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Home » Grants for Writers » NYT Summer Read: A Bomb Placed Close to the Heart

NYT Summer Read: A Bomb Placed Close to the Heart

May 30, 2025

COURAGE to WRITE Writer of Note Nishant Batsha’s novel A Bomb Placed Close to the Heart was listed in the New York Times article, 31 Novels Coming This Summer.

It was also included in the LA Times article, Looking for an escape? Here are 16 romance novels to read this summer.

“An expansive and poignant novel of love, radical ambition, and intellectual rebirth set at the dawn of World War I, A Bomb Placed Close to the Heart is an extraordinary story of a marriage caught at the intersection of radical politics and everyday life.”

Published by ecco/HarperCollins, Batsha’s novel was published on July 1st! Learn more and order your copy HERE.

This project received recognition as a previous COURAGE to WRITE finalist, so it’s exciting to see it come into fruition.

Visit Nishant’s website: www.nishantbatsha.com

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