> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Fugs and Pieces, July 10th, 2020 - URL: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/fugs-and-pieces-july-10th-2020-07-2020/ - Published: 2020-07-10T20:00:52.000Z - Updated: 2020-07-10T23:17:30.000Z - Description: We rounded up A LOT for you to read this weekend. Like...a lot. - Author: Jessica - Tags: fugs, Fugs and Pieces, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-10-07 08:09 Happy Friday, friends. Wherever you are, I hope this weekend treats you kindly. Our big news is that our new novel, *The Heir Affair,* came out on Tuesday! And you can buy it anywhere: - [Bookshop.org (which also aids indie bookstores)](https://bookshop.org/a/2671/9781538715918?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) - Amazon: [Hardcover ](https://amzn.to/3e3HT6p?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)and [Kindle](https://amzn.to/2VQXZdj?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) - Barnes & Noble: [Hardcover](https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-heir-affair-heather-cocks/1133983277?ean=9781538715918&ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) and [Nook](https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-heir-affair-heather-cocks/1133983277?ean=9781538715925&ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) - For our Canadian friends, Chapters/Indigo: [Paperback ](https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/the-heir-affair/9781538753941-item.html?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)or [Hardcover ](https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/the-heir-affair/9781538715918-item.html?ref=item%5Fpage%3Avariation)or [Kobo](https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/the-heir-affair/9781538715925-item.html?ref=item%5Fpage%3Avariation) - Yes, also at [Books-a-Million!](https://www.booksamillion.com/p/Heir-Affair/Heather-Cocks/9781538715918?id=7928676635391&ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) - Via [iBooks?](https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-heir-affair/id1482603290?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) - Here's [your link for Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Heather%5FCocks%5FThe%5FHeir%5FAffair?id=Z7G0DwAAQBAJ&ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) - How about [Walmart?](https://www.walmart.com/ip/The-Heir-Affair-9781538715918/383795333?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) - Or [Target?](https://www.target.com/p/the-heir-affair-the-royal-we-by-heather-cocks-jessica-morgan-hardcover/-/A-79381486?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) ALSO! Through Sunday, Libro.fm is running a promotion: [If you order a hard copy from Book Soup here](https://booksoup.com/book/9781538715918?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io), you will get a free copy of the audiobook, too. Just email the receipt to hello@libro.fm by 7/12 at 11:59 pm. Audio copies will be emailed on Monday. We've also gotten some very nice press for the book lately, and I'm going to round up a few of the highlights here, in case you're interested: - We were on several Best of July and Best of Summer round-ups -- including [USA Today](https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/entertainment/books/2020/06/16/new-books-summer-alex-trebek-memoir-new-twilight-book-more/3201854001/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io), [TODAY](https://www.today.com/shop/best-summer-reads-t181792?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io), [Frolic](https://frolic.media/the-20-best-books-of-summer-2020/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io), [Town & Country](https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/g27677709/best-summer-books/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io), and [Good Housekeeping](https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/entertainment/g3585/summer-reading/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) \-- which was exciting! *Entertainment Weekly* even said [ "God save the queen? More like God save these books.](https://ew.com/books/best-new-books-july-2020/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)" - We [had a little chat with the nice people at ](https://www.vogue.com/article/fug-girls-the-heir-affair-harry-and-meghan-british-royalty?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)*Vogue!* - We [were also featured in *Vanity Fair!*](https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2020/07/the-heir-affair-book-interview?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) - We talked to[ Fortune about the book publishing industry and maintaining a small business online](https://fortune.com/2020/07/07/books-the-heir-affair-fug-girls-heather-cocks-jessica-morgan/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io). - We [talked to Page Six!](https://pagesix.com/2020/07/07/fug-girls-jessica-morgan-and-heather-cocks-have-royal-esp/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) - We wrote [a fun piece for Goodreads about what our book characters are reading this summer.](https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/1879-the-fug-girls-on-how-to-read-like-a-fictional-royal?ref=book-show) - We did the[ Sit Down and Write newsletter.](https://sitdownandwrite.substack.com/p/how-heather-cocks-and-jessica-morgan) - You can [also read an excerpt from the book at Town & Country](https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a33217469/the-heir-affair-fug-girls-heather-cocks-jessica-morgan-excerpt/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)! SELF-PROMOTION OVER KLAXON! Back to the usual: The news about Naya Rivera is absolutely tragic; [here's the latest on the story, via CNN.](https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/10/entertainment/naya-rivera-what-we-know/index.html?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) This is extremely good, at Longreads: [Tea, Biscuits, and Empire: The Long Con of Britishness](https://longreads.com/2020/06/18/the-long-con-of-britishness/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) [This is a brave and amazing interview with Thandie Newton](https://www.vulture.com/article/thandie-newton-in-conversation.html?