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A Life of Books: Mai Nardone – Welcome Me To The Kingdom

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A Life of Books: Mai Nardone – Welcome Me To The Kingdom

Welcome Me To The Kingdom by Mai Nardone is an expansive book that features three families from Bangkok in a story that shifts perspectives and spans decades. The characters and settings crafted by Nardone are memorable, realistic, and nuanced. Weaving through the lives of the characters is a treat. This book feels lived in.

Nardone’s writing has appeared in American Short Fiction, Granta, McSweeney’s, Ploughshares, and elsewhere. We asked the author to answer our recurring A Life of Books questionnaire so readers can get to know him.

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A Life of Books: Delia Cai, Author of Central Places

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A Life of Books: Delia Cai, Author of Central Places

Delia Cai’s debut novel Central Places follows a woman who left her Midwest home for Manhattan and fell in love. Now she’s bringing her fiancé back to meet her immigrant parents in hopes of them hitting it off when they finally meet. What follows is a laugh out loud, charming debut novel.

Debutiful had the author answer our recurring A Life of Books questionnaire so readers can get to know her better!

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Falling in love with survivalism: an interview with Kashana Cauley

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Kashana Cauley practiced law before cutting her teeth in the comedy world with The Today Show with Trevor Noah. She’s currently a writer for The Great North and has one of the funniest and most informative Twitter accounts in the game.

Her debut novel, The Survivalists, is a dark comedy about doomsday-preppers and falling in love. Debutiful asked Cauley a few questions via email so readers can get to know the hilarious writer and what her debut is all about.

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A Life of Books: Ramona Reeves – It Falls Gently All Around and Other Stories

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A Life of Books: Ramona Reeves – It Falls Gently All Around and Other Stories

Ramona Reeves is the author of It Falls Gently All Around and Other Stories, a collection of linked stories that explores memorable characters in Mobile, Alabama.

Debutiful asked her to answer our recurring A Life of Books questionnaire so readers can get to know her better.

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Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi and Other Revolutions

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Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi and Other Revolutions

When you google Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi, you’ll discover a slew of results about a computer scientist and biomedical informatics researcher. Scroll a little bit and you’ll discover that Ogunyemi also wrote a stellar debut called Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions.

I wanted to get to know how Ogunyemi has mastered two wildly different fields and introduce her to readers. We corresponded via email and discussed her science background, life in Nigeria, and writing fiction.

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Meet 7 writers collected in the PEN America Best Debut Short Story Collection 2022 Anthology

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Meet 7 writers collected in the PEN America Best Debut Short Story Collection 2022 Anthology

Every year, PEN America releases an anthology of the best short stories written by first time published writers. This year, a dozen writers were selected from a wide-ranging array of literary journals – both in print and online. They were judged and selected by Sabrina Orah Mark, Emily Nemens, and Deesha Philyaw.

You can read previous roundtables featuring writers from past collections here: 2021, 2020, and 2019.

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