Page One: Where New and Noteworthy Books Begin
The first lines of a dozen noteworthy books, including Between the Night and Its Music: New and Selected Poems by A. B. Spellman and The Charterhouse of Padma by Padma Viswanathan.
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The first lines of a dozen noteworthy books, including Between the Night and Its Music: New and Selected Poems by A. B. Spellman and The Charterhouse of Padma by Padma Viswanathan.
The author of Thanks for This Riot, a debut story collection, introduces some of the online publications that first gave her stories a home, including American Literary Review and Okay Donkey.
“I had to focus on readers who were moved by the same things I was.” —Ananda Lima, author of Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil
The first lines of a dozen noteworthy books, including Call This Mutiny: Uncollected Poems by Craig Santos Perez and The Road to the Country by Chigozie Obioma.
The first lines of a dozen noteworthy books, including Down Here We Come Up by Sara Johnson Allen and Good Women by Halle Hill.
“One of the pleasures of writing short stories for me is the surprise of an ending.” —Jamel Brinkley, author of Witness
The author of When Trying to Return Home describes her connection with journals that first published her stories, including Jabberwock Review and the Vassar Review.
“Stay curious, pay attention, and write things down.” —Chaitali Sen, author of A New Race of Men From Heaven
The first lines of a dozen noteworthy books, including Brotherless Night by V. V. Ganeshananthan and Decade of the Brain by Janine Joseph.
The author on five literary journals that published selections from her story collection, Hao.