{"title":"The New Classics","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; float: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/2871\/files\/books-too-loud_86760e83-a639-499b-8169-50a4f0f90f4c.png?4015\" alt=\"Frequencies Books too loud to ignore\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New Classics\u003c\/b\u003e series aims to celebrate the enduring cultural impact that publications have made by refreshing these evergreen titles with cover designs and new introductions by acclaimed writers and artists that speak to the resonance and relevance of these works.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"binary-star","title":"Binary Star","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"responsive-tabs\"\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eABOUT\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: start;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem style=\"background-color: #ffe599;\"\u003eThe Two Dollar Radio \"The New Classics\" edition will feature an original introduction by Catherine Lacey and be released in May, 2026.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg style=\"margin-bottom: 16px; float: none;\" alt=\"Binary Star, a novel by Sarah Gerard, introduction by Catherine Lacey (Two Dollar Radio)\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/2871\/files\/Binary-Star_GERARD.jpg?v=1745450830\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e* \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize Finalist, 2015.\u003cbr\u003e* A Best Book of 2015 \u003c\/strong\u003e—NPR, \u003cem\u003eBustle\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eVanity Fair, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eBuzzFeed, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eFlavorwire, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eLargehearted Boy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe language of the stars is the language of the body. Like a star, the anorexic burns fuel that isn't replenished; she is held together by her own gravity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith luminous, lyrical prose, \u003cem\u003eBinary Star\u003c\/em\u003e is an impassioned account of a young woman struggling with anorexia and her long-distance, alcoholic boyfriend. On a road-trip circumnavigating the United States, they stumble into a book on veganarchism, and believe they've found a direction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eBinary Star\u003c\/em\u003e is an intense, fast-moving saga of two young lovers and the culture that keeps them sick (or at least inundated with quick-fix solutions); a society that sells diet pills, sleeping pills, magazines that profile celebrities who lose weight or too much weight or put on weight, and books that pimp diet secrets or recipes for success.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eREAD AN EXCERPT:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBerfrois\u003c\/em\u003e presents \u003ca title=\"Berfrois presents an excerpt from the novel Binary Star by Sarah Gerard\" href=\"https:\/\/www.berfrois.com\/2014\/07\/binary-star-sarah-gerard\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ean excerpt from the novel Binary Star by Sarah Gerard\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbig\u003eBinary Star\u003c\/big\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e by Sarah Gerard =\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/2871\/files\/Binary-Star.jpg?14908139232642343469\" alt=\"Binary Star by Sarah Gerard = Badlands + Clarice Lispector + Bill Nye\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e* In most cases, none of these writers endorse this book. Our math formulas are supposed to be amusing anecdotes, similar to shelf-talkers in bookstores that say \"If you like X, you might enjoy Y,\" or \"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e is like Cormac McCarthy writing an episode of\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSaved by the Bell \u003cem\u003ewith a soundtrack by\u003c\/em\u003e Philip Glass\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eReviews\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eScroll to bottom for Goodreads reviews.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The particular genius of \u003cem\u003eBinary Star\u003c\/em\u003e is that out of such grim material in constructs beauty. It's like a novel-shaped poem about addiction, codependence and the relentlessness of the everyday, a kind of elegy of emptiness.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Told in sparkling, lyrical prose, Sarah Gerard gives us the story of two lovers who, on a road trip across the U.S., do their best to rid themselves and each other of the sicknesses they’ve picked up along the way.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eVanity Fair \u003c\/em\u003e'Best Books of 2015'\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A brief novel that’s sure to stay with you, \u003cem\u003eBinary Star\u003c\/em\u003e centers on a young professor whose life revolves around her long-distance romance with her boyfriend — a relationship complicated by the fact that he has alcohol-use disorder and she lives with an eating disorder.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—K.W. Colyard, \u003cem\u003eBustle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca title='Binary Star novel in Bustle \"20 Books To Read If You Love Sally Rooney\"' href=\"https:\/\/www.bustle.com\/entertainment\/books-like-sally-rooney\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"20 Books To Read If You Love Sally Rooney\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Gerard has written characters, in lyrical and deeply affecting prose, who are burned out and burning up what substance they have just to be known to each other.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A writer needs a deft hand and a full heart to portray human suffering without treacle, yet at the same time loaded with subtle beauty. Sarah Gerard, author of \u003cem\u003eBinary Star\u003c\/em\u003e, has both in spades.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Caroline Goldstein, \u003cem\u003eBustle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eINTERVIEW: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bustle.com\/articles\/57464-sarah-gerard-author-of-binary-star-on-astronomy-obsession-art-and-community\" title=\"Bustle INTERVIEW with Sarah Gerard author of the novel Binary Star\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\"Sarah Gerard on Obsession, Art, and Community\"\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"In [\u003cem\u003eBinary Star\u003c\/em\u003e], Gerard's unnamed, semi-autobiographical protagonist goes on a road trip that's at first an escape, then an odyssey, then an extended metaphor for a tragic metamorphosis. Gerard has channeled her trials and tribulations into a work of heightened reality, one that sings to the lonely gravity of the human body.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—NPR 'Best Books of 2015'\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eBinary Star\u003c\/em\u003e by Sarah Gerard is the story of a young woman struggling with anorexia and her long-distance boyfriend, who is an alcoholic. A bold, intense account of love and loneliness, \u003cem\u003eBinary Star\u003c\/em\u003e is also a commentary on modern culture and our society's fixation with \"quick-fix solutions\" and pills for all our problems.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Jarry Lee,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBuzzFeed\u003c\/em\u003e, \"\u003ca title=\"Carola Dibbell's The Only Ones  Jarry Lee, BuzzFeed, \u0026quot;16 of the Most Exciting Books of 2015 From Independent Publishers\" href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/jarrylee\/most-exciting-books-from-indies-2015\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e16 of the Most Exciting Books of 2015 From Independent Publishers\u003c\/a\u003e\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"I'll put money down that Sarah Gerard's slim \u003cem\u003eBinary Star\u003c\/em\u003e is unlike anything you've ever read: rhythmic, immersive, entrancing. Although the premise is simple — an astronomy teacher with an eating disorder takes a road trip with her alcoholic boyfriend — so much agitates below the surface. \u003cem\u003eBinary Star\u003c\/em\u003e reveals more about human nature, particularly our own impulses to act and self-destruct, than books five times its size. And, for the record, I had to reread the ending to make sure what actually happened \u003cem\u003ehappened\u003c\/em\u003e.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Meredith Turits, \u003cem\u003eBustle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bustle.com\/articles\/126093-10-of-2015s-best-debut-books-too-good-to-miss\" title=\"Binary Star by Sarah Gerard in Bustle \u0026quot;10 Of 2015's Best Debut Books\u0026quot;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"10 Of 2015's Best Debut Books\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Remarkable... Partly novelistic, partly poetical, partly meditative, \u003cem\u003eBinary Star\u003c\/em\u003e is a beautiful inversion of these rudimentary, astronomical demonstrations, where bodies stand not as replacements for planets or asteroids or gravitational pulls, but where stars and black holes and galaxies stand, instead, for bodies.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eThe Millions\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"[\u003cem\u003eBinary Star\u003c\/em\u003e is] an intense, poetic, deeply original look at bodies, consumerism, and the way we strive to connect with one another, even through distance and dysfunction.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eBuzzFeed\u003c\/em\u003e 'Best Fiction 2015'\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"One of the breakout American independent books of the year. Gerard handles her subject matter—the cavernous nature of relationships, politics, the material and psychological condition of the body—with the care of an author who refuses to write down to her readers.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eFlavorwire\u003c\/em\u003e 'Best Independent Press Books 2015'\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"One of the finest debuts I have read, a daring and epic novel of love and lost souls.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eLargehearted Boy\u003c\/em\u003e 'Favorite Novels 2015'\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBinary Star\u003c\/em\u003e tops this list of '40 Books Published in 2015 That Should Be On Your Shelf'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eLuna Luna\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Counterbalancing its heaviness, the prose also achieves a certain ecstasy of lightness, of breathless possibility. If the narrator herself is stagnant, it’s the stagnancy of spinning eternally on an established orbit. Binary Star suspends us in this state, and our stomachs lurch only when the ride stops.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Compared to \u003cem\u003eDept. of Speculation\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBinary Star\u003c\/em\u003e is told in the same personal manner, as a twentysomething woman embarks on a cross country road trip with her long distance boyfriend while battling a serious eating disorder. In 172 pages, Sarah Gerard will open your eyes to the the mindset of someone with anorexia, as well as the tenets of vegananarchism. It's a lyrical ride like nothing you've ever read.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Amy Sachs, \u003ca title=\"Binary Star by Sarah Gerard in Bustle\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bustle.com\/articles\/61632-11-short-novels-you-can-read-in-a-snow-day\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBustle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca title=\"Binary Star by Sarah Gerard in Bustle\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bustle.com\/articles\/61632-11-short-novels-you-can-read-in-a-snow-day\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"11 Short Snow Day Reads\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Probably the best thing about \u003cem\u003eBinary Star\u003c\/em\u003e is that its strong social critique, while wrapped in a very personal story, is enough to turn it into a narrative that matters beyond its entertainment value. A quick, brutal, and unflinchingly honest tale of death and consumption in contemporary America.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eSundog Lit\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The narrator’s response to her pain is nuanced, and scorched with honesty, even as lies litter the pages. Gerard’s prose is too beautiful, too aware of the potential of poetic pacing, for wallowing.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eFull Stop\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"I can't guarantee that you'll feel warm and fuzzy feelings about Sarah Gerard's \u003cem\u003eBinary Star\u003c\/em\u003e, but I can promise you that this brilliant new talent's slim novel will change your outlook on what literature (oh, and the universe itself) can be. This formally progressive novel takes on several forms — lyric poem, astronomy textbook, train-of-thought scribblings — as it narratively tracks the steady disintegration of a dangerously anorexic young woman. Like many progressive books, \u003cem\u003eBinary Star\u003c\/em\u003e is a difficult read, but what it reveals about body dysmorphic and eating disorders — and what its successfully experimental form signifies for the future of literature — makes this small press release one of the most exciting books of 2015 so far.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Caroline Goldstein, \u003cem\u003eBustle\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bustle.com\/articles\/104753-13-books-from-2015-that-every-woman-should-read\" title=\"Sarah Gerard's Binary Star a best book in Bustle\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"These Are 13 Books From 2015 You Need To Read\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Rhythmic, hallucinatory, yet vivid as crystal. Gerard has channeled her trials and tribulations into a work of heightened reality, one that sings to the lonely gravity of the human body.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eNPR\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A novel that takes risks, both in style and subject matter. A serious literary work.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eElectric Literature\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"In this fictionalized love story about two troubled young people dealing with eating disorders and drug abuse, Gerard weaves real-life social issues into an otherworldly tale, in which the vast universe above serves as a guiding force in the pursuit for clarity.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eRefinery 29\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The story is propelled by Gerard's prose, which mirrors the narrator's sleep-deprived, thought-accelerated state. The sentences accumulate with manic intensity, painting a portrait of a young woman who's incapable of seeing things clearly and has a better understanding of stars that are light years away than of the workings of her own body.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eSan Diego City Beat\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A vibrant, addictive display of prose. Gerard enacts a nearly Kathy Acker-esque intensity in her diction, invoking styles at times clipped and maniacal, like Artaud, other times siren-shriekingly transcendent or trauma-shocked-out calm.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Blake Butler, \u003cem\u003eVice\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Gerard's sharp debut novel takes on addiction, dysfunction and eating disorders in a surreal and haunting road trip across America.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eBinary Star\u003c\/em\u003e shines even as it charts the breaking apart of worlds and the spiral-in of events, and is a special recommendation for the surreal poet-turned-reader who will find its scientific links to psychological states of mind to be inviting.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eMidwest Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"It's remarkable... [\u003cem\u003eBinary Star\u003c\/em\u003e's] triumph, and its uniqueness, is in bringing us to tears over a great mess of intertwined ideas.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eFlavorwire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The language moves through darkness and lightness, between being and unbeing, between past and future. But its center is always in the present. It is the only space where you can exist and disappear at the same time. Gerard leaves you there.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eEntropy Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Fast-paced, visceral, and distinctly tragic, \u003cem\u003eBinary Star \u003c\/em\u003eis a must read for anyone curious about what it means to be a body in space.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eInterview Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“The book has the cool detachment of Joan Didion’s \u003cem\u003ePlay it As it Lays\u003c\/em\u003e and the formal experimentation of Harry Mathews’ best work.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eNerve\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eBinary Star\u003c\/em\u003e dazzles and sings in the best of ways.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eGawker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the “Six Best Books of January.”; “Our indie pick of the month.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eGQ\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Sarah Gerard’s debut\u003cem\u003e, Binary Star\u003c\/em\u003e, radiates beauty. Gerard captures the beauty and scientific irony of damaged relationships and ephemeral heavenly lights. Just as with the stars, it is collapse that offers the most illumination.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of “27 of the Most Exciting New Books of 2015.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eBuzzFeed\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“With the grace of a poem and the attitude of a punk anthem, \u003cem\u003eBinary Star\u003c\/em\u003e is an unusual treasure. Sarah Gerard is a young writer on the rise. She has a voice you have to hear to believe.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Caroline Goldstein, \u003cem\u003eBustle\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ca title=\"Binary Star by Sarah Gerard in Bustle\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bustle.com\/articles\/54063-11-of-january-2015s-best-books-to-help-you-start-the-new-year-on-the-right\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\"The 11 Books You Should Read This January\"\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Gerard has a reputation for tackling her subject matter with unusual ferocity.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eThe Millions\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Gerard writes fiction like poetry, constructing a mesmerizing, complex story of addiction, obsession and love.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eTime Out New York\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A glittering novel that tears into the headspace of a young anorexic in love with an alcoholic. Gerard’s spare language and spacing is an intimate, cinematic poem.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eThe Brooklyn Rail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Gerard’s first novel, \u003cem\u003eBinary Star\u003c\/em\u003e, is one of the most hotly anticipated arrivals of early 2015.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eBrooklyn Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Sarah Gerard’s lyrical prose is like nothing you’ve ever read—and the same can be said for the arresting \u003cem\u003eBinary Star\u003c\/em\u003e, too... it kind of blew apart my mind.