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Zaina Arafat subverts expectations in You Exist Too Much
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Zaina Arafat is a Palestinian-American whose work has appeared in The New York Times, Granta, Washington Post, and more of the most prestigious media outlets in America. She also holds an M.A. in international affairs from Columbia University and an M.F.A. from Iowa where she also taught writing. Additionally, she has taught at The School of the New York Times, the International Writing Program and Sackett Street Writers, as well as abroad in Jordan, Egypt and Eritrea.
Continue reading “Zaina Arafat subverts expectations in You Exist Too Much”9 debut books you should read this June
Each month, Debutiful will recommend a handful of buzzworthy and under-the-radar debut books for you to read.
Continue reading “9 debut books you should read this June”Digital Book Tour – Carter Sickels, The Prettiest Star
With so many author tours being canceled, Debutiful has invited any author who had events canceled or postponed due to COVID-19 to do a reading and a brief interview as part of the Digital Book Tour podcast series.
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Continue reading “Digital Book Tour – Carter Sickels, The Prettiest Star”Tomasz Jedrowski shines a light on queer romance in Poland in ‘Swimming in the Dark’
Swimming in the Dark by Tomasz Jedrowski is a captivating portrayal of queer love in Europe at a time when relationships between men were staunchy looked down on. Though, as Jedrowski explained in a letter that accompanied the advance copy of his debut novel, he reminds readers that many of the LGBTQ+ community in Poland still hides their true identities out of fear.
Continue reading “Tomasz Jedrowski shines a light on queer romance in Poland in ‘Swimming in the Dark’”Digital Book Tour – Kate Milliken, Kept Animals
With so many author tours being canceled, Debutiful has invited any author who had events canceled or postponed due to COVID-19 to do a reading and a brief interview as part of the Digital Book Tour podcast series.
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Continue reading “Digital Book Tour – Kate Milliken, Kept Animals”6 debut books you should read this April
Each month, Debutiful will recommend a handful of buzzworthy and under-the-radar debut books for you to read.
Continue reading “6 debut books you should read this April”Dennis E. Staples explores everything from love to murder in ‘This Town Sleeps’
Dennis E. Staples is an Ojibwe writer from northern Minnesota whose debut book is about two Ojibwe men from northern Minnesota. Don’t let that simple fact let you think this is some sort of vieled biography of his life.
Continue reading “Dennis E. Staples explores everything from love to murder in ‘This Town Sleeps’”Podcast Episode 02: Brandon Taylor, author of ‘Real Life’
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Brandon Taylor is the Senior Editor of Electric Literature‘s Recommended Reading and is a staff writer at Lit Hub. His debut novel, Real Life, is about a grad student’s weekend of self-realization after a science experience fails. From a romance to feeling out of place, nothing seems to be going right for main character Wallace.
Continue reading “Podcast Episode 02: Brandon Taylor, author of ‘Real Life’”Shannon Pufahl’s ‘On Swift Horses’ explores identity in the 1950s American West
Stories about the American West in the 1950s are often told through the eyes of straight, white men. While On Swift Horses is set during that time period, Shannon Pufahl chose to explore identity in that time period through a group of unique characters.
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