My Monticello Explained

Genre:Literary fiction, Historical fiction
Media Type:Print
Release Date:October 5, 2021
Publisher:Henry Holt
My Monticello
Language:English
Country:United States
Author:Jocelyn Nicole Johnson

My Monticello is a 2021 fiction collection written by debut author Jocelyn Nicole Johnson, published October 5, 2021 by Henry Holt and Co. The books consists of five short stories and an eponymous novella.[1]

Contents

Reception

My Monticello received starred reviews from Booklist,[2] Publishers Weekly,[3] and Kirkus Reviews,[4] as well as positive reviews from The Washington Post,[5] The New York Times,[6] Book Page,[7] Book Reporter,[8] The Today Show, People, Time, Ms.,[9] Chicago Tribune, and Esquire.[10]

The book was a finalist for the 2021 Kirkus Prize for Fiction.[11] My Monticello also won the 2021 Weatherford Prize,[12] the 2022 Library of Virginia Fiction Award,[13] the 2022 Lillian Smith Book Award,[14] and has been recognized as a finalist for the Kirkus Prize,[15] the National Book Critics Circle Leonard Prize,[16] the Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum Prize,[17] the Balcones Fiction Prize,[18] the Library of Virginia's Annual Literary Awards,[19] and the Library of Virginia's People Choice Awards for Fiction.[20] The novel has also been long-listed for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction[21] and the Story Prize.[22] In 2022, My Monticello was also chosen as the Route 1 Reads book for Virginia.[23]

Adaptation

The My Monticello audiobook is narrated by Aja Naomi King, January LaVoy, Landon Woodson, LeVar Burton, Ngozi Anyanwu, and Adetomiwa Edun.

The book is also being adapted to a film produced by Chernin Entertainment and aired on Netflix.[24] Bryan Parker will adapt the screenplay, Peter Chernin and Jenno Topping will produce it for Chernin Entertainment, and Kaitlin Dahill and Johnson will serve as executive producers.

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Notes and References

  1. News: Fitzgerald . Isaac . September 28, 2021 . It's Never Too Late to Publish a Debut Book and Score a Netflix Deal . . October 30, 2021.
  2. Book: Hawkins, LaParis. September 15, 2021. My Monticello. 2021-10-16. Booklist.
  3. Web site: 2021-07-21. Fiction Book Review: My Monticello by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson. Holt, $26.99 (224p) ISBN 978-1-250-80715-1. 2021-10-16. Publishers Weekly. en.
  4. Web site: July 14, 2021. My Monticello. 2021-10-16. Kirkus Reviews.
  5. News: Gray. Anissa. 2021-10-15. Jocelyn Nicole Johnson's 'My Monticello' explores America's racist past — and present — with grace. 2021-10-16. The Washington Post.
  6. News: 2021-10-05. 'My Monticello,' by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson: An Excerpt. en-US. The New York Times. 2021-10-16. 0362-4331.
  7. Web site: Hankin. Sydney. 2021-08-30. My Monticello. 2021-10-16. BookPage. en-US.
  8. Web site: Egelman. Sarah Rachel. October 5, 2021. My Monticello: Fiction. 2021-10-16. Book Reporter.
  9. Web site: Strand. Karla. 2021-10-01. October 2021 Reads for the Rest of Us - Ms. Magazine. 2021-10-16. Ms. Magazine.
  10. Web site: My Monticello: Fiction. 2021-10-16. IndieBound. en.
  11. Web site: September 13, 2021. Finalists for 2021 Kirkus Prize Are Revealed. 2021-10-16. Kirkus Reviews.
  12. Web site: Current Winners of the Weatherford Award for Best Books about Appalachia . 2022-06-06 . Loyal Jones Appalachian Center . en-US.
  13. Web site: Staff reports . Dove, Eastman, Johnson top winners at Library of Virginia Literary Awards . 2022-10-18 . Richmond Times-Dispatch . 17 October 2022 . en.
  14. Web site: 2022 Lillian Smith Book Awards Recognize Short Story Collection, Nonfiction Book for Furthering Social Justice UGA Libraries . 2022-06-06 . www.libs.uga.edu.
  15. Web site: Finalists for 2021 Kirkus Prize Are Revealed . 2022-06-06 . Kirkus Reviews . en.
  16. Web site: 2022-01-21 . Announcing the Finalists for the National Book Critics Circle Awards . 2022-06-06 . National Book Critics Circle . en-US.
  17. Web site: Fhernandez . L.A Times Book Prizes 2022 . 2022-06-06 . Festival of Books . en-US.
  18. Web site: Balcones Prize Creative Writing Department . 2022-08-31 . sites.austincc.edu.
  19. Web site: Library of Virginia Annual Library of Virginia Literary Awards . 2022-08-22 . www.lva.virginia.gov.
  20. Web site: Library of Virginia Annual Library of Virginia Literary Awards .
  21. Web site: My Monticello The PEN/Faulkner Foundation . 2022-06-06 . www.penfaulkner.org.
  22. Web site: https://twitter.com/thestoryprize/status/1496854575806046209 . 2022-06-06 . Twitter . en.
  23. Web site: Virginia Center for the Book – Route1Reads . 2022-07-23 . route1reads.org.
  24. Web site: Jackson. Angelique. 2021-09-23. Chernin Entertainment to Adapt Jocelyn Nicole Johnson's Novella 'My Monticello' for Netflix (EXCLUSIVE). 2021-10-16. Variety. en-US.

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