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Meredith Turits, \u003cem\u003eBustle\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bustle.com\/articles\/48155-12-of-the-most-anticipated-books-of-2015-aka-the-titles-we-cant-get-our-hands\" title=\"Binary Star a novel by Sarah Gerard in Bustle\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\"The 12 Most Anticipated Books of 2015\"\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Gerard has produced a powerful, poetic, and widely relatable novel that eludes easy classification.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e (Starred)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Sarah Gerard has an interesting fearlessness.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eVICE\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Sarah Gerard's star is rising.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eThe Millions\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Fascinating... unlike anything else out there.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Brazos Bookstore blog\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“One of the finest debuts I have read, a daring and epic novel of love and lost souls.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eLargehearted Boy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“[\u003cem\u003eBinary Star\u003c\/em\u003e] feels like it’s going to dismantle itself on the next page or sentence, yet somehow Gerard is always in control, building up to a perfect and explosive ending.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eFanzine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A bold, beautiful novel about wanting to disappear and almost succeeding. Sarah Gerard writes about love and loneliness in a new and brilliantly visceral way.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Jenny Offill\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"I felt a breathless intensity the whole time I read Sarah Gerard's brilliant \u003cem\u003eBinary Star\u003c\/em\u003e. I sped through it, dizzy, devastated, loving all of it.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Kate Zambreno\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Two lost souls hurtle through a long dark night where drug store fluorescents light up fashion magazine headlines and the bad flarf of the pharmacy: Hydroxycut, Seroquel, Ativan, Zantrex-3. Gerard’s young lovers rightly revolt against the insane standards of a sick society, but their pursuit of purity—ideological, mental, physical—comes to constitute another kind of impossible demand, all the more dangerous for being self-imposed. \u003cem\u003eBinary Star \u003c\/em\u003eis merciless and cyclonic, a true and brutal poem of obliteration, an all-American death chant whose chorus is 'I want to look at the sky and understand.'\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Justin Taylor\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"By now I've read \u003cem\u003eBinary Star\u003c\/em\u003e twice, and I've become so entwined with it that I'm reluctant to talk about the subject at length. Let me just say that I've never read anything like it.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Harry Mathews\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Allegorized by the phenomena of binary stars, Sarah Gerard's first novel confronts the symptoms of modern living with beauty and courage.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Simon Van Booy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"An astronomer with bulimia fights to reconcile her feelings for her long-distance boyfriend with his emotional unavailability in this stunning 2015 debut.\"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—K.W. Colyard,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBustle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca title='Binary Star novel in Bustle \"20 Short Novels You Can Finish In A Single Weekend\"' href=\"https:\/\/admin.shopify.com\/store\/two-dollar-radio\/products\/%20https:\/\/www.bustle.com\/p\/20-short-novels-you-can-read-in-a-weekend-46861%20\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\"20 Short Novels You Can Finish In A Single Weekend\"\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAuthor\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cimg alt=\"Sarah Gerard author Two Dollar Radio Binary Star book\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/2871\/files\/BookDetailBoxAUTHOR-VERT-036.png?4075\" style=\"float: none;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca title=\"Sarah Gerard author page\" href=\"http:\/\/twodollarradio.com\/products\/sarah-gerard\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSarah Gerard\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e is the author of the memoir \u003cem\u003eCarrie Carolyn Coco: My Friend, Her Murder, and an Obsession with the Unthinkable\u003c\/em\u003e, “A tender, multifaceted portrait of a young poet’s too-short life, and an incisive, deeply reported investigation into the personal and societal circumstances that led to her death\" (\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e). Her essay collection \u003cem\u003eSunshine State\u003c\/em\u003e was a \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Critics’ and NPR Best Book of the Year, a finalist for the Southern Book Prize, and was longlisted for the PEN\/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award. Her novel \u003cem\u003eBinary Star\u003c\/em\u003e was a finalist for the \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e First Fiction prize, and her novel \u003cem\u003eTrue Love\u003c\/em\u003e is “[A] darkly comic dissection of desire” (\u003cem\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e). Her short stories, essays, and interviews have appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eT Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGranta\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMcSweeney’s\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eVice\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eElectric Literature\u003c\/em\u003e, and several anthologies. She was a recipient of a 2021 Lambda Literary Dr. James Duggins Outstanding Mid-Career Novelist Prize. She’s a private investigator in Denver.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.catherinelacey.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCatherine Lacey\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e (Introduction) is the author of five books: \u003cem\u003eBiography of X\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePew\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Answers\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNobody Is Ever Missing\u003c\/em\u003e, and a short story collection, \u003cem\u003eCertain American States\u003c\/em\u003e. Her honors include a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Whiting Award, a Cullman fellowship, an O. Henry, the Young Lions Fiction Award, the Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize, and an award from Lambda for Lesbian Fiction. Her debut work of nonfiction, \u003cem\u003eThe Möbius Book\u003c\/em\u003e, is forthcoming from FSG. A second short story collection, \u003cem\u003eMy Stalkers\u003c\/em\u003e, will follow. She lives in México with her husband, Daniel Saldaña París.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eVideos\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWatch the official book trailer video for \u003cem\u003eBinary Star\u003c\/em\u003e, created by David Formentin. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/116683380?byline=0\u0026amp;portrait=0\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSneak Peek\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEnjoy a sneak peek read of \u003cem\u003eBinary Star\u003c\/em\u003e here, on Issuu, and get a serious look inside the book:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-configid=\"1286729\/11652397\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 341px;\" class=\"issuuembed\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cscript type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/e.issuu.com\/embed.js\" async=\"true\"\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eInfo\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eNew Classics Edition\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLIST PRICE: $17.95\u003cbr\u003ePAGES: 182\u003cbr\u003ePRINT ISBN: 9781953387554\u003cbr\u003eDIGITAL ISBN: 9781953387561\u003cbr\u003eRELEASE DATE: 5\/5\/2026\u003cbr\u003eSIZE: 5.5\" x 7.5\"\u003cbr\u003eAUDIO BOOK: \u003ca title=\"Binary Star audio book Publisher ListenUp Production LLC on Lantern website\" href=\"https:\/\/lanternaudio.com\/binary-star\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAudiobook of \u003cem\u003eBinary Star\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrinted in Canada by Marquis, with the following environmental statement:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*Inside printed on Enviro 100% post-consumer EcoLogo certified paper, processed chlorine free and manufactured using biogas energy.\u003cbr\u003e*FSC certified paper (inside and cover).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eOriginal Edition\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLIST PRICE: $16.00\u003cbr\u003ePAGES: 182\u003cbr\u003ePRINT ISBN: 9781937512255\u003cbr\u003eDIGITAL ISBN: 978-1-937512-26-2\u003cbr\u003eRELEASE DATE: 1\/13\/2015\u003cbr\u003eSIZE: 5.5\" x 7.5\"\u003cbr\u003eAUDIO BOOK: \u003ca title=\"Binary Star audio book Publisher ListenUp Production LLC on Lantern website\" href=\"https:\/\/lanternaudio.com\/binary-star\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAudiobook of \u003cem\u003eBinary Star\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrinted in Canada by Marquis, with the following environmental statement:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*Inside printed on Enviro 100% post-consumer EcoLogo certified paper, processed chlorine free and manufactured using biogas energy.\u003cbr\u003e*FSC certified paper (inside and cover).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"Two Dollar Radio Marquis book printer eco-friendly labels\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/2871\/files\/Marquis-eco-labels-icons_large.jpg?v=1509819192\" style=\"float: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"border-radius: 2px; 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Confused\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe L Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTime Out Chicago\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"McClanahan's prose is miasmic, dizzying, repetitive. A rushing river of words that reflects the chaos and humanity of the place from which he hails. [McClanahan] aims to lasso the moon... He is not a writer of half-measures. The man has purpose. This is his symphony, every note designed to resonate, to linger.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Allison Glock, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCrapalachia\u003c\/em\u003e is a portrait of Scott McClanahan’s formative years, coming of age in rural West Virginia, during a stretch of time where he was deeply influenced by his Grandma Ruby and Uncle Nathan, who suffered from cerebral palsy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePeopled by colorful characters and their quirky stories,\u003cem\u003e Crapalachia\u003c\/em\u003e interweaves oral folklore and area history, providing an ambitious and powerful snapshot of overlooked Americana.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeyond the artistry, there is an optimism, a genuine love for people and the past and memories. Even more, there is a grasp to bridge the disconnect between reader and writer, for McClanahan’s stories to bind us closer to one another.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterviews:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/therumpus.net\/2014\/01\/the-rumpus-interview-with-scott-mcclanahan-2\/\" title=\"THE RUMPUS INTERVIEW WITH SCOTT MCCLANAHAN | Jan. 10, 2014 BY GABRIELLE GANTZ\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eTHE RUMPUS \u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/therumpus.net\/2014\/01\/the-rumpus-interview-with-scott-mcclanahan-2\/\" title=\"THE RUMPUS INTERVIEW WITH SCOTT MCCLANAHAN | Jan. 10, 2014 BY GABRIELLE GANTZ\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eINTERVIEW WITH SCOTT MCCLANAHAN | Jan. 10, 2014\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBY GABRIELLE GANTZ\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shelfmediagroup.com\/interview\/interview-scott-mcclanahan-author-of-crapalachia-a-biography-of-place\/\" title=\"Interview: Scott McClanahan Author of Crapalachia: A Biography of Place | Aug. 20, 2015 BY SHELFMEDIA INTERVIEW\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInterview: Scott McClanahan Author of Crapalachia: A Biography of Place | Aug. 20, 2015\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBY SHELFMEDIA\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbig\u003eCrapalachia\u003c\/big\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e by Scott McClanahan =\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"Crapalachia by Scott McClanahan = Kurt Vonnegut + Mountain Dew + Harry Crews\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/2871\/files\/Crapalachia.jpg?15275559285782233475\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e* In most cases, none of these writers endorse this book. Our math formulas are supposed to be amusing anecdotes, similar to shelf-talkers in bookstores that say \"If you like X, you might enjoy Y,\" or \"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e is like Cormac McCarthy writing an episode of\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSaved by the Bell \u003cem\u003ewith a soundtrack by\u003c\/em\u003e Philip Glass\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eReviews\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eScroll to bottom for Goodreads reviews.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/04\/15\/books\/review\/ocean-vuong-reading-list-by-the-book.html\" title=\"Ocean Vuong on Scott McClanahan, author of Crapalachia\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eOcean Vuong includes Scott McClanahan\u003c\/a\u003e in his list of “favorite writers working today” for \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, April 14, 2022.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKCRW's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"KCRW's Bookworm interview with author Scott McClanahan, Crapalachia\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kcrw.com\/culture\/shows\/bookworm\/scott-mcclanahan-the-sarah-book-crapalachia-a-biography-of-place\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBookworm\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003einterview with Scott McClanahan\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e| Feb. 22, 2018\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHost Michael Silverblatt and author Scott McClanahan discuss two of his close-to-the-bone, personal novels: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Sarah Book\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eCrapalachia: A Biography of Place: \"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEach one, hilarious and heartbreaking, merges forms and takes place in a West Virginia that exists only in Scott’s head. He plagiarizes and mines from his own life, creating the feeling of literary truth through short, sharp sparks of writing full of feeling. Scott points his finger not at someone else, but at the narrator.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The Poet Laureate of Real America.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cspan\u003eNick Moran, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Millions\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"McClanahan's prose is miasmic, dizzying, repetitive. A rushing river of words that reflects the chaos and humanity of the place from which he hails. [McClanahan] aims to lasso the moon... He is not a writer of half-measures. The man has purpose. This is his symphony, every note designed to resonate, to linger.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Allison Glock, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eCrapalachia\u003c\/em\u003e is the genuine article: intelligent, atmospheric, raucously funny and utterly wrenching. McClanahan joins Daniel Woodrell and Tom Franklin as a master chronicler of backwoods rural America.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Steve Donoghue, \u003cem\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Scott McClanahan might be today’s best-known indie press writer... [his books] function as pseudo-memoirs with a crackling electricity rarely found in literary fiction.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Phil McCausland, \u003cem\u003eThe A.V. Club\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca title=\"The A.V. Club interviews Crapalachia author Scott McClanahan\" href=\"https:\/\/www.avclub.com\/indie-author-scott-mcclanahan-considers-art-and-anecdot-1798249548\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Indie author Scott McClanahan considers art and anecdote through 5 of his favorite books\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Scott McClanahan is one of those rare writers who achieves Kafka’s credo that a book should be the axe that shatters the icy soul of our interior. \u003cem\u003eCrapalachia\u003c\/em\u003e, with its tongue-in-cheek title, is anything but refuse and detritus. In fact, it’s a broken and half-sung ode to place and people and history, a personal reclamation of falsehoods cast on rural communities in West Virginia.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Ocean Vuong, author of \u003cem\u003eOn Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous\u003c\/em\u003e, in \"The 10 Books I Needed to Write My Novel\" (\u003cem\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"No other book this sad will make you laugh this hard.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e(View the awesome \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/therumpus.net\/2013\/05\/horn-reviews-crapalachia\/\" title=\"Crapalachia graphic novel cartoon review\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eHORN! REVIEWS\u003c\/a\u003e review in short graphic novel\/comic form.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Kevin Thomas, \u003cem\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \"McClanahan’s deep loyalty to his place and his people gives his story wings: 'So now I put the dirt from my home in my pockets and I travel. I am making the world my mountain.' And so he is.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Gina Webb, \u003cem\u003eAtlanta Journal-Constitution \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"[\u003cem\u003eCrapalachia\u003c\/em\u003e is] a wild and inventive book, unquestionably fresh of spirit, and totally unafraid to break formalisms to tell it like it was.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Blake Butler, \u003cem\u003eVice\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \"Epic. McClanahan's prose is straightforward, casual, and enjoyable to read, reminiscent at times of Kurt Vonnegut. \u003cem\u003eCrapalachia\u003c\/em\u003e is one of the rare books that, after you reach the end, you don't get up to check your e-mail or Facebook or watch TV.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Alex Miller, \u003cem\u003eRain Taxi Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Part memoir, part hillbilly history, part dream, McClanahan embraces humanity with all its grit, writing tenderly of criminals and outcasts, family and the blood ties that bind us.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Royal Young, \u003cem\u003eInterview Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A brilliant, unnerving, beautiful curse of a book that will both haunt and charmingly engage readers for years and years and years.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—J. A. Tyler, \u003cem\u003eThe Nervous Breakdown\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"McClanahan's style is as seductive as a circuit preacher's. \u003cem\u003eCrapalachia\u003c\/em\u003e is both an homage and a eulogy for a place where, through the sorcery of McClanahan's storytelling, we can all pull up a chair and find ourselves at home.