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io), and if you haven't read it yet, you really should. \[Vulture\] Also great, also at Vulture, also by E. Alex Jung: [Michaela the Destroyer: How a young talent from East London went from open-mic nights to making the most sublimely unsettling show of the year](https://www.vulture.com/article/michaela-coel-i-may-destroy-you.html?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io). (The Michaela in question is, of course, Coel.) Really good, at Belt: [Give Your Money to Mary Lane](https://beltmag.com/mary-lane-blues-money/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io). Alexandra Petri is truly so funny. At WaPo: [The National Garden of American Heroes is definitely not cursed](https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/07/07/midnight-garden-american-heroes/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) At Lainey: [This is A MESS and makes Lady Antebellum look really bad.](https://www.laineygossip.com/lady-antebellum-sues-lady-a-after-attempting-steal-her-name/66609?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) Pretty amazing, at the New York Times: [A Reporter’s Lonely Mission When the Writing Is on the Wall](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/10/us/alden-global-capital-pottstown-mercury.html??ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) News we can use at My Modern Met: [You Can Now Smell Like Outer Space Thanks to This NASA-Developed Perfume](https://mymodernmet.com/eau-de-space/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) Also at Lainey, from Sara Marrs, [this is a super interesting take on the new "Sexy Tesla" movie.](https://www.laineygossip.com/filmmaker-michael-almereyda-envisions-nikola-tesla-some-kind-of-seducer-first-trailer-tesla-starring-ethan-hawke/66618?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) Great, at Medium:[ I’m Alexander Hamilton’s Direct Descendant. And He Wasn’t As Perfect As You Think](https://medium.com/@AriEhrlich/im-alexander-hamilton-s-direct-descendant-and-he-wasn-t-as-perfect-as-you-think-dbe61f6aab7?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io). (Said direct descendant is fourteen years old.) Related, kinda, at the LA Times: [How ‘Hamilton’ showstopper Renée Elise Goldsberry nailed ‘Satisfied’](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2020-07-03/hamilton-renee-elise-goldsberry-satisfied?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) This is a really interesting interview, at Refinery29: [Color Of Change’s Arisha Michelle Hatch On Professional Activism & Sustaining A Movement](https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2020/07/9896255/color-of-change-arisha-hatch-professional-organizer-interview??ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) This article made me feel very old!!! [Delayed Moves, Poolside Videos and Postmates Spon: The State of TikTok Collab Houses](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/21/style/tiktok-collab-houses-quarantine-coronavirus.html?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) \[NYT\] At Socialite Life: [Is Chris Evans dating Lily James?](https://socialitelife.com/chris-evans-lily-james-dating-rumors/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) (Why are they doing a low-key Ben-and-Ana about this right now?) RELATED, at Celebitchy: [Ben Affleck & Ana de Armas haven’t been photographed together since the WaPo story ](https://www.celebitchy.com/671348/ben%5Faffleck%5Fana%5Fde%5Farmas%5Fhavent%5Fbeen%5Fphotographed%5Ftogether%5Fsince%5Fthe%5Fwapo%5Fstory/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io), which I had somehow missed. Logistically fascinating, at Vulture: [Hollywood’s New Pandemic Protocols Racing to figure out how to film before we run out of new shows.](https://www.vulture.com/2020/07/how-hollywood-studios-are-scrambling-to-make-tv.html?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) Really moving, at Glamour: [‘Did 500 Epidemiologists Just Low-Key Inform Me That I’m Never Going to Have a Baby?’ ](https://www.glamour.com/story/did-500-epidemiologists-just-low-key-inform-me-that-im-never-going-to-have-a-baby?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) This is fascinating, at Reuters: [Why time feels so weird in 2020](https://graphics.reuters.com/HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/TIME/gjnvwwjegvw/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) At the New York Times: [Scrabble Tournaments Move Toward Banning Racial and Ethnic Slurs.](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/07/sports/scrabble-racial-slurs-tournaments.html?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) Uh, I would hope so? Love this, at Vulture: [Styling *The* *Baby-Sitters Club* for a New Generation](https://www.vulture.com/article/the-baby-sitters-club-style-costuming-interview.html??ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) Fascinating, at The New Yorker: [The Gay Marriages of a Nineteenth-Century Prison Ship](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-gay-marriages-of-a-nineteenth-century-prison-ship?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) At IndieWire: [How ‘Roma’ Star Yalitza Aparicio Is Supporting Indigenous Filmmakers in Mexico](https://www.indiewire.com/2020/07/yalitza-aparicio-supporting-indigenous-filmmakers-mexico-1234571974/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) At Crime Reads: [Finding Inspiration in the Heroines of 80s Romance Novels](https://crimereads.com/finding-inspiration-in-the-heroines-of-80s-romance-novels/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) Deliciously petty, at the NYT: [Anything You Say in This Trader Joe’s Line May Be Used Against You](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/09/nyregion/trader-joes-line-signs-nyc.html??ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) At Interview: [Jia Tolentino On Practicing the Discipline of Hope](https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/ask-a-sane-person-jia-tolentino-book-2020-hope?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) FINALLY: The Muppets (vocally) perform the entire first act of Hamilton: (If you click through to YouTube, you can click to different songs.)