Sybelia Drive, Karin Davidson, Braddock Avenue Books – In Sybelia Drive, author Karin Cecile Davidson offers a kaleidoscopic look at the lives of the residents of a small lake town in Florida amidst the tensions of the Vietnam War.
Ellen Birkett Morris
Ellen Birkett Morris is an award-winning, multi-genre writer based in Louisville, Kentucky. Morris is the author of LOST GIRLS, a short story collection, which Kirkus Reviews called "A varied set of tales from a skilled practitioner of the short form."
Her fiction has appeared in Shenandoah, Antioch Review, Notre Dame Review, South Carolina Review, Fiction Southeast, Santa Fe Literary Review, and Upstreet, among other journals. https://ellenbirkettmorris.ink/index.html
Grief Binds Women in The All-Night Sun
The All-Night Sun, Diane Zinna, Random House – Diane Zinna’s The All-Night Sun tells a story of grief, loss, and friendship between Lauren Cress, a 28-year-old English teacher from Washington, D.C., and Siri, an 18-year-old art student.
Three Ways to Disappear: The Evolution of a Novel
Three Ways to Disappear, Katy Yocom, Ashland Creek Press – In Three Ways to Disappear, Katy Yocom tells story of sisters Quinn and Sarah’s return to India, where they spent time as children and were marked by a family tragedy.
Interview: A Small Thing to Want
A Small Thing to Want, Cawood, Press 53 – A Small Thing to Want is a series of stories about the tricky nature of love and relationships. It chronicles how the choices we make are often influenced by the ghosts of failed relationships and lost love. Shuly Xóchitl Cawood discusses the creation of the collection, working across genres and how to stay motivated.
Interview: Risk Sentiment and Empathy Drive Poisssant’s Lake Life
Lake Life, David James Poissant, Simon and Schuster – Lake Life, David James Poissant’s debut novel, begins with a tragic accident that brings up long buried family secrets and forces members of the Starling family to examine their relationships.
Interview: Writing Your Way to Understanding
I Have the Answer, Kelly Fordon, Wayne State Univerity Press – Kelly Fordon’s latest collection of short stories deals with the unexpected losses that life hands out;
Writers & Lovers Looks at Grief and Desire
Writers & Lovers, Lily King, Grove Atlantic – Writer’s and Lovers is set in 1997 and narrated by Casey Peabody, a 31-year-old writer grieving the death of her mother as she struggles to write, make a living and rebound from a bad romance with a poet.
Interview: Carnegie Hill Looks at Love and Marriage at a Co-Op
Carnegie Hill Looks at Love and Marriage at a Co-Op – Inspired by a friend’s experiences on the co-op board of building on New York’s Upper East Side, Jonathan Vatner wrote Carnegie Hill, a novel that uses the travails of residents of an exclusive building to look at the institution of marriage.
Interview: Story Grows Out of Nostalgia for Montauk
Montauk, Nicola Harrison, St. Martin’s Press – Enchanted with the history of Montauk, Long Island, Nicola Harrison decided to tell the story of a modest woman who finds herself among high society.
Dukess Interview: Writing is an Act of Discovery
The Last Book Party, Karen Dukess, Henry Holt – In The Last Book Party, Karen Dukess takes us to the summer of 1987 as 25-year-old Eve, an assistant at a publishing house, attends a party at the Cape Cod home of literary luminaries New Yorker writer Henry Grey and his poet wife, Tillie.
