take us across the globe.
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Asha Lemmie‘s historical fiction Fifty Words For Rain is an expansive exploration into a woman’s coming of age in post-World War II Japan. She takes readers into a world and lets them play there while mistakes are made, secrets are revealed, and desires are tempted. The book itself is like a sibling to Lemmie. She started it in high school and grew up with it. There was no MFA or workshops. Just a decade of perseverance chasing a teenage dream.
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Each month, I will pick a handful of buzzworthy and under the radar debut books I feel you’ll enjoy.
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