Andrew Martin’s recently released collection of stories, Cool For America, continues the deep perceptiveness and lethal humor of his acclaimed 2018 novel, Early Work. Martin’s writing also conveys a deep love for his characters no matter how compromised they are…
Lucie Britsch’s darkly comic debut, Sad Janet, was named one of the Best Books of the Summer by LitHub, The Millions, Refinery29, and Hey Alma, and has earned high praise: “The narrative voice of Janet in Britsch’s debut novel is…
The Millions Most Anticipated Book of 2020! “Beauty is beautiful in the way of a scalpel blade. It’s that sharp and precise, that lacerating, that true.” –Michael Cunningham, Pulitzer-Prize winning author of The Hours
“Like Japanese brush painting, the author’s simple, clear prose captures Miwako’s vulnerability and complexity…An eerie and elegant puzzle.” Kirkus Review What is your novel about? The Perfect World of Miwako Sumida (Soho Press) is a story of how a young…
“Endlessly inquisitive and wider in scope than length, the novella proves a worthy addition to the canon of messy, strange, and keen women. Genre-bending, hard to categorize, and teeming with life.” —Kirkus Review What is your novella about? Still…
We at Dead Darlings are delighted to introduce you to one of our very own, Novel Incubator alum Susan Bernhard, and her spectacular debut Winter Loon (Little A, 2018). This novel is just out and it is breathtaking. Already it…