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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.
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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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Each month, I will pick a handful of buzzworthy and under the radar debut books I feel you’ll enjoy.
Continue reading “6 debut books you should read this October”
Each month, I will pick a handful of buzzworthy and under the radar debut books I feel you’ll enjoy.
Continue reading “6 debut books you should read this August”
Queer intimacy and family history are at the center of Willa & Hesper, Amy Feltman‘s non-romantic love story. In the debut, the two titular characters meet, fall for each other, and fall away from one another. The story doesn’t rest in their relationship but in the hidden parts of their lives.
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Each month, we will pick a handful of buzzworthy and under the radar debut books we feel you’ll enjoy.
Continue reading “6 debut books you should read this January”