Alexa Yasemin Brahme‘s writing has earned her nominations for is a Pushcart Prize, the Robert J. Dau PEN Award, and Best of the Net. Originally from Southern California, she received her MFA from the New School and currently lives in Brooklyn, where she works as a bookseller at Books Are Magic (aka Debutiful’s favorite bookstore in America).
Now, her novel Good News has arrived. Set in New York City, Good News follows a young artist whose creative ambitions and personal life begin to unravel as her thesis falters, her relationships strain, and a magnetic ex reenters her orbit. As pressures mount from family, love, and the art world, she is forced to question not just her work but the life she’s been building.
We asked her to answer our My Reading Life Q&A so readers could get to know the books that shaped her life and influenced her writing.
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