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eSan Diego City Beat\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \"McClanahan’s is a joyful philosophy, communicated via his own distinctive melange of poetic storytelling and direct address, and never less than an enthralling read. [\u003cem\u003eCrapalachia\u003c\/em\u003e is an] elegiac call to savor life now, today.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Nathan Weatherford, \u003cem\u003eFull Stop\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \"Scott McClanahan’s \u003cem\u003eCrapalachia\u003c\/em\u003e resurrects words. It’s an apple that tastes good. But not just good. Necessary.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eCenter for Fiction\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"[\u003cem\u003eCrapalachia\u003c\/em\u003e is] McClanahan's best and most affecting work to date. McClanahan is that rare writers'-writer, an artist whose work you'd just as easily recommend to a teenage kid as to a distinguished professor.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eThe Coffin Factory\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"It is the defiance in the writing that is breathtaking, the very aliveness of this voice in the face of all those dead: the thousands and thousands of dead miners, the dead of the Hawk’s Nest Tunnel, the dead of the Sago Mine Disaster, the dead of the Buffalo Creek Flood, the dead of hunger, the dead of a death by their own hands.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Mesha Maren, \u003cem\u003eHTML Giant\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A heartfelt narrative about growing up, friends, family, human nature, love, going to school, history, death, and rural West Virginia... an homage to everyday things that are somehow extraordinary... a wonderful eulogy to a time and a place.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Gabino Iglesias, \u003cem\u003eVerbicide\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eCrapalachia\u003c\/em\u003e is an open-hearted, poetic existential exploration disguised as a southern-fried memoir. McClanahan has staked out new literary territory and firmly planted the Crapalachian flag there. Long may it wave.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eShelf Unbound\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This punchy, inimitable book is one of the best memoirs I can remember reading, a prescient and preposterous ode to Americana’s charms and failures with enough greasiness to stick to your bones like homemade gravy.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Chris Vola, \u003cem\u003eThe Lit Pub\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"[\u003cem\u003eCrapalachia\u003c\/em\u003e is] a remarkable and rambling personal history, a loving, laughing, eye-rolling and affectionate portrait of a region, [McClanahan's] home, the place he’s from and therefore who he is.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Henry Stewart, \u003cem\u003eThe L Magazine \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"McClanahan’s frenetic account of life growing up in rural West Virginia practically seethes with place, with empathy, with humor and violence and the boringness\/incredibleness of being young.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Emily Temple, \u003cem\u003eFlavorwire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"In this innovative 'biography,' McClanahan... chronicles the peculiarities of Appalachian life—punctuated by mine collapses, quotidian tragedies, and recipes for chicken and gravy—and is infused with both boundless love and the ever-present specter of death... His singular mission is to create a lasting testament to the people he has loved and he succeeds: [\u003cem\u003eCrapalachia\u003c\/em\u003e] leaves an enduring impression.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e, Starred Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Though the book doesn’t come out until the middle of next month, I can’t wait until then to say how much I liked Scott McClanahan’s \u003cem\u003eCrapalachia\u003c\/em\u003e. [McClanahan's] voice is wholly unaffected, and his account manages to be both comic and unpretentiously sentimental.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Nicole Rudick, \u003cem\u003eThe Paris Review 'Daily'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"McClanahan through words attempts to transform memory into a record of family and friends, to somehow make them permanently a part of his life—and all our lives... stark, beautiful writing.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Natalie Sypolt, \u003cem\u003ePaste Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAuthor\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cimg style=\"float: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/2871\/files\/BookDetailBoxAUTHOR-HORZ-028.png?4173\" alt=\"Author Scott McClanahan\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca title=\"Scott McClanahan author web page\" href=\"http:\/\/twodollarradio.com\/collections\/authors\/products\/scott-mcclanahan\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScott McClanahan\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e is the author of \u003cem\u003eCrapalachia\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003ca title=\"The Incantations of Daniel Johnston graphic novel\" href=\"http:\/\/twodollarradio.com\/products\/daniel-johnston\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Incantations of Daniel Johnston\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHill William\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Collected Works of Scott McClanahan: Volume 1\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eStories II\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eStories V!\u003c\/em\u003e. His fiction has appeared in \u003cem\u003eBomb\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eVice\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eNew York Tyrant\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNico Walker\u003c\/strong\u003e is originally from Cleveland. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCherry\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eis his debut novel.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eVideos\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eView the official book trailer for \u003cem\u003eCrapalachia\u003c\/em\u003e, created by Holler Presents\u003ca href=\"hollerpresents.com\" title=\"Holler Presents website, created of Crapalachia book by Scott McClanahan\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e: \u003ciframe width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/74601417\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSneak Peek\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEnjoy a sneak peek of \u003cem\u003eCrapalachia\u003c\/em\u003e here, on Issuu, and get a look inside the book:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"issuuembed\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 341px;\" data-configid=\"1286729\/31627856\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cscript type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/e.issuu.com\/embed.js\" async=\"true\"\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eGuide\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca style=\"background-color: #fff2cc;\" title=\"Crapalachia Reader Guide PDF\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/2871\/files\/Crapalachia-reading-guide.pdf?874376036647611664\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eClick here to view and\/or download as PDF.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook Club and Reader Guide: Questions and Topics for Discussion\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Is there value in treating chapters 1-3 as periphery material to the rest of the book? If so, why?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2. How is the character of Ruby established and developed in chapters 2 and 3?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3. Does the direct statement of the theme, “Tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick,” help or hinder the development of the narrative. What do you think McClanahan is trying to say about the passage of time? What are some other themes explored in the work?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4. What effect do the chapter transitions and titles have on the progression of the novel?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5. In what ways does \u003cem\u003eCrapalachia\u003c\/em\u003e explore the idea of entrapment? Explain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6. How does \u003cem\u003eCrapalachia\u003c\/em\u003e work as a biography of place versus an artistic memoir of Scott McClanahan’s life?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7. What is the significance of repetition in the novel? For example, Bill’s constant retelling of the story of the Greenbrier Ghost.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8. Is Scott a trustworthy narrator? Why or why not? How does the Appendix and Notes section support or undermine the narrator?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9. Uncle Nathan’s Cerebral Palsy makes it difficult to speak, however Scott gives him a fair amount of dialogue. What does the role of family play in the creation of this speech and to what degree do you believe narrator Scott used his imagination in order to give words to this man?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10. Examine the role of family within the text. How does it function in the setting of \u003cem\u003eCrapalachia\u003c\/em\u003e? Do you think families are just a thing someone is born into, or can they be created?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eInfo\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCREDITS (The New Classics Edition):\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCover design: Eric Obenauf.\u003cbr\u003eCover photos: Pigeon\/Dove: State Archives of North Carolina Raleigh. Motorcycle couple: The U.S. National Archives.\u003cbr\u003eAuthor photograph: Courtesy of the author.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFORMAT: The New Classics Edition (\"Horizon\" cover)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Classics edition features an original introduction by Nico Walker.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLIST PRICE: $17.95\u003cbr\u003ePAGES: 184\u003cbr\u003ePRINT ISBN: 9781953387479\u003cbr\u003eDIGITAL ISBN: 978-1-937512-12-5\u003cbr\u003eRELEASE DATE: 10\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003eSIZE: 5.5\" x 7.5\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFORMAT: Original Paperback Edition (painting cover; sold out)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLIST PRICE: $16.00\u003cbr\u003ePAGES: 172\u003cbr\u003ePRINT ISBN: 9781937512033\u003cbr\u003eDIGITAL ISBN: 978-1-937512-12-5\u003cbr\u003eRELEASE DATE: 3\/1\/2013\u003cbr\u003eSIZE: 5.5\" x 7.5\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAUDIO BOOK:\u003c\/strong\u003e Recorded Books, narrated by Scott Sowers. Listen to a preview on the website of \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Crapalachia by Scott McClanahan audiobook from Recorded Books, Inc.\" href=\"https:\/\/rbmediaglobal.com\/audiobook\/9781470390990\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRecorded Books\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFOREIGN LANGUAGE:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFRENCH: Editions Cambourakis.\u003cbr\u003eGERMAN: ars vivendi verlag.\u003cbr\u003eITALIAN: Pidgin Edizioni.\u003cbr\u003ePORTUGUESE: Cutelo Edições.\u003cbr\u003eSPANISH: Fulgencio Pimentel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Two Dollar Radio","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":1030361433,"sku":"","price":14.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback\/Ebook Bundle (.epub)","offer_id":15435170381914,"sku":"","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Ebook (.epub)","offer_id":37816259772607,"sku":"","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/2871\/files\/Crapalachia_New-Classics.jpg?v=1707748279"},{"product_id":"the-correspondence-artist","title":"The Correspondence Artist (Forthcoming)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"responsive-tabs\"\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eABOUT\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Correspondence Artist\u003c\/i\u003e will be reissued with an original introduction by Garth Greenwell in January 2027.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/2871\/files\/Correspondence-Artist_Barbara-Browning.jpg?v=1778618016\" alt=\"The Correspondence Artist, a novel by Barbara Browning\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e*Lambda Literary Award Winner\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Browning likes a bit of contrived mischief…. It’s tempting to compare her to popular writers of ‘autofiction,’ such as Chris Kraus, Sheila Heti, and Ben Lerner—all of whom she mentions in her work—but Browning exaggerates the genre to particularly postmodern, batty, and charming extremes.”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Alice Gregory, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn innovative, globe-trotting, and sexy tale of modern connection and desire. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCompared by \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e to the autofiction of Chris Kraus, Sheila Heti, and Ben Lerner, this roman à clef is a love story like none other.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVivian, a writer, is carrying on a relationship with an internationally acclaimed artist. There are those who stand to benefit—and suffer—from the revelation of her paramour's identity, so in the service of telling her tale she creates a series of fictional stand-ins. There is Tzipi, a sixty-eight-year-old Nobel Prize-winning female Israeli writer; Binh, a twenty-something Vietnamese video artist; Santuxto, a poetic Basque separatist; and Djeli, a Malian world-music star. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVivian divulges the story of their relationship largely through correspondence, from the first meeting with her lover to their jumpy spam filter, which arrests the more explicit notes that result in Vivian being held captive in a tiger cage in a Berlin hotel in one version; chased by a Medusa-like woman on a Greek Island in another; imprisoned by a splinter cell of Basque separatists; in an African hospital with a bout of Dengue Fever. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Browning likes a bit of contrived mischief,” praises \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Correspondence Artist\u003c\/i\u003e delivers an epistolary romance with captivating wit and intelligence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbig\u003eThe Correspondence Artist\u003c\/big\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e by Barbara Browning =\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/2871\/files\/Correspondence-Artist.jpg?11361881357970565211\" alt=\"The Correspondence Artist by Barbara Browning = Harry Mathews + Clarice Lispector + Nicholson Baker\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e* In most cases, none of these writers endorse this book. Our math formulas are supposed to be amusing anecdotes, similar to shelf-talkers in bookstores that say \"If you like X, you might enjoy Y,\" or \"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e is like Cormac McCarthy writing an episode of\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSaved by the Bell \u003cem\u003ewith a soundtrack by\u003c\/em\u003e Philip Glass\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eReviews\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A deft look at modern life that's both witty and devastating.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eNylon\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \"Intelligent... a pleasure to read.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eBookslut\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Barbara Browning’s \u003cem\u003eThe Correspondence Artist \u003c\/em\u003eapplies stylistic juxtapositions in welcome and unexpected ways. This novel... is experimental in structure yet casual in tone. It’s an extended metaphor of a book that nonetheless abounds with insider details, art-world cameos, and precise images\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eeven resorting to the occasional still frame to etch a particular scene onto the mind of the reader.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eVol. 1 Brooklyn\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A truly 21st-century novel! \u003cem\u003eThe Correspondence Artist\u003c\/em\u003e answers the question: what happens to epistolary romance in the age of digital communication? Love—the remix—and the remix—and the remix...\"\u003cbr\u003e—Paul D. Miller, aka DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eView the awesome \u003ca title=\"The Correspondence Artist graphic novel cartoon review\" href=\"http:\/\/therumpus.net\/2011\/04\/horn-reviews-the-correspondence-artist\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eHORN! REVIEWS\u003c\/a\u003e review in short graphic novel\/comic form.\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cem\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Only a New York University Performance Studies professor can write a novel about a love affair narrated via email, using four different avatars to protect the identity of a famous unnamed artist, that include a Basque separatist, an Israeli novelist, a Malian musician, and a Vietnamese multimedia artist, and pull it off [in a] comedic, intelligent book.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eSlice Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"This novel of an affair told prismatically is a love letter to letters, a passionate mixtape to the world of culture.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \"Barbara Browning's \u003cem\u003eThe Correspondence Artist\u003c\/em\u003e has a conceit that will sound like a dog whistle to readers hungry for a certain kind of high-concept writing. The particular details of these relationships... are sharp, witty, and well-developed: I experienced that nerdy thrill novel reading sometimes gives you when you learn something new... I'm interested in what a Malian musician would have to say to his Lacanian therapist, and the micro-history of ETA we get tickles me the way that getting another strange stamp in your passport might.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Collagist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \"Jam-packed with cultural references and lubricated body parts... in a fiction that merges with cultural theory. This is mail worth rifling through.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Fanzine \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \"\u003cem\u003eThe Correspondence Artist\u003c\/em\u003e is a thoroughly enjoying read that raises many questions through its fresh sense of storytelling. This book is worth reading if, for nothing else, than for pure enjoyment of the author's ability to execute a well-told tale.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003ejmww \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \"Browning's writing is truly sexy. Playful and evocative, it captures the obsessive nature of love in a way few authors manage. \u003cem\u003eThe Correspondence Artist\u003c\/em\u003e is a smartly complex and surprising work of art. More than being simply a 'novel' in the traditional sense it takes that term a step further, existing in form as something truly innovative and new. Part memoir, part fiction, part epistolary, part metadata-existentialist philosophy, part art installation; the sum total is a triumph of a debut.