Snapshots of Select Press Shop Campaigns
Haley Cohen Gilliland’s debut book, A FLOWER TRAVELED IN MY BLOOD, published by Simon & Schuster, tells the true story of the Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo, the grandmothers who fought to find their stolen grandchildren during Argentina's Dirty War. It became one of the best reviewed titles of 2025 and earned a spot on New York Times Notable Books list, the Washington Post’s 5 best nonfiction, and it was named a Pulitzer Prize finalist!
Some top hits from the publicity campaign:
New York Times review: “Searching for Grandchildren Stolen During Argentina’s Dirty War”
NPR’s All Things Considered: “Argentina's stolen children grapple with finding their place in history”
Morning Joe: “They refused to be silent’: How Argentina’s grandmothers uncovered a stolen generation”
NPR review: “Hundreds of children disappeared in Argentina. Their grandmothers united to find them”
The Atlantic review: “Between ‘the Drive to Forget and the Obligation to Remember”
THE MIDDLE-CLASS NEW DEAL by University of Texas law professor Mechele Dickerson and published by University of California Press, makes a simple yet damning argument: the decline of the American middle class isn't inevitable—it's a choice. The GI Bill created mass upward mobility after WWII, and the tools exist to do it again. On homeownership, education, and more, Dickerson shows exactly what could be done. Washington has simply chosen not to do it. Campaign highlights:
The Daily Show: Interview with Jon Stewart
CNN Amanpour & Company: Interview with Walter Isaacson
The Chuck Toddcast: “Does America Need A Middle Class New Deal?”
Fast Politics: “Molly Jong-Fast talks to Mechele Dickerson”
The Chauncey DeVega Show: “The American Middle Class is Hanging on by a Thread”
Financial Times’ The Economy Show: “How Bad is America’s Affordability Crisis? With Mechele Dickerson
Published by Stranger Comics, DEFIANT tells the incredible true story of Robert Smalls, a slave during the Civil War who stole a Confederate ship in Charleston Harbor and sailed it to freedom. The graphic book, the first in a series, captured readers’ and the media’s attention. Here are some of the media hits we lined up:
CNN: “Defiant Tells Story of Real-Life Superhero Robert Smalls"
Publishers Weekly: “Freedom Fighting and History Writing: PW Talks with Rob Edwards”
Christian Science Monitor: “Robert Smalls’ Civil War bravery jumps off the page. A new comic captures his legacy”
The Root: “Must-Read Juneteenth Books for the Entire Family”
Military.com: “New Graphic Novel Spotlights Robert Smalls, Who Escaped Slavery on a Stolen Confederate Ship”
Chauncey DeVega Show: “Screenwriter Rob Edwards Reflects on His Life Journey From "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" to "Captain America: Brave New World"
At the turn of the 20th century as Jews fled Europe by the tens of thousands, many of them landed in Galveston, Texas. Rachel Cockerell’s book MELTING POINT, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, examines that forgotten piece of history. It was named a New York Times Notable Book of the year and one of the 5 best nonfiction titles of the year by the Washington Post. Some highlights of the media campaign:
Morning Joe: “How Galveston, Texas Became a Homeland for Jewish Immigrants”
New York Review of Books: “Zionism Without Zion”
New York Times: “A Jewish Promised Land in… Texas? Rachel Cockerell Had to Know More”
New Yorker: “When Jews Sought the Promised Land in Texas”
Washington Post Review: “Melting Pot Revisits the Push to Move Europe’s Jews to Texas”
Times of Israel: “Lone Star of David: How a short-lived plan saw persecuted European Jews reroot in Texas”
Lit Hub First Draft Podcast: “Rachel Cockerell on the Voices Speaking for Themselves”
Harvard Professor Eram Alam’s book THE CARE OF FOREIGNERS, published by Johns Hopkins University Press, reveals how many Americans rely on foreign-born doctors to keep them healthy—and, as a result, how the changes to immigration impact the entire health system. Here’s a selection of media spots we landed:
The Guardian: “Trump’s H-1B visa fee is a death sentence for US healthcare”
Reuters’ Context: “Q&A: Behind the United States' conflicting ties with immigrant doctors”
Boston Globe: “Trump’s $100,000 visa fee closes off vital pipeline of immigrant physicians”
NPR’s Morning Edition: “New policies make U.S. less appealing to foreign-born physicians”
NPR Shots - Health News: “Nobody wants to come': What if the U.S. can no longer attract immigrant physicians?”
