Today in Bookish and Literary History, January 24
1961 American Dream by Edward Albee - US
A modern drama that criticizes the complacency and values of the American middle class.
2017 Perfect Little World by Kevin Wilson - US
Written with the same compassion and charm that won over legions of readers with The Family Fang, Kevin Wilson shows us with grace and humor that the best families are the ones we make for ourselves.
2023 The End of Drum-Time by Hanna Pylväinen - US
An epic love story in the vein of Cold Mountain and The Great Circle, about a young reindeer herder and a minister’s daughter in the nineteenth century Arctic Circle
- FINALIST FOR THE 2023 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD
2023 The Faraway World: Stories by Patricia Engel - US
From the author of Infinite Country—a New York Times bestseller and a Reese’s Book Club pick—comes a “rich and compelling” (The Washington Post) collection of ten exquisite, award-winning short stories set across the Americas and linked by themes of migration, sacrifice, and moral compromise.
2023 After Sappho by Selby Wynn Schwartz - US
An exhilarating debut from a radiant new voice, After Sappho reimagines the intertwined lives of feminists at the turn of the twentieth century.
- LONGLISTED FOR THE 2022 BOOKER PRIZE
- Finalist for the Publishing Triangle's Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction
2023 The World and All That It Holds by Aleksandar Hemon Bosnia/US
The World and All That It Holds―in all its hilarious, heartbreaking, erotic, philosophical glory―showcases Aleksandar Hemon’s celebrated talent at its pinnacle. It is a grand, tender, sweeping story that spans decades and continents. It cements Hemon as one of the boldest voices in fiction.
2023 The Guest Lecture by Martin Riker - US
With “a voice as clear, sincere, and wry as any I’ve read in current American fiction” (Joshua Cohen), Martin Riker’s poignant and startlingly original novel asks how to foster a brave mind in anxious times, following a newly jobless academic rehearsing a speech on John Maynard Keynes for a surprising audience
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