Funny and heartfelt, this amalgamation of memoir and essay collection tells the story of twenty months the author spent in Lesotho, the small, landlocked kingdom surrounded by South Africa. There he f
From Old Notebooks begins as simply a writer’s list of ideas?ideas for stories, films, novels, essays?but soon the writer’s attention turns toward meditations on family, fear of death, literary fame,
Wynston Cleave, a black taxi driver on a small Caribbean island, spent years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of the death of a wealthy white tourist. Finally released, he tries to piece his
WINNER, DZANC BOOKS SHORT STORY COLLECTION PRIZEONE OF THE MILLIONS'S MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2018"Stunning, evocative, electric...an exuberant collection." -Kirkus Reviews (starred)"What a bold, sm
Dreamlives of Debris is a hybrid retelling of the Theseus and Minotaur myth. Here the Minotaur is a little deformed girl?she calls herself Debris?hidden away from public view in the labyrinth beneath
A man and woman carry out an unusual courtship through a series of letters that gradually strip away their facades. A husband and wife argue about an infidelity that may never have happened. A liais
Act One: At a kitchen table, a husband and wife discuss the news, nudists, and lie to each other about the ways they no longer connect.Act Two: At a kitchen table, a man and his friend discuss the wea
Jordan is a country musician living in the shadow of his father, legendary bluegrass musician Walker Bayne. A lifetime of poor decisions has led him on an endless tour of San Antonio dive bars, where
David Binder is a young, successful writer living in Chicago and suffering from writer’s block. He stares at the blank page, and the blank page stares back?until inspiration strikes in the form of a g
Movieola is a collection of linked short stories that delights and exploits the language and paraphernalia of industrial Hollywood. The collection delves into a night at the movies, featuring all the
Both absurd and melancholy, Honey in the Carcase, the newest collection from award-winning Josip Novakovich, moves from scenes as familiar as a dinner party to the brutal landscapes of war-torn Southe
Tracking the evolution of Hansel and Gretel at seventy-five-year intervals that correspond with earth’s visits by Halley’s Comet, The Archive of Alternate Endings explores how stories are disseminated
“When your life vanishes, how do you do anything but follow it?”Haunted by guilt and reeling from his shattered marriage, New York photographer Ethan flees south to a Central American country on the b
The Survivors, their members known only by the order in which they joined, live alone in a rural Colorado mansion. They believe that sickness bears honesty, and that honesty bears change. Fueled by th