Axios: "Rural care could see impact from tighter visa rules”
CBS News: “Trump administration's new $100,000 H1-B visa fees could leave rural health care as collateral damage”
We worked with Casey Michel, director of the Combating Kleptocracy Program at the Human Rights Foundation, on his book FOREIGN AGENTS from St. Martin’s Press. It weaves together an absolutely jaw-dropping and infuriating story about past and current foreign lobbying in the US and the complicity of white-collar professionals at public relations firms, think tanks, and top law firms.
Some top hits:
NPR’s Fresh Air: “How American Lobbyists Threaten Democracy”
MSNBC’s Morning Joe: “HRF’s Casey Michel Discusses "Foreign Agents" on MSNBC’s "Morning Joe"
The Left Hook with Wajahat Ali: “How Are American Foreign Agents Undermining Our Democracy?”
Factually! With Adam Conover: “The U.S. Politicians Selling Out to Foreign Dictators“
Starred Reviews in Publisher’s Weekly and Kirkus Reviews
In SINGLE AT HEART, Dr. Bella DePaulo shows the benefits and beauty in single life and pushes back against the societal notion that being uncoupled is synonymous with unhappiness. Here’s the media page on Bella DePaulo’s website. We love that it goes on and on and on! A sampling:
New York Times: “Over 60, Single and Never Happier”
AARP: “21 of Winter’s Top New Books”
Huffington Post: “I’m 70 and I’ve Lived Alone My Entire Adult Life. Here’s What Everyone Gets Wrong about Single People”
TIME Magazine: “An Ode to Single Life”
SINGLE AT HEART was named a Foreword INDIES finalist soon after publication. DePaulo brought us back on to do a media push for the paperback publication as well.
In FORCE OF A NATURE, a follow up to her 2017 bestselling book of photographs STRONG IS THE NEW PRETTY, author-photographer Kate T. Parker focuses her lens on women and girls being strong and loud and refusing to be pushed aside. The 150 stunning portraits feature mothers, daughters, sisters, nurses, coaches, and other women who use their voices to stand up for themselves and their causes.
We were able to line up many local morning TV spots around the country, plus these hits:
Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live w/ Andy Cohen
TODAY Online: Why I was jealous of my daughter in this viral photo
CNN.com: The kids really are alright, photographer finds
WGN Midday: Midday Fix: Strong Is the New Pretty
We worked with Rabbi Danya Rutttenberg on her parenting book NURTURE THE WOW in 2016, and she came back to work with us on ON REPENTANCE AND REPAIR from Beacon Press several years later. The book applies an ancient framework to navigating conflict in personal and professional spaces, as well as seeking repair for broader social, political, and historical injustices. A sample of the media spots we lined up:
Good Morning America: “Faith Friday: Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg”
We Can Do Hard Things with Glennon Doyle: “How to Make Wrongs Right with Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg”
KERA Think: “Fixing Our Mistakes Doesn’t Start With Sorry”
Vox Conversations: “How do we fix the harm we cause?”
The Good Life Project: “How to Make Amends when We Cause Harm (and We All Will)”
Tamara Dean’s exquisite books of essays published by University of Minnesota Press focused on the time she spent living amidst the steep hills and deeply carved valleys in Wisconsin’s Driftless Area. It was named a Best Book of 2025 by Poets & Writers, The Progressive, Shelf Awareness, and Yale Climate Connections. We focused our outreach on location-specific venues, writerly outlets given her gorgeous well-honed prose, and environment and nature-focused publications.
Some highlights below:
Wisconsin Public Radio: Featured on its Chapter A Day program
WPR’s Wisconsin Today: “This Wisconsin Writer Tried Homesteading for 15 Years in the Driftless Area”
The Minnesota Star Tribune: “In ‘Shelter and Storm,’ a woman puts her mark on Wisconsin’s Driftless Area”
Prairie Public Broadcasting: “Driftless Living: Stories of Place & Passion”
The Daily Yonder: “Wisconsin’s Driftless Region Provides Shelter and Storm for Writer Tamara Dean”
