In the Pipeline

Pulitzer Prize winners Junot Diaz, Viet Thanh Nguyen and Jane Smiley are among 32 writers contributing to a book of letters responding to the election of Donald Trump. Vintage Books announced that “Radical Hope: Letters of Love and Dissent

in Dangerous Times” will be published May 2 as a paperback original.

“The anthology offers readers an antidote to despair: It is a salve, a balm, a compass, a rallying cry, a lyrical manifesto, a power source, a torch to light the way forward,” a Vintage statement reads.

Edited by Carolina De Robertis, the book’s first section “Roots” explores the historical origins of this time. “Present” features letters to contemporary communities. “Seeds” looks ahead to future generations. Other writers include Karen Joy Fowler, Claire Messud and Lisa See.

“Radical Hope” continues a wave of book releases since Trump’s stunning November win. “What Do We Do Now: Standing Up for Your Values in Trump’s America” was a January release from Melville House with suggestions for action from Gloria Steinem, Sen. Bernie Sanders and George Saunders. Gene Stone’s “The Trump Survival Guide: Everything You Need to Know About Living Through What You Hoped Would Never Happen” is another January publication, from Dey Street Books.

Meanwhile, Salman Rushdie’s next novel will take on the age of Obama, with an added dash of Trump. The author best known for “The Satanic Verses” is working on a narrative set against “the panorama” of American life since Barack Obama’s arrival at the White House in 2009. The novel is called

“The Golden House” and is scheduled for September. According to publishers Random House, Rushdie will reflect on everything from the Tea Party and identity politics to the rise of a certain “media-savvy villain” with unusually colored hair.