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eKGB Bar Lit Magazine \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \"[\u003cem\u003eThe Correspondence Artist\u003c\/em\u003e] is wrapped up in powerful feelings of disconnect, confusion, and sexual need. Imagining a failed romance through four different characters [gives] the story an unusual liveliness, and Browning expertly filters critical moments through each imagined lover.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eWashington City Paper \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \"Browning relentlessly explores her theme of love's many faces, giving readers a rewardingly offbeat novel that's by turns sexy, humorous, and insightful.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe Correspondence Artist\u003c\/em\u003e is smart, funny, sexy, knowledgeable, subtle, disturbing, light-hearted, obsessive, and tragic: a comedy that, I surmise, is wholly confessional and wholly imaginary.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHarry Mathews\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAuthor\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"ProductDesc\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ProductDesc\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"Author Barbara Browning\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/2871\/files\/BookDetailBoxAUTHOR-VERT-019.png?4328\" style=\"float: none;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/twodollarradio.com\/products\/barbara-browning\" title=\"Barbara Browning author webpage\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBarbara Browning\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e has a PhD in comparative literature from Yale. She teaches in the Department of Performance Studies at the Tisch School of the Arts, NYU. She's also a poet and a dancer. She lives with her son in Greenwich Village. She is also the author of \u003ca title=\"I'm Trying to Reach You by Barbara Browning book buy publisher\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twodollarradio.com\/collections\/all-books\/products\/im-trying-to-reach-you?variant=1030629233\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eI'm Trying to Reach You\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, a \u003cem\u003eBeliever\u003c\/em\u003e Book Award Finalist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eVideos\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Communiqué from the Arrano Beltza from \u003ci\u003eThe Correspondence Artist\u003c\/i\u003e's Santutxo Etxeberria (\"I would like to esclarify one thing...\"):\u003cbr\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VbaWurTlaRA\" height=\"315\" width=\"420\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003einfo\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003eNEW CLASSICS EDITION\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLIST PRICE: $17.95\u003cbr\u003ePAGES: 192\u003cbr\u003ePRINT ISBN: 9781953387677\u003cbr\u003eDIGITAL ISBN: 9781953387684\u003cbr\u003eRELEASE DATE: 1\/19\/2027\u003cbr\u003eCOVER ART: 'Lady Reading the Letters of Heloise and Abelard' by Bernard d’Agesci\u003cbr\u003eCOVER DESIGN: Eric Obenauf\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003eOriginal 2011 Edition\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLIST PRICE: $16.00\u003cbr\u003ePAGES: 192\u003cbr\u003ePRINT ISBN: 978-0-9820151-9-3\u003cbr\u003eDIGITAL ISBN: 978-0-9832471-2-8\u003cbr\u003eRELEASE DATE: 3\/1\/2011\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOriginal printing was printed with the following environmental statement: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*Mix paper from responsible sources, FSC certified paper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Two Dollar Radio","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":1033762505,"sku":"","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback\/Ebook Bundle (.epub)","offer_id":15801839943770,"sku":"","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Ebook (.epub)","offer_id":41346190246079,"sku":"","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/2871\/files\/Correspondence-Artist_2b616071-2ffc-4784-a90e-f8bee1966d63.jpg?v=1778618085"},{"product_id":"how-to-get-into-the-twin-palms","title":"How To Get Into the Twin Palms New Classics Edition","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"responsive-tabs\"\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eABOUT\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: start;\"\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"How to Get Into the Twin Palms, a novel by Karolina Waclawiak, introduction by Ed Park (Two Dollar Radio)\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/2871\/files\/How-to-Get-Into-the-Twin-Palms_Karolina-Waclawiak_200be941-4184-47e1-bfbe-b36e7419a3a3.jpg?v=1736347662\" style=\"float: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e*One of the Best Books of 2012\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cspan\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSalon\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Waclawiak's novel reinvents the immigration story. \u003cem\u003eHow to Get Into the Twin Palms\u003c\/em\u003e movingly portrays a protagonist intent on both creating and destroying herself, on burning brightly even as she goes up in smoke.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cstrong\u003eAbigail Deutsch, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e, Editors' Choice\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eHow To Get Into the Twin Palms\u003c\/em\u003e is the story of Anya,\u003cspan\u003e a young woman living in a Russian neighborhood in Los Angeles, who struggles between retaining her parents' Polish culture and trying to assimilate into her adopted community. She lusts after Lev, a Russian man who frequents the Twin Palms nightclub down the block from Anya's apartment. It is Anya's wish to gain entrance to this seemingly exclusive club. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eHow To Get Into the Twin Palms\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a really funny and often moving book that provides a unique twist on the immigrant story, and provides a credible portrait of the city of Los Angeles, literally burning to the ground.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbig\u003eHow to Get Into the Twin Palms\u003c\/big\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e by Karolina Waclawiak =\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"How to Get Into the Twin Palms by Karolina Waclawiak = Lena Dunham + Aimee Bender + Gary Shteyngart\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/2871\/files\/How-to-Get-Into-Twin-Palms.jpg?8240226193361453757\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e* In most cases, none of these writers endorse this book. Our math formulas are supposed to be amusing anecdotes, similar to shelf-talkers in bookstores that say \"If you like X, you might enjoy Y,\" or \"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e is like Cormac McCarthy writing an episode of\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSaved by the Bell \u003cem\u003ewith a soundtrack by\u003c\/em\u003e Philip Glass\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eReviews\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eScroll to bottom for Goodreads reviews.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e*One of the Best Books of 2012\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSalon\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Waclawiak's novel reinvents the immigration story. \u003cem\u003eHow to Get Into the Twin Palms\u003c\/em\u003e movingly portrays a protagonist intent on both creating and destroying herself, on burning brightly even as she goes up in smoke.\"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cstrong\u003eAbigail Deutsch, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e, Editors' Choice\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003eThis novel, which is returning this fall as part of Two Dollar Radio’s New Classic series, was critically feted on its 2012 release... Following Anya, a First Generation Polish American caught between cultures in her adopted Los Angeles, this one mines an immigrant’s experience with unexpected wit and pathos.\u003cspan\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Brittany Allen, \u003cem\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/em\u003e, \"\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/lithub.com\/six-reissued-classics-to-get-hyped-for-this-fall\/\" title=\"Karolina Waclawiak's novel, How to Get into the Twin Palms, reissue reviewed by Lit Hub\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSix reissued classics to get hyped for this fall\u003c\/a\u003e\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"The novel is beautifully written and so suffused with loneliness it makes you ache. Not only is \u003cem\u003eHow to Get into the Twin Palms\u003c\/em\u003e about the overwhelming state that is displacement, it's about what happens when loneliness becomes unbearable. Waclawiak writes through these tensions so elegantly, so tenderly, that \u003cem\u003eHow to Get Into the Twin Palms\u003c\/em\u003e is, by far, one of my favorite books this year.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Roxane Gay, \u003cem\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Excellent... Waclawiak's book turns the traditional immigrant novel on its head, or maybe turns it inside out, or maybe just dyes its hair a nice shade of 'Black Stilettos,' turning its ears black in the process.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eFlavorwire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e  \"Visceral and strong...\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eNYLON\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Karolina Waclawiak has upended the immigrant's tale.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eThe Week\u003c\/em\u003e, Author of the Week\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Waclawiak writes about loneliness, isolation, and determination in a refreshing and quirky way.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eVulture \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eView the awesome \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/therumpus.net\/2012\/08\/horn-reviews-how-to-get-into-the-twin-palms\/\" title=\"How to Get into the Twin Palms graphic novel cartoon review\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eHORN! REVIEWS\u003c\/a\u003e review in short graphic novel\/comic form.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Waclawiak writes of Anya's struggle to belong with wit and sensitive insight... [a] fantastic debut.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eShelf Awareness \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Masked by scenes of schmancy nightlife is a story about an immigrant wanting to belong. Barely getting by in LA on bingo-calling, Anya reinvents herself. With hair dye and a push-up bra, she tries to gain entry into the Twin Palms nightclub.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eMarie Claire \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Sex-crazed, surreal, dreamy, violent, escapist, and always searching for some kind of truth. The book makes me think of questions I ask myself all the time. How can you separate yourself from the generations of women that have come before you? Is it even possible? Do you like these ancient parts of yourself? Are you proud of them or ashamed?”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eHTML Giant \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Karolina Waclawiak's debut novel, \u003cem\u003eHow to Get Into the Twin Palms\u003c\/em\u003e, presents a vividly drawn portrait of Los Angeles inhabited by alienated immigrants, Russian gangsters, and sex-starved bingo-addicted octogenarians—all enveloped by smoldering fires that threaten to burn the city down.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Christine Schutt, \u003cem\u003ePoets \u0026amp; Writers \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Comical, but the story is deep, as Anya bumps up against the world in an attempt to define her identity as both an immigrant and a woman.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eShelf Unbound Magazine \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A taut debut... [that] strikes with the creeping suddenness of a brush fire.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e, Starred Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Waclawiak takes the immigrant novel and spins it on its head. A great addition to 1.5 generation literature, beautifully written, funny and touching.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Gary Shteyngart\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAuthors\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"ProductDesc\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ProductDesc\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cimg style=\"margin-bottom: 16px; float: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/2871\/files\/Karolina-Waclawiak_240x240.jpg?v=1736347869\" alt=\"Karolina Waclawiak, author of How to Get Into the Twin Palms\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca title=\"Karolina Waclawiak author web page\" href=\"https:\/\/twodollarradio.com\/products\/karolina-waclawiak\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKarolina Waclawiak\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cspan data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003eis the author of three critically acclaimed novels, \u003cem\u003eHow to Into the Twin Palms\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Invaders\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eLife Events\u003c\/em\u003e. She lives in Los Angeles.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ed-park.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eEd Park\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e (Introduction) is the author of the forthcoming collection \u003cem\u003eAn Oral History of Atlantis\u003c\/em\u003e and the novels \u003cem\u003eSame Bed Different Dreams\u003c\/em\u003e, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and winner of the \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times \u003c\/em\u003eBook Prize, and \u003cem\u003ePersonal Days\u003c\/em\u003e, a finalist for the PEN\/Hemingway Award. A cofounder of \u003cem\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/em\u003e, he has worked as a newspaper editor, movie reviewer, book editor, and writing professor. His fiction and essays appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMcSweeney’s\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHarper’s\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBookforum\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/em\u003e, and elsewhere. Born in Buffalo, he lives in Manhattan with his family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eVideos\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eView the official book trailer for \u003cem\u003eHow To Get Into The Twin Palms\u003c\/em\u003e, directed by Dominika Waclawiak with cinematography by Ken Kurras: \u003cbr\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/38621534\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eInfo\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFORMAT: Two Dollar Radio - The New Classics Edition (\"Blue Lev\" cover)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Classics edition features an original introduction by \u003cstrong\u003eEd Park\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLIST PRICE: $17.95\u003cbr\u003ePAGES: 192\u003cbr\u003ePRINT ISBN: 9781953387950\u003cbr\u003eDIGITAL ISBN: 9781953387691\u003cbr\u003eRELEASE DATE: October 14, 2025\u003cbr\u003eSIZE: 5.5\" x 7.5\"\u003cbr\u003eCREDITS: \u003cbr\u003eCOVER DESIGN: Eric Obenauf; \u003cbr\u003eCOVER PAINTING: \u003cem\u003eSergei Valakov’s Life, 1937\u003c\/em\u003e by \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Ricardo Cavolo artist website\" href=\"https:\/\/shop.ricardocavolo.com\/pages\/about\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eRicardo Cavolo\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFORMAT: Original Paperback Edition (\"Tattooed Lev\"; sold out) \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eLIST PRICE: $16.00 \u003cbr\u003ePAGES: 192 \u003cbr\u003ePRINT ISBN: 9780983247180 \u003cbr\u003eDIGITAL ISBN: 978-1-937512-05-7\u003cbr\u003eRELEASE DATE: 7\/1\/2012 \u003cbr\u003eAUDIO BOOK: Recordedbooks.com\u003cbr\u003eSIZE: 5.5\" x 7.5\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"OOP","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":1033810077,"sku":"","price":14.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback\/Ebook (.epub) Bundle","offer_id":44490336010431,"sku":null,"price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Ebook (.epub)","offer_id":44490336075967,"sku":null,"price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/2871\/files\/How-to-Get-Into-the-Twin-Palms_cc8a849f-7178-4821-9a62-2394a92323de.jpg?v=1735658042"},{"product_id":"the-orange-eats-creeps","title":"The Orange Eats Creeps New Classics Edition","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"responsive-tabs\"\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eABOUT\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Two Dollar Radio \"The New Classics\" edition of \u003cem\u003eThe Orange Eats Creeps\u003c\/em\u003e (January 21, 2025) features an original Afterword by Laura van den Berg, along with the original Introduction by Steve Erickson. Please see the \"INFO\" tab for more information.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Orange Eat Creeps\u003c\/em\u003e is being adapted to film!\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca title=\"www.screendaily.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.screendaily.com\/news\/american-psycho-director-mary-harron-updates-on-new-project-orange-eat-creeps\/5132397.article\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eAmerican Psycho\u003c\/em\u003e director Mary Harron updates on new project \u003cem\u003eOrange Eat Creeps\u003c\/em\u003e\"\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\"...The project is being developed and produced through New York’s Greencard Pictures and marks the latest collaboration between Harron and Turner after \u003cem\u003eAmerican Psycho\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Notorious Bettie Page\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCharlie Says\u003c\/em\u003e...\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Orange Eats Creeps\u003c\/em\u003e, The New Classics edition (Jan. 2025):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/2871\/files\/Orange-Eats-Creeps_Classics-Cover-and-author-WEB.jpg?v=1735405390\" alt=\"Grace Krilanovich author of The Orange Eats Creeps The New Classics Edition from Two Dollar Radio\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Orange Eats Creeps\u003c\/em\u003e, original edition (Sep. 2010):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"Grace Krilanovich author of The Orange Eats Creeps original 2010 cover art from Two Dollar Radio\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/2871\/files\/Orange-Eats-Creeps_ORIGINAL-Cover-and-author-WEB.jpg?v=1735405394\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e*National Book Foundation '5 Under 35' Award\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e*A Best Book of 2010 \u003c\/strong\u003e—NPR, Amazon, Shelf Unbound\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e*\u003cem\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/em\u003e Book Award, \u003c\/strong\u003eFinalist \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e*Indie Bookseller's Choice Awards, \u003c\/strong\u003eFinalist\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eOne of the most visceral, profane, and distinctive reading experiences of the 21st century, \u003ci\u003eThe Orange Eats Creeps\u003c\/i\u003e was praised as \"beautiful and deranged\" by \u003ci\u003eBookforum\u003c\/i\u003e, while Shelley Jackson said it is \"like something you read on the underside of a freeway overpass in a fever dream. Visionary, pervy, unhinged. It will mess you up.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA girl with drug-induced ESP and an eerie connection to Patty Reed (a young member of the Donner Party who credited her survival to her relationship with a hidden wooden doll), searches for her disappeared foster sister along \"The Highway That Eats People,\" stalked by a conflation of Twin Peaks' \"Bob\" and the Green River Killer, known as Dactyl.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNamed a best book of the year by NPR and a finalist for \u003ci\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/i\u003e Book Award, \u003ci\u003eThe Orange Eats Creeps\u003c\/i\u003e also earned Krilanovich a \"5 Under 35\" distinction from the National Book Foundation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAdditional Reading:\u003cbr\u003e\"Grace Krilanovich: What it's like being one of 5 under 35\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/jacketcopy\/2010\/12\/grace-krilanovich-what-its-like-being-one-of-5-under-35.html\" title=\"\u0026quot;Grace Krilanovich: What it's like being one of 5 under 35\u0026quot; Los Angeles Times, December 7, 2010\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e, December 7, 2010\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbig\u003eThe Orange Eats Creeps\u003c\/big\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e by Grace Krilanovich =\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"The Orange Eats Creeps by Grace Krilanovich = Kathy Acker + William Burroughs + Vampires\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/2871\/files\/Orange-Eats-Creeps.jpg?16852822837527212120\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e* In most cases, none of these writers endorse this book. Our math formulas are supposed to be amusing anecdotes, similar to shelf-talkers in bookstores that say \"If you like X, you might enjoy Y,\" or \"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e is like Cormac McCarthy writing an episode of\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSaved by the Bell \u003cem\u003ewith a soundtrack by\u003c\/em\u003e Philip Glass\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eReviews\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScroll to bottom for Goodreads reviews.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Orange Eats Creeps\u003c\/em\u003e was selected as one of Amazon's Best Books of the Year (2010) in the category of Science Fiction \u0026amp; Fantasy.\u003c\/strong\u003e (November 7, 2010)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca title='National Book Foundation \"5 under 35\" honorees in 2010 include Grace Krilanovich author of The Orange Eats Creeps' href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalbook.org\/awards-prizes\/5-under-35-2010\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrace Krilanovich was recognized by the National Book Foundation as a \"5 under 35\" honoree in 2010.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e In 2006, the National Book Foundation established the 5 Under 35 prize to recognize young, debut fiction writers whose work promised to leave a lasting impression on the literary landscape. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"I remember reading this novel when it came out in 2010, and gasping audibly at the audacity of its rule-breaking: this was a novel unlike any I had read before, and boy was it fun, and weird, and gross, and punk. I never hear people talking about it these days, but they should be: it’s a careening, side-elbowing nightmare of a book that you should definitely read if you liked Samanta Schweblin’s \u003cem\u003eFever Dream\u003c\/em\u003e.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Emily Temple, \u003cem\u003eLit Hub\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca title='Lit Hub \"The 50 Best Contemporary Novels Under 200 Pages\" featuring  The Orange Eat Creeps' href=\"https:\/\/lithub.com\/the-50-best-contemporary-novels-under-200-pages\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"The 50 Best Contemporary Novels Under 200 Pages\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"The degree of 'speculativeness' in Grace Krilanovich’s beautifully bewildering debut novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Orange Eats Creeps\u003c\/em\u003e, is a matter of opinion—are Krilanovich’s drug-addled teenagers wandering the Pacific northwest in the nineties really vampires, or is their 'vampireness' more a metaphor for a profoundly deranged inner state? ... In \u003cem\u003eThe Orange Eats Creeps\u003c\/em\u003e, the quest for answers is a viciously thrilling one.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Laura van den Berg,\u003cem\u003e Tor.com\u003c\/em\u003e \"That Was Awesome! Writers on Writing\":\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca title=\"Laura van den Berg's book review on Tor.com of The Orange Eats Creeps by Grace Krilanovich\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tor.com\/2015\/02\/05\/ambiguous-vampirism-the-orange-eats-creeps-by-grace-krilanovich\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Ambiguous Vampirism: \u003cem\u003eThe Orange Eats Creeps\u003c\/em\u003e by Grace Krilanovich\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Rimbaud, Huysmans, Kiernan, Brite–they’re all in there, along with a very dark, almost malevolent sense of humor. Luckily, the author doesn’t hamstring the text by trying to pull back, trying to make the narrator seem nice at any point or non-judgmental, or even the text itself... The excitement and originality of this novel are created by the reader’s explorations of it along the way, through the narrator’s unique perspective–her way of seeing (and not seeing) things, and the language, which continues to surprise and challenge long after you’ve finished the book.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Jeff VanderMeer, author of the Southern Reach trilogy\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca title=\"Jeff VanderMeer's book review of The Orange Eats Creeps by Grace Krilanovich\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jeffvandermeer.com\/2010\/10\/04\/the-orange-eats-the-creeps\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e(Read the full review of \u003cem\u003eThe Orange Eats Creeps\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Yes, Krilanovich's debut novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Orange Eats Creeps\u003c\/em\u003e, is about vampires—but it is about as far from \u003cem\u003eTwilight\u003c\/em\u003e as one can get. The novel is more of a horror story in free verse, with bloodthirsty teen punks roaming around the Pacific Northwest of the 1990s, drugging and boozing and taking in basement rock shows. The book feels written in a fever; it is breathless, scary and like nothing I've ever read before... Krilanovich's work will make you believe that new ways of storytelling are still emerging from the margins.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Rachel Syme, NPR\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca title=\"NPR book review of the novel The Orange Eats Creeps, by Grace Krilanovich\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2011\/07\/15\/131915812\/the-weird-and-the-wonderful-2010s-hidden-gems\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e(Read the full review on NPR)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This is the story of a girl with 'drug-induced ESP' who is searching for her lost foster sister, a surreal vision of her lost life, a narrative that is disjointed, fragmented, and surprisingly touching. I have to admit that I struggled with this book at first, until I realized that I had to let go what I thought a book should be, what a story should be, and just let the book take me over. This book has been compared to such challenging and visionary voices as William Burroughs, William Blake, Céline and Henry Rollins, and reading the blurbs by Steve Erickson and Brian Evenson, I was immediately reminded of their work as well. It’s a wild ride, and this book is not for everyone.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Richard Thomas\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Nervous Breakdown\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/two-dollar-radio.myshopify.com\/admin\/products\/The%20Nervous%20Breakdown%20%22A%20Conversation%20About%20The%20Orange%20Eats%20Creeps%20with%20Richard%20Thomas%20and%20Blake%20Butler%22\" title='The Nervous Breakdown \"A Conversation About The Orange Eats Creeps with Richard Thomas and Blake Butler\"' target=\"_blank\"\u003e\"A Conversation About\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe Orange Eats Creeps\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewith Richard Thomas and\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/two-dollar-radio.myshopify.com\/admin\/products\/The%20Nervous%20Breakdown%20%22A%20Conversation%20About%20The%20Orange%20Eats%20Creeps%20with%20Richard%20Thomas%20and%20Blake%20Butler%22\" title='The Nervous Breakdown \"A Conversation About The Orange Eats Creeps with Richard Thomas and Blake Butler\"' target=\"_blank\"\u003eBlake Butler\"\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"This, line by line, worked. Every line from beginning on was placed there by a wise, surprising hand... I know this will be a book I read again and again over the years; it will not be artifice on my shelf, it will be a space.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlake Butler, \u003cem\u003eThe Nervous Breakdown\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ca href=\"The%20Nervous%20Breakdown%20%22A%20Conversation%20About%20The%20Orange%20Eats%20Creeps%20with%20Richard%20Thomas%20and%20Blake%20Butler%22\" title='The Nervous Breakdown \"A Conversation About The Orange Eats Creeps with Richard Thomas and Blake Butler\"' target=\"_blank\"\u003e\"A Conversation About\u003cem\u003e The Orange Eats Creeps\u003c\/em\u003e with Richard Thomas and \u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"The%20Nervous%20Breakdown%20%22A%20Conversation%20About%20The%20Orange%20Eats%20Creeps%20with%20Richard%20Thomas%20and%20Blake%20Butler%22\" title='The Nervous Breakdown \"A Conversation About The Orange Eats Creeps with Richard Thomas and Blake Butler\"' target=\"_blank\"\u003eBlake Butler\"\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"The most stunning transitions in \u003cem\u003eThe Orange Eats Creeps\u003c\/em\u003e do seem conjured, perhaps supernatural.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Gabriel Blackwell, \u003cem\u003eHobart\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca title=\"Hobart Interview with author Grace Krilanovich of The Orange Eats Creeps\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hobartpulp.com\/web_features\/an-interview-with-grace-krilanovich\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAN INTERVIEW WITH GRACE KRILANOVICH (October 1, 2010)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"In many ways, [\u003cem\u003eThe Orange Eats Creeps\u003c\/em\u003e] is a novel about the horror of physical experience; about the organic and psychic detritus of an alienated world; about eating the self and shitting it out; about consumption, apocalypse, and fear... It’s a novel that teaches new ways of reading, and points towards a poetic fiction meshing genre, form, image and psyche into a tangled, hallucinatory, beautiful mess.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Vicky Osterweil, \u003cem\u003eThe New Inquiry\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca title=\"The New Inquiry book review of The Orange Eats Creeps by Grace Krilanovich\" href=\"https:\/\/thenewinquiry.com\/adolescence-of-the-undead\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Adolescence of the Undead\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"One of 2010's small-press triumphs.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Week\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/theweek.com\/articles\/488186\/novel-week-orange-eats-creeps-by-grace-krilanovich\" title=\"The Week features The Orange Eats Creeps by Grace Krilanovich\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\"Novel of the week: The Orange Eats Creeps by Grace Krilanovich\"\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \"Grace Krilanovich’s first book is a steamy cesspool of language that stews psychoneurosis and viscera into a horrific new organism\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe sort of muck in which Burroughs, Bataille, and Kathy Acker loved to writhe.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Believer \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This is the number one book I have purchased for friends and family, have recommended, have quoted, have furiously dog-eared, underlined, and marked up. This is a book with a heart that pulses, and while you’re not going to get a sense of arc or resolution, that’s the point\u003cspan\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003ethat’s the horror. Krilanovich leaves you stranded in a ghostly ocean of beautiful, yet alienating, lyrical syntax.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Kia Groom, \u003cem\u003eQuaint Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \"Rimbaud, Huysmans, Kiernan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethey're all in there, along with a very dark and satisfyingly malevolent sense of humor... The real and the phantasmagorical combine in a chemical reaction.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eOmnivoracious\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \"A relentless existential nightmare as baffling as it is brilliant. Krilanovich dispenses with so many writing norms that the reader is required to figure out a new way to read. It's a thrilling ride.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eShelf Unbound Magazine\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eTop 10 Books for 2010\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe Orange Eats Creeps\u003c\/em\u003e is a relentless existentialist nightmare told from the point of view of a nameless female hobo vampire junkie.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eShelf Unbound Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca title=\"Shelf Unbound Magazine Interview with Grace Krilanovich Author of The Orange Eats Creeps\" href=\"https:\/\/shelfmediagroup.com\/interview\/interview-grace-krilanovich-author-of-the-orange-eats-creeps\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Interview: Grace Krilanovich Author of \u003cem\u003eThe Orange Eats Creeps\u003c\/em\u003e\" (AUG 10, 2015)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"This one is a must read.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlack Book\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \"In [Krilanovich's] impressively weird surreal-horror novel \u003cem\u003eThe Orange Eats Creeps\u003c\/em\u003e, 'vampire hobo junkies' rampage around Portland and its burbs. Think \u003cem\u003eTwilight\u003c\/em\u003e on the urban growth boundary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eexcept actually interesting.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePortland Monthly Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \"One of the more interesting literary experiences in recent times. \u003cem\u003eThe Orange Eats Creeps\u003c\/em\u003e is sure to make an impression.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Cult\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \"Potent and entirely original.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePowell's Review-a-Day\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This time the awesome comes in the form of \u003cem\u003eOrange Eats Creeps\u003c\/em\u003e by Grace Krilanovich. Hobo vampire junkies, Robitussin and\u003cem\u003e Twin Peaks\u003c\/em\u003e references equal intrigue in a smash of the high and low... Grace was nice enough to tell us what she's been reading lately...\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Josh Spilker, \u003cem\u003eImpose Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/imposemagazine.com\/bytes\/bookish\/5-recent-reads-with-grace-krilanovich\" title=\"Impose Magazine features The Orange Eats Creeps by Grace Krilanovich\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"5 RECENT READS WITH GRACE KRILANOVICH\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe Orange Eats Creeps\u003c\/em\u003e contains the hallucinatory, disjointed, plotless, yet bizarrely charming ravings of a young refugee from foster care who now belongs to a pack of teenage hobo vampires that rove convenience stores and supermarkets high on Robitussin and mop buckets of coffee. These feral, trashed-out bloodsuckers have nothing to do with the \u003cem\u003eTwilight\u003c\/em\u003e crowd, devoid as they are of sex appeal or commercial potential.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNewsday\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \"This novel is like notorious punk-rocker GG Allin showing up at a Green Day concert. Krilanovich build[s] characters that most other first-time novelists wouldn't dare attempt, and she writes it all in unrestrained profane language that you wouldn't expect from someone garnering serious mainstream praise. [\u003cem\u003eThe Orange Eats Creeps\u003c\/em\u003e is a] nervy novel. This is fiction defined by its distaste for moderation.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Dominion\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \"Forget about trite vampire books. In Grace Krilanovich's bold debut novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Orange Eats Creeps\u003c\/em\u003e, her undead protagonists are \"immoral shithead\" junkies, thirsty for blood and cough syrup.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNylon\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \"Beautiful and deranged. [Krilanovich] nails the shaky worldview of a supernatural teen narco-insomniac... Being undead, here, is the defining paradox of the teenage female experience: to be both immortal and rapidly aging.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Adam Wilson, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBookforum\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca title=\"Book review of the novel The Orange Eats Creeps by Grace Krilanovich on Bookforum\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bookforum.com\/print\/1704\/grace-krilanovich-s-the-orange-eats-creeps-6695\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e(Read the full review of \u003cem\u003eThe Orange Eats Creeps\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \"Grace Krilanovich's \u003cem\u003eThe Orange Eats Creeps\u003c\/em\u003e rewrites both the vampire novel and fiction in general. Come[s] close to performing a lobotomy on the reader. Screams with a post-punk adrenaline, like \u003cem\u003eNightwood\u003c\/em\u003e on really bad acid.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Ashley Crawford, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e21c Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \"If \u003cem\u003eBlack Hole\u003c\/em\u003e is a mythology of adolescence in Seattle in the 1970s, then Krilanovich's book picks up the reins twenty years later, only slightly to the south in central Oregon. By the end, Krilanovich's narrator has encountered and embraced her own personal form of hell, which in its horror also contains a great beauty.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Anne K. Yoder, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Millions\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\"Vampires, Inner Demons, and a Desirable Form of Hell in Grace Krilanovich’s\u003cem\u003e The Orange Eats Creeps\u003c\/em\u003e\"\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/themillions.com\/2010\/11\/vampires-inner-demons-and-a-desirable-form-of-hell-in-grace-krilanovich%E2%80%99s-the-orange-eats-creeps.html\" title=\"The Millions book review of The Orange Eats Creeps by Grace Krilanovich\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e(Read the full review of\u003cem\u003e The Orange Eats Creeps\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/themillions.com\/2010\/11\/vampires-inner-demons-and-a-desirable-form-of-hell-in-grace-krilanovich%E2%80%99s-the-orange-eats-creeps.html\" title=\"The Millions book review of The Orange Eats Creeps by Grace Krilanovich\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \"[\u003cem\u003eThe Orange Eats Creeps\u003c\/em\u003e is] raw and seething. It snatches up the reader and doesn't let go until the surprising twist at the end, which is perhaps the most frightening part of the book. The result is a creepy uneasiness and an impulse to look over your shoulder.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Samantha Ecker Angerame, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Brooklyn Rail\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/brooklynrail.org\/2010\/11\/books\/lost-and-congealed\" title=\"The Brooklyn Rail book review of The Orange Eats Creeps by Grace Krilanovich\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e(Read the full review of The Orange Eats Creeps)\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \"Excellent. It is a slippery novel. It will never lay still and compromising in your hands. Language charges this book. It provides regular reward from one sentence to the next.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Darby M. Dixon III, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Collagist\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/tdaoc.org\/post\/2010\/09\/2010-09-15-new-review-at-the-collagist-the-orange-eats-creeps-by-grace-krilanovich\/\" title=\"The Collagist book review of The Orange Eats Creeps\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e(Read the full review of The Orange Eats Creeps)\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \"A hallucinatory deluge, a place where the present and the past are in constant flux, where the mundane and the fantastic bleed into one another. Like Brian Evenson, Krilanovich borrows certain tropes from horror fiction, but the terror she's after is a much more elemental one: the loss of self, the question of identity, and the demolition of what could be considered real.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eFlavorwire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The stream-of-consciousness writing is to die for: I love the way Krilanovich employs crass, quotidian words (slutty, shitty) in a way that makes her sentences feel fresh. I love the nightmarish quality created by the narrator’s alternating between descriptions of memories and observations of the present. And I love the whole crusty culture, forever and always.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Anna McConnell, \u003cem\u003eRookie\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.rookiemag.com\/2013\/08\/thrilling-tales\/\" title=\"Rookie book review of The Orange Eats Creeps by Grace Krilanovich\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Thrilling Tales: Stories that will put a tingle in your spine.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"[Krilanovich's] novel shares a disorienting quality with... Brian Evenson's \u003cem\u003eThe Open Curtain\u003c\/em\u003e. And in the end, the most resonant pit-of-your-stomach dread doesn't come from a roadside killer or fangs poised above a neck. Instead, its a much simpler scene, something rooted in mundane indifference that brings this novel to its unexpectedly domestic and achingly painful conclusion.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Tobias Carroll, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eVol. 1 Brooklyn\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/vol1brooklyn.com\/2010\/08\/26\/review-the-orange-eats-creeps-by-grace-krilanovich\/\" title=\"Vol. 1 Brooklyn book review of The Orange Eats Creeps by Grace Krilanovich\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e(Read the full review of\u003cem\u003e The Orange Eats Creeps\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \"Amazing. Truly lives up to its hype: it's enormous and insane and magic.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlake Butler, \u003cem\u003eHTML Giant\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \"The year's most horrifying novel. This postmodern gem is both intense and surreal, and one of the most spectacular debuts I have read in a long time.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLargehearted Boy\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.largeheartedboy.com\/blog\/archive\/2010\/09\/book_notes_grac.html\" title=\"Grace Krilanovich, author of The Orange Eats Creeps In the Book Notes series, a music playlist\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\"Book Notes - Grace Krilanovich - In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book.\"\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \"A pretty incredible read.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \"A posse of ravenous teenagers rampages through Krilanovich's slyly arch debut, devouring and destroying everything unfortunate enough to be in its path... Krilanovich's postmodern mashup is refreshlingly piquant and playful, reminiscent of postmodern Euro fiction and full of poison pill observations.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ca title=\"Publishers Weekly book review of The Orange Eats Creeps by Grace Krilanovich\" href=\"https:\/\/www.publishersweekly.com\/978-0-9820151-8-6\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e(Read the full review of\u003cem\u003e The Orange Eats Creeps\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"It’s a riot grrrl novel, a psychobilly novel, a crustgoth novel. It’s a fragmented, ugly, revolting mess and I loved it... \u003cem\u003eThe Orange Eats Creeps\u003c\/em\u003e is a survey of consciousness in crisis—the crisis of late capitalism, with vampires making their way through a gig economy, addicted, transient, desperate, enthralled to a particularly Western weirdness.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Edwin Turner, \u003cem\u003eBiblioklept\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ca title=\"Biblioklept book review of The Orange Eats Creeps by Grace Krilanovich\" href=\"https:\/\/biblioklept.org\/tag\/the-orange-eats-creeps\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e(Read the full review of\u003cem\u003e The Orange Eats Creeps\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"It is completely visceral and utterly unsettling. Over and over the reader’s orientation is subverted by the affected use of metaphor, the prime example being vampires... To say it is unlike anything else I have ever read would be false. There are traces of William S. Burroughs, Kathy Acker, and even Walt Whitman. Although it can be figured as a young-adult book, it is dangerous enough to be held by any age. It reminds us how violent a word can be. If you’ve ever been called alt, hipster, anarchist, punk, or any other sub-culture this book is for you.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Brian Folan, \u003cem\u003eSquare Pop\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/squarepop.com\/?p=1857\" title=\"Book review of The Orange Eats Creeps – A Vampire Novel That Doesn’t Suck\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e(Read the full review of The Orange Eats Creeps)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"For some the intensity and boldness may be a shock, for the rest of us the exhilaration of such a novel is nearly beyond calculation. If a new literature is at hand then it might as well begin here.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003ca title=\"Author website of Steve Erickson\" href=\"http:\/\/steveerickson.org\/bio.htm\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSteve Erickson\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eZeroville\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThese Dreams of You\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eShadowbahn\u003c\/em\u003e, and more \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \"Like something you read on the underside of a freeway overpass in a fever dream. \u003cem\u003eThe Orange Eats Creeps\u003c\/em\u003e is visionary, pervy, unhinged. It will mess you up.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca title=\"Author website of Shelley Jackson\" href=\"https:\/\/ineradicablestain.com\/iswho.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eShelley Jackson\u003c\/a\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003ePatchwork Girl\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHalf Life\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \"Wandering back and forth between the waste spaces of the Northwest and the dark recesses of its narrator's mind, \u003cem\u003eThe Orange Eat Creeps\u003c\/em\u003e reads like the foster child of Charles Burns' \u003cem\u003eBlack Hole\u003c\/em\u003e and William Burroughs'\u003cem\u003eSoft Machine\u003c\/em\u003e. A deeply strange and deeply successful debut.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.brianevenson.com\/\" title=\"Author website of Brian Evenson\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBrian Evenson\u003c\/a\u003e, author of\u003cem\u003e The Open Curtain\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eA Collapse of Horses\u003c\/em\u003e, and more\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"I’m not the first writer to reference Bigelow’s \u003cem\u003eNear Dark\u003c\/em\u003e and Grace Krilanovich’s debut novel \u003cem\u003eThe Orange Eats Creeps\u003c\/em\u003e in the same grave-corrupted breath... Just like \u003cem\u003eNear Dark\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Orange Eats Creeps\u003c\/em\u003e revels in the flickering menace of quintessentially American roadside spaces after the circuits have gone on the fritz and normal folk are safe in bed.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Adrian Van Young, Electric Literature\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca title='Electric Literature \"MEDIA FRANKENSTEIN: Halloween Special\" The Orange Eats Creeps by Grace Krilanovich' href=\"https:\/\/electricliterature.com\/media-frankenstein-halloween-special\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"MEDIA FRANKENSTEIN: Halloween Special\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Perplexing and mystifying, frenetic and endlessly engaging,\u003cem\u003e The Orange Eats Creeps\u003c\/em\u003e is a rare sort of book, the kind that's hard to compare... The prose is such a pleasure, constantly surprising, constantly reinventing. It's a book that teaches you how to read it by pushing you in the deep end... My favorite book of 2010: A true original.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Edward J. Rathke, Lit Pub\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca title=\"Book  review of The Orange Eats Creeps in Lit Pub\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thelitpub.com\/blog\/a-rare-sort-of-book\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e(Read the full review of The Orange Eats Creeps)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Wrapped up in this festering novel is a coming of age story about a former foster child that gets entangled in the Hobo Vampire lifestyle. What remains unsettling about \u003cem\u003eOrange\u003c\/em\u003e is that readers cannot know if the characters are real vampires—or teenagers who have smoked too much meth. Dark, disturbing, and angry, Krilanovich will pull you into a world you want no part of, but you will not be able to put the book down.\"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Devon Roberts, \u003cem\u003eGrand Central Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca title=\"The Orange Eats Creeps in Grand Central Magazine\" href=\"http:\/\/gcmag.org\/top-five-books-of-the-drug-culture\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\"Top Five Books of the Drug Culture\"\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAuthors\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca title=\"Grace Krilanovich author web page\" href=\"http:\/\/twodollarradio.com\/collections\/authors\/products\/grace-krilanovich\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrace Krilanovich\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e is a graduate of the California Institute of the Arts, where she received her MFA. She has been a finalist for the Starcherone Prize, has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, published in \u003cem\u003eBlack Clock\u003c\/em\u003e, and a fellow of the MacDowell Colony. Her first book, \u003cem\u003eThe Orange Eats Creeps\u003c\/em\u003e was an instant cult classic upon its release in 2010.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca title=\"Author website of Steve Erickson\" href=\"http:\/\/steveerickson.org\/bio.htm\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSteve Erickson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e(Introduction)\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of eight novels: \u003cem\u003eDays Between Stations\u003c\/em\u003e (1985), \u003cem\u003eRubicon Beach\u003c\/em\u003e (1986), \u003cem\u003eTours of the Black Clock\u003c\/em\u003e (1989), \u003cem\u003eArc d'X\u003c\/em\u003e (1993), \u003cem\u003eAmnesiascope\u003c\/em\u003e (1996), \u003cem\u003eThe Sea Came in at Midnight\u003c\/em\u003e (1999), \u003cem\u003eOur Ecstatic Days\u003c\/em\u003e (2005) and \u003cem\u003eZeroville\u003c\/em\u003e (2007).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca title=\"Author website of Laura van den Berg\" href=\"https:\/\/lauravandenberg.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLaura van den Berg\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e(Afterword)\u003c\/strong\u003e was born and raised in Florida. She is the author of five works of fiction, including \u003ci\u003eState of Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Third Hotel\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eI Hold a Wolf by the Ears\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the recent recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Strauss Living Award from the American Academy of Arts \u0026amp; Letters, and a literature fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eVideos\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9dObBhDF7gU\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSneak Peek\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEnjoy a sneak peek look inside the original edition (2010) of \u003cem\u003eThe Orange Eats Creeps\u003c\/em\u003e here, on Issuu.com:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"issuuembed\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 341px;\" data-configid=\"1286729\/30813055\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cscript async=\"true\" src=\"\/\/e.issuu.com\/embed.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003einfo\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCREDITS (The New Classics Edition):\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eCover design: Grace Krilanovich.\u003cbr\u003eFrontispiece: \u003cem\u003eOld Baby\u003c\/em\u003e by Mat Brinkman.\u003cbr\u003eForest illustrations: Grace Krilanovich.\u003cbr\u003eAuthor photograph: Courtesy of the author.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFORMAT: The New Classics Edition (\"Photocopy\" cover)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Classics edition features an original afterword by Laura van den Berg and the original Introduction by Steve Erickson.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCOVER ART\/DESIGN: Grace Krilanovich\u003cbr\u003eLIST PRICE: $17.95\u003cbr\u003ePAGES: 200\u003cbr\u003ePRINT ISBN: 9781953387509\u003cbr\u003eDIGITAL ISBN: 978-0-9826848-6-3\u003cbr\u003eRELEASE DATE: 1\/21\/2025\u003cbr\u003eSIZE: 5.5\" x 7.5\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFORMAT: Original Paperback Edition (Mat Brinkman cover; sold out)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eLIST PRICE: $16.00\u003cbr\u003ePAGES: 192\u003cbr\u003ePRINT ISBN: 9780982015186\u003cbr\u003eDIGITAL ISBN: 978-0-9826848-6-3\u003cbr\u003eRELEASE DATE: 9\/1\/2010\u003cbr\u003eSIZE: 5.5\" x 7.5\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAUDIO BOOK: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/rbmediaglobal.com\/audiobook\/9781461804796\/\" title=\"The Orange Eats Creeps audiobook\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eRecorded Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, narrated by Angela Goethals. Listen to a preview on the website of Recorded Books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFOREIGN LANGUAGE:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eFrench: Le Gospel (entitled \u003cem\u003eCe qui vit la nuit\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Two Dollar Radio","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":1033856169,"sku":"","price":14.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback\/Ebook Bundle (.epub)","offer_id":15429554110554,"sku":"","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Ebook (.epub)","offer_id":41300361773247,"sku":"","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/2871\/files\/Orange-Eats-Creeps_8e8ad2eb-4dd6-4c4f-978e-6d74355ee728.jpg?v=1723556030"},{"product_id":"a-questionable-shape","title":"A Questionable Shape New Classics Edition","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"responsive-tabs\"\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eABOUT\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/2871\/files\/Questionable-Shape-Bennett-Sims.jpg?v=1704927049\" alt=\"A Questionable Shape, a novel by Bennett Sims (Two Dollar Radio - The New Classics Edition, March 2024)\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem style=\"background-color: #ffe599;\"\u003eThe Two Dollar Radio \"The New Classics\" edition features an original introduction by Carmen Maria Machado\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e*Winner of the Rome Prize for Literature, 2018-19\u003cbr\u003e*Winner of the Bard Fiction Prize, 2014\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e*\u003cem\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/em\u003e Book Award Finalist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e*One of the Best Books of 2013\u003c\/strong\u003e —\u003cem\u003eComplex Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBook Riot\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSlate\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe L Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNPR's 'On Point\u003c\/em\u003e', \u003cem\u003eSalon\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Questionable Shape\u003c\/em\u003e is a novel for those who read in order to wake up to life, not escape it, for those who themselves like to explore the frontiers of the unsayable.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e[\u003cem\u003eA Questionable Shape\u003c\/em\u003e] is more than just a novel. It is literature. It is life.\u003cspan\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Susan Hazen-Hammond, \u003cem\u003eThe Millions\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMazoch discovers an unreturned movie envelope, smashed windows, and a pool of blood in his father’s house: the man has gone missing. So he creates a list of his father’s haunts and asks Vermaelen to help track him down. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHowever, hurricane season looms over Baton Rouge, threatening to wipe out any undead not already contained and eliminate all hope of ever finding Mazoch’s father. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBennett Sims turns typical zombie fare on its head to deliver a wise and philosophical rumination on the nature of memory and loss.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbig\u003eA Questionable Shape\u003c\/big\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e by Bennett Sims =\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"A Questonable Shape by Bennett Sims = David Foster Wallace + Zombies + Nicholson Baker\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/2871\/files\/A-Questionable-Shape.jpg?17176167372939433959\" style=\"float: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e* In most cases, none of these writers endorse this book. Our math formulas are supposed to be amusing anecdotes, similar to shelf-talkers in bookstores that say \"If you like X, you might enjoy Y,\" or \"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e is like Cormac McCarthy writing an episode of\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSaved by the Bell \u003cem\u003ewith a soundtrack by\u003c\/em\u003e Philip Glass\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eReviews\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eScroll to bottom for Goodreads reviews.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A criminally underrated novel.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Carmen Maria Machado, author of \u003cem\u003eIn the Dream House\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLit Hub\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/lithub.com\/26-books-from-the-last-decade-that-if-you-havent-read-you-should\/\" title=\"A Questionable Shape a novel by Bennett Sims praised by Carmen Maria Machado in Lit Hub\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\"26 Books From the Last Decade that More People Should Read\"\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Bennett Sims delivers a disquisition on the idea of the zombie, combining low and high culture in a firework display of extended metaphors, obscure vocabulary and intellectual sparks. With a heavy debt to Mary Shelley's \u003cem\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/em\u003e and vigorous nods to Nabokov, Heidegger, Tarkovsky, Shklovsky, Levinas and Proust, to mention a few, the book is ambitious and thought-provoking. Sims displays a positively Will Self-ish love of words (the illuminated head of the man on a \"Walk\" sign is \"syncarpous and starlit, a perfect oval of refulgent drupelets\") as he focuses in on the philosophical conundrum of undeath, seemingly yearning for its impossible state that is neither \"Being\" nor \"Nothingness\". An existentialist meditation.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Jane Housham, \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2014\/jul\/11\/a-questionable-shape-bennett-sims-review-zombies-louisiana\" title=\"The Guardian book review of A Questionable Shape by Bennett Sims\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e(Read the full review)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"The smartest zombie novel since Colson Whitehead's\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eZone One\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Ron Charles,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/arts-and-entertainment\/wp\/2013\/06\/24\/why-wont-zombies-just-die\/\" title=\"Washington Post book review of A Questionable Shape a novel by Bennett Sims\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e(Read the full book review of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Questionable Shape\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eA Questionable Shape\u003c\/em\u003e made me feel like nobody else had really thought zombies through until this book: what it would be like to pass into undeath, what it would be like to lose a loved one to undeath, and what prickly moral conundrums would arise after the threat had been mostly contained... a meditation on love—filial, romantic, even bromantic—as well as life and death, memory and deterioration.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Joe Sacksteder, \u003cem\u003eNew Orleans Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca title=\"A Questionable Shape novel by Bennett Sims book review in New Orleans Review\" href=\"https:\/\/www.neworleansreview.org\/a-questionable-shape\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e(Review of A Questionable Shape in New Orleans Review)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eA Questionable Shape\u003c\/em\u003e takes place over the course of one week, during which Vermaelen is mostly occupied in assisting his friend Mazoch in the search for Mazoch’s father, who vanished from his home amidst signs of a struggle, and is now most likely one of the undead shambling from place to meaningful place in his former life... Sims is ultimately true to both his narrative and the one found in his footnotes, where both intellectual musings and horror set pieces can coexist. The resulting novel both satisfies and upends familiar tropes, reassuring even as it offers numb potential and a bleaker tomorrow.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Tobias Carroll, \u003cem\u003eThe Los Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/lareviewofbooks.org\/article\/the-thinking-mans-zombie\/\" title=\"Book review of the novel A Questionable Shape by Bennett Sims in The Los Angeles Review of Books\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e(Read the review, \"The Thinking Man's Zombie\")\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Equal parts David Foster Wallace and Richard Matheson [...] \u003cem\u003eA Questionable Shape\u003c\/em\u003e is certainly the first Proustian zombie novel, but hopefully not the last horror novel of ideas.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Adrian Van Young,\u003cem\u003e Slate\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/articles\/arts\/books\/2013\/12\/underrated_books_overlooked_fiction_and_nonfiction_of_2013.html\" title=\"Slate book review of A Questionable Shape a novel by Bennett Sims\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e(Read the full review)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eA Questionable Shape\u003c\/em\u003e is a novel for those who read in order to wake up to life, not escape it, for those who themselves like to explore the frontiers of the unsayable. [\u003cem\u003eA Questionable Shape\u003c\/em\u003e] is more than just a novel. It is literature. It is life.\"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Susan Hazen-Hammond, \u003cem\u003eThe Millions\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/themillions.com\/2013\/05\/at-the-frontiers-of-the-unsayable-bennett-sims-a-questionable-shape.html\" title=\"The Millions book review of Bennett Sims’s novel A Questionable Shape\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e(Read the full review: \"At the Frontiers of the Unsayable\")\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"[An] extraordinary novel.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Patrick Nathan,\u003cem\u003e Los Angeles Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ca title=\"Review essay on the novel A Questionable Shape in Los Angeles Review of Books\" href=\"https:\/\/lareviewofbooks.org\/article\/the-unliving\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e(Read the essay \"The Unliving\")\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eA Questionable Shape\u003c\/em\u003e is a rewriting of the genre in rather literal sense... Sims’s zombie novel perhaps contains the highest proportion of great descriptions of light per page since Proust... The zombie installs at the heart of the novel a perspective from which the polymorphous dynamics of the human experience of light disappear.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Michael W. Clune,\u003cem\u003e Los Angeles Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ca title=\"A Questionable Shape novel by Bennett Sims reviewed in Los Angeles Review of Books\" href=\"https:\/\/lareviewofbooks.org\/article\/pop-disappears\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e(Read the full review: \"Pop Disappears\")\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Unlike anything I’d ever read... Underlying the seemingly quirky subject matter of Sims’s novel is a notable linguistic dynamism and impressive command of philosophical challenges... Sims’ work has a life of its own.\"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Meredith Turits, \u003cem\u003eFull Stop\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ca title=\"Full Stop interview with Bennett Sims\" href=\"http:\/\/www.full-stop.net\/2013\/06\/18\/interviews\/meredith-turits\/bennett-sims\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn \u003c\/span\u003eInterview with Bennett Sims\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (June \u003c\/span\u003e18, 2013)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Sims allows us at least a glimpse of the monstrous weight we all lug on our individual trudges through daily life.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Michael Jauchen,\u003cem\u003e The Collagist\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca title=\"The Collagist book review of  A Questionable Shape By Bennett Sims\" href=\"http:\/\/thecollagist.com\/the-collagist\/2013\/6\/26\/a-questionable-shape-by-bennett-sims.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e(Read the full review)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"In his intellectually sportive debut novel, Bennett Sims regards the undead as a source of existential unease as well as an immediate danger. Sims’s narrator is both delightfully clever and realistically exasperating as he frets his way through a promise to help find a friend’s missing father. But the elusive patriarch has almost certainly joined the ranks of the zombies plaguing the South, and the approaching hurricane season makes the already risky search desperately unsafe.\u003cem\u003e A Questionable Shape\u003c\/em\u003e delivers the thrills of a familiar zombie story, but a broader treatise on the nature of death, or un-death, unfolds in the narrator’s ample footnotes and parenthetical asides. This mashup of genre and philosophy funny, smart, and singular.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Daley Konchar Farr, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/milkweed.org\/bookstore\" title=\"Milkweed indie bookstore website\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMilkweed Bookstore\u003c\/a\u003e (Minneapolis, MN)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca title=\"A Questionable Shape a novel by Bennett Sims book review in Milkweed Bookstore\" href=\"https:\/\/milkweed.org\/blog\/read-this-next-daley-recommends-august\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Read This Next: Daley Recommends (August)\" 08\/30\/2017\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Ambitious [and] thoughtfully rendered. Sims's debut is essential reading.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e—Publishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"So many layers of brilliant... Sims is Sims is Sims, and \u003cem\u003eA Questionable Shape\u003c\/em\u003e is a testament to the singular voice and range of this writer, whose work I think deserves a lot of attention and if everyone is already talking about it and it is only me who didn't know that, good. \"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e—Diagram\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thediagram.com\/13_3\/rev_sims.html\" title=\"Book review on The Diagram Bennett Sims novel A Questionable Shape\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e(Read the full review)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Bennett Sims’s amazing new novel is about zombies the way \u003cem\u003eMoby Dick\u003c\/em\u003e is about whales. What we have in this book is the zombie as springboard to that rarefied air of higher planes of thinking.” \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—David Breithaupt,\u003cem\u003e NewPages\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.newpages.com\/blog\/books\/book-reviews\/a-questionable-shape\/\" title=\"NewPages book review of the novel A Questionable Shape by Bennett Sims\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e(Read the full review)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eA Questionable Shape\u003c\/em\u003e presents the yang to the yin of Whitehead’s\u003cem\u003e Zone One\u003c\/em\u003e, with chess games, a dinner invitation, and even a romantic excursion... Echoes of [Thomas] Bernhard’s hammering circularity and [David Foster] Wallace’s bright mind that can’t stop making connections are both present... The point is where the mind goes, and, in that respect, Sims has his thematic territory down cold.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—J.T. Price,\u003cem\u003e The Daily Beast\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/zombies-zombies-everywhere-whats-a-novelist-to-do\" title=\"Book review of the novel A Questionable Shape by Bennett Sims in The Daily Beast\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e(Read the full review: \"Zombies, Zombies, Everywhere: What’s a Novelist to Do?\")\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Evokes the power of David Foster Wallace with a narrative that's cerebral, strangely beautiful, philosophical, and pretty, well, brilliant.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Caroline Goldstein,\u003cem\u003e Bustle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eA Questionable Shape\u003c\/em\u003e places a new spin on zombie fiction, so very much recommended.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e—Midwest Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca title=\"A Questionable Shape by Bennett Sims review in Midwest Book Review\" href=\"https:\/\/www.midwestbookreview.com\/sbw\/jun_13.htm\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e(Read the full review)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Sims brings a supercharged literary erudition to that initial story idea and manages to take \u003cem\u003eA Questionable Shape\u003c\/em\u003e in a direction very different than its cinematic and literary precursors. \u003cem\u003eA Questionable Shape\u003c\/em\u003e is downright infectious.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e—Iowa Press-Citizen\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Compressed, copiously footnoted and literary, Bennett Sims' \u003cem\u003eA Questionable Shape\u003c\/em\u003e focuses on a zombie outbreak's effect on a young man and his girlfriend in a single week, in which he and his best friend undertake a quixotic, zombie-strewn search for a missing father.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e—Los Angeles Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca title=\"Bennett Sims' “A Questionable Shape\u0026quot; book review in Los Angeles Times\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/books\/la-xpm-2013-jun-07-la-et-jc-recent-and-recommended-20130606-story.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e(Read the full review)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Bennett Sims is insanely talented … Over and over again, Sims demonstrates astonishing skill with image… In the details of his characters, Sims is nothing short of brilliant… an extraordinarily prodigious debut novel.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Benjamin Rybeck,\u003cem\u003e Electric Literature\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca title=\"Bennett Sims' “A Questionable Shape\u0026quot; book review in Electric Literature\" href=\"https:\/\/electricliterature.com\/review-a-questionable-shape-by-bennett-sims\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e(Read the full review)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A thinking fan's zombie novel... one that asks the question: Do we lose our humanity when the world starts to crumble?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Rosalind Bentley,\u003cem\u003e Atlanta Journal-Constitution\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/entertainment\/more-recommended-titles-for-summer-reading\/aUoLhH4FGTLuHPfz1Tam0L\/\" title='Atlanta Journal-Constitution book review of novel \"A Questionable Shape\" by Bennett Sims.' target=\"_blank\"\u003e(Read the full review)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"My favorite novel of 2013... complex, erudite, and profoundly affecting. \u003cem\u003eA Questionable Shape\u003c\/em\u003e, Sims’ debut, reveals him to be a writer of great range, depth, and intelligence, who has only just begun to show us what he has to say... Groundbreaking.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Nathan Goldman,\u003cem\u003e The American Reader\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/theamericanreader.com\/a-zombie-novel-without-zombies-an-interview-with-bennett-sims\/\" title=\"The American Reader Interview with Bennett Sims about his debut novel A Questionable Shape\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\"A Zombie Novel Without Zombies: An Interview with Bennett Sims\"\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Yes, it's a zombie novel, but also an emotionally resonant meditation on memory and loss.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e—San Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Sims demonstrates he isn’t just smart—he’s brilliant; his book’s not beautiful—it’s gorgeous. It’s sensitive, insightful and ruminative, which aren’t always things you get to say about zombie fiction, let alone most books.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e—The L Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Brilliantly sensitive, whip-smart... Sims’ genius lies in how he builds a terrifically engrossing and utterly unique novel, not in spite, but rather because of the familiarity of the material. A book that is just as touching and funny as it is riotously smart.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Mesha Maren,\u003cem\u003e The Rumpus\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/therumpus.net\/2013\/05\/13\/a-questionable-shape-by-bennett-sims\/\" title=\"The Rumpus book review of the novel “A Questionable Shape” by Bennett Sims\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e(Read the full review: \u003cem\u003e“A Questionable Shape,” by Bennett Sims)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[\u003cem\u003eA Questionable Shape\u003c\/em\u003e is] much more W.G. Sebald than George A. Romero. And I loved it. Bennett Sims: you are a brilliant writer. \u003cem\u003eA Questionable Shape\u003c\/em\u003e was a huge success for me. It’s easily one of the best books I’ll read this year.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Casey Peterson with Marisa Atkinson,\u003cem\u003e Book Riot\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookriot.com\/boy-vs-girl-a-questionable-shape-by-bennett-sims\/\" title=\"BookRiot review of A Questionable Shape by Bennett Sims\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e(Read the full review)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"With nods to Hamlet and Orpheus (not to mention Tarkovsky and Wittgenstein), Sims’s novel is a learned debut informed not just by erudition, but by nature, desire, and the persistence of memory.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e—KRUI Lit Show\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Spectacular... makes us turn the pages faster than a scene of survivors frantically boarding up a farmhouse ever could.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e—Tottenville Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Deeply thoughtful... Full of footnotes and digressions, the novel is both a dark adventure story and a meditation on what it means when someone you love is lost to you.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Eryn Loeb,\u003cem\u003e Poets \u0026amp; Writers\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.pw.org\/content\/first_bennett_sims_s_a_questionable_shape\" title=\"Poets \u0026amp; Writers author interview with Bennett Sims’s A Questionable Shape\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eINTERVIEW: \"THE PRACTICAL WRITER: First: Bennett Sims’s A Questionable Shape\"\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eA Questionable Shape\u003c\/em\u003e is the best book I have read this year. I suspect it will still hold top honors when the year comes to a close many months hence. \u003cem\u003eA Questionable Shape\u003c\/em\u003e is unquestionably a major accomplishment.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Rob Cline,\u003cem\u003e The Gazette\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This ain’t your granddaddy’s zombie-apocalypse. Everything in Bennett Sims’s stunning debut courts a topographical and invasive examination of the human condition through our inverse. The architecture of zombie-logic is rewired, and the undead become symbolic for what it means to exist in all its physical and existential, its beauty and brutality.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Zachary Tyler Vickers, \u003cem\u003eHTML Giant\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/htmlgiant.com\/tag\/zachary-tyler-vickers\/\" title=\"Book review of the novel A Questionable Shape by Bennett Sims\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e(Read the full review)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"I’ve never read a zombie novel, and after reading\u003cem\u003e A Questionable Shape\u003c\/em\u003e, the debut novel from Bennett Sims, which has been described as a zombie novel, I still haven’t. We see glimpses of rabid zombies on grainy mall security cameras, ghost-like versions in a field, and zombies crowding a police car, but the book is more about retracing our memories, how to deal with loss, and ultimately, how to live in a world falling apart around us. It’s a philosophical mind-fuck of a novel filled with illuminating sentences and dark footnotes. Bennett and I traded emails to discuss his time as a student of David Foster Wallace, paranoia, insecurities, influences, and push-ups.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Shane Jones,\u003cem\u003e HTML Giant\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ca title=\"A Questionable Shape book author interview with Bennett Sims\" href=\"https:\/\/htmlgiant.com\/tag\/a-questionable-shape\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eINTERVIEW: \"The Doorknob Passage – A Conversation with Bennett Sims\"\u003c\/a\u003e (May 21, 2013)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Bennett Sims is a writer fearsomely equipped with an intellectual and linguistic range to rival a young Nabokov's, Nicholson Baker's gift for miniaturistic intaglio, and an arsenal of virtuosities entirely his own. \u003cem\u003eA Questionable Shape\u003c\/em\u003e announces a literary talent of genre-wrecking brilliance.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003ca title=\"Wells Tower author page\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wells_Tower\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eWells Tower\u003c\/a\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eEverything Ravaged, Everything Burned\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Bennett Sims' \u003cem\u003eA Questionable Shape\u003c\/em\u003e is a book I feel like I've been searching for for years but have yet to find, until now. Sims' humble, cerebral, and addictively engaging narrator, comfortable expostulating on videogames as well as Wittgenstein against the backdrop of a zombie apocalypse, marries highbrow to low, blends genre conventions with a ravenous intellectual curiosity and depth, and delivers one of the bravest, funniest, and strangest narratives I've come across in recent memory. At times you'll find yourself comparing it to Thomas Bernhard, David Foster Wallace, or Nicholson Baker, and then find the comparison lacking, not because this book is in any way inferior to these writers, but because it is as good or better, and moreover, unlike them in that it is its own bizarre animal, idiosyncratic and utterly new.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003ca title=\"Website of author Benjamin Hale is the author of the novel The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore  and the collection The Fat Artist and Other Stories\" href=\"http:\/\/www.benjamin-hale.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBenjamin Hale\u003c\/a\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Evolution of Bruno Littlemore\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Fat Artist and Other Stories\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In \u003cem\u003eA Questionable Shape\u003c\/em\u003e everything is questioned—love, family, memory, the way we lead our lives. Even loss itself seems obsolete in these worn out Zombified days. And yet, out beyond the margins of genre, two young men embark on a search as worthy as Walker Percy’s in The Moviegoer, taking us into a fascinating textual netherworld of footnotes full of Heidegger and haiku, leading us on a journey as ancient and true as a son’s desperate search for a father whose undead life may not be worse than the broken existence he left behind. Bennett Sims brings an allusive genius energy to everything from YouTube to Euripides in this inquiry into what survives the onslaught, in a world–our world, we come to recognize—suffering a major case of apocalypse fatigue.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003ca title=\"Charles D'Ambrosio author page\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_D%27Ambrosio\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCharles D'Ambrosio\u003c\/a\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Point and Other Stories\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Dead Fish Museum\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eOrphans\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eLoitering: New \u0026amp; Collected Essays\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eA Questionable Shape\u003c\/em\u003e is part George A. Romero, part Thomas Bernhard—as much an epistemology of the zombie as it is a thriller. So fascinating are its—and, within the constraints of its topic, so wide-ranging—that reading it I often had the unusual experience of pausing to wander down some byway of thought and finding myself unable to say whether I had ventured there independently or was remembering a footnote from earlier in the book. It's playful, absorbing, bittersweet, and intelligent, and, like a bite, it gets under your skin.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003ca title=\"Kevin Brockmeier author website\" href=\"https:\/\/kevinbrockmeier.com\/home\/about\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eKevin Brockmeier\u003c\/a\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Ghost Variations: One Hundred Stories\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"How would the textures of ordinary life be altered by the return of the recently dead? What would zombie consciousness itself be like? Would it gravitate toward the most powerful memories and impressions of life? Or is a zombie a creature on whom habit operates more powerfully than novelty? In \u003cem\u003eA Questionable Shape\u003c\/em\u003e, the spectacular horror of zombies has been removed to the background. Instead, this novel is about walking, driving, reading, waking up, going on dates, taking care of friends and parents and children, grocery shopping. It also includes some of the most exquisite descriptions of light that I have ever read. Striking, beautiful, funny, and not like anything else.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/@aaronkunin\" title=\"Aaron Kunin web page poet, literature professor, author\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAaron Kunin\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCold Genius: A Book of Poems\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAuthor\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cimg data-mce-fragment=\"1\" alt=\"Bennett Sims, author of A Questionable Shape (Two Dollar Radio - The New Classics Edition, March 2024)\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/2871\/files\/Bennett-Sims-White-Dialogues_a22768a5-6940-46ab-b007-984c96aa8df3_240x240.png?v=1704926812\" style=\"margin-bottom: 16px; float: none;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/twodollarradio.com\/collections\/authors\/products\/bennett-sims\" title=\"Bennett Sims author of White Dialogues and A Questionable Shape\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBennett Sims\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e was born and raised in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He is the author of the story collection \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/twodollarradio.com\/products\/other-minds\" title=\"Other Minds and Other Stories a story collection by Bennett Sims, 20233\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOther Minds and Other Stories\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (2023), the novel \u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/twodollarradio.com\/products\/a-questionable-shape?variant=1033887445\" title=\"A Questionable Shape novel by Bennett Sims\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Questionable Shape\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e (2013), which received the Bard Fiction Prize and was a finalist for \u003ci\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/i\u003e Book Award, and the story collection \u003ca title=\"Bennett Sims' award-winning story collection, White Dialogues\" href=\"https:\/\/twodollarradio.com\/products\/white-dialogues\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhite Dialogues\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (2017), winner of the Rome Prize for Literature 2018–19 and named a best book of 2017 by \u003cem\u003eBookforum\u003c\/em\u003e. He is a recipient of a Michener-Copernicus Society Fellowship. His fiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eA Public Space\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eConjunctions\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Electric Literature\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Tin House\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eZoetrope: All-Story\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as in the \u003ci\u003ePushcart Prize Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e. He has taught at Bard College, Grinnell College, and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarmen Maria Machado\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the bestselling memoir \u003ci\u003eIn the Dream House\u003c\/i\u003e, the graphic novel \u003ci\u003eThe Low, Low Woods\u003c\/i\u003e, and the award-winning short story collection \u003ci\u003eHer Body and Other Parties\u003c\/i\u003e. She has been a finalist for the National Book Award and the winner of the Bard Fiction Prize, the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction, the Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ Nonfiction, the Brooklyn Public Library Literature Prize, the Shirley Jackson Award, and the National Book Critics Circle's John Leonard Prize. In 2018, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e listed \u003ci\u003eHer Body and Other Parties\u003c\/i\u003e as a member of \"The New Vanguard,\" one of \"15 remarkable books by women that are shaping the way we read and write fiction in the 21st century.\"\u003cbr\u003eHer essays, fiction, and criticism have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Vogue\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e This American Life\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Harper's Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Tin House\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e McSweeney's Quarterly Concern\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e The Believer\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Guernica\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Best American Science Fiction \u0026amp; Fantasy\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Best American Nonrequired Reading\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. She holds an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop and has been awarded fellowships and residencies from the Guggenheim Foundation, Yaddo, Hedgebrook, and the Millay Colony for the Arts. She is the former Abrams Artist-in-Residence at the University of Pennsylvania and lives in Brooklyn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSneak Peek\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEnjoy a sneak peek read of \u003cem\u003eA Questionable Shape\u003c\/em\u003e here, on Issuu, and get a serious look inside the book:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-configid=\"1286729\/14668162\" style=\"width: 525px; height: 358px;\" class=\"issuuembed\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e \u003cscript type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/e.issuu.com\/embed.js\" async=\"true\"\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003einfo\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFORMAT: Two Dollar Radio - The New Classics Edition (\"The Ambassadors\" cover)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Classics edition features an original introduction by Carmen Maria Machado.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLIST PRICE: $18.95\u003cbr\u003ePAGES: 242\u003cbr\u003ePRINT ISBN: 9781953387493\u003cbr\u003eDIGITAL ISBN: 978-1-937512-10-1\u003cbr\u003eRELEASE DATE: 3\/12\/2024\u003cbr\u003eSIZE: 5.5\" x 7.5\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFORMAT: Original Paperback Edition (orange cover; 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Our math formulas are supposed to be amusing anecdotes, similar to shelf-talkers in bookstores that say \"If you like X, you might enjoy Y,\" or \"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e is like Cormac McCarthy writing an episode of\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSaved by the Bell \u003cem\u003ewith a soundtrack by\u003c\/em\u003e Philip Glass\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eReviews\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScroll to bottom for Goodreads reviews.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e*10 Favorite Books of the Year (2015)\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eO, The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e*Best science fiction and fantasy books of 2015\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e*One of the most anticipated books of 2015 \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDazed \u0026amp; Confused\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBuzzFeed\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"On the other side of Aldous Huxley's brave new world is Carola Dibbell's braver one, all the more unsettling (and maybe even more profound) for being not five hundred years from now but five minutes, in a time at once beyond our control and too immediate to escape. Brilliantly conceived, passionately defiant, deeply felt,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Only Ones\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eintroduces—in the form of central character Inez Fardo—one of the most memorable and compelling first-person voices in recent American fiction.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.steveerickson.org\/\" title=\"Steve Erickson author website\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSteve Erickson\u003c\/a\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eRubicon Beach\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eZeroville\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eShadowbahn\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A bracing, tough minded, farsighted novel about bravery and endurance, motherhood and the way life goes on even after the world ends. Every sentence pierces.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003ca title=\"Kelly Link author website\" href=\"https:\/\/kellylink.net\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eKelly Link\u003c\/a\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eStranger Things Happen\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMagic for Beginners\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003ePretty Monsters\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This is an enthralling journey through a near future, plague-filled landscape,\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003epresented with such gritty clarity and such a darkly humorous eye for detail that\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eit feels completely real. Inez’s deadpan account of her heroic struggle to keep her\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003edaughter alive in the ruins of Brooklyn and Queens—a devastated but curiously\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003efamiliar world, filled with maddening school bureaucracies and public transport\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ethat never comes—becomes a fantastic portrait of what it is to raise a child.\"\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0366004\/\" title=\"Mary Harron on IMDB\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMary Harron\u003c\/a\u003e, writer and director of \u003cem\u003eI Shot Andy Warhol, American Psycho, The Notorious Bettie Page\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Dibbell tells this story with intensity and color, through a voice that is as shattered and alive as the world she has created, exploring universal themes of sacrifice, love, and the fragile yet persistent will to survive. At times,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Only Ones\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efeels large, small, sweeping and intimate, scary and full of hope. Dense and vivid, smart and thought-provoking.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.charlesyuauthor.com\/\" title=\"Charles Yu writer website\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCharles Yu\u003c\/a\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eHow to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eInterior Chinatown\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Anyone who thinks dystopian fiction is a lemon with no juice left needs to read\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Only Ones\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eto get that tingle back in the taste buds... How can a writer this good have waited so long for her due? Carola Dibbell's marvelous narrative has pace, emotional range, plenty of humor\u003cspan\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003esome bitter, some sweet\u003cspan\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003eand one of the most harshly enthralling narrators in fiction since Huckleberry Finn.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003ca title=\"Adam Mars-Jones author page on New Directions website\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ndbooks.com\/author\/adam-mars-jones\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAdam Mars-Jones\u003c\/a\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eBox Hill\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBatlava Lake\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003ePilcrow\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e''Set in New York City in the near future, \u003cem\u003eThe Only Ones\u003c\/em\u003e calibrates a new normal based on surging of distrust. A pandemic has swept the globe, killing millions, and like aftershocks, pathogens continue to wreak havoc. Mothers hide their children in public toilets to avoid quarantines. People run not only from viruses but also from vaccination drives. A neighbor is someone who could report you for not following public-health protocols... an often-painful exploration of experimental reproduction and what makes a mother and child belong to each other.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Jane Yong Kim, \u003cem\u003eBookforum\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bookforum.com\/culture\/the-only-ones-by-carola-dibbell-14554\" title=\"The Only Ones by Carola Dibbell book review in BOOKFORUM\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook review of \u003cem\u003eThe Only Ones\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Dibbell's major accomplishment (besides publishing her first novel just shy of 70) is her narrator, Inez, blessed and cursed with immunity in a society ravaged by plagues. Inez's voice—a fragmented vernacular that is wise, tough and humane—elevates this dystopian novel...\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003ci\u003eO, The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFeatured on \u003ca title=\"Carola Dibbell, The Only ones, Huffington Post\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/10-women-authors-who-published-after-age-40-you-should-read_55d4df55e4b055a6dab2a673?eqr27qfr\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ethis \u003c\/a\u003e\u003cem\u003eHuffington Post\u003c\/em\u003e list of \"10 Women Authors You Should Read Who Published After Age 40.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Fascinating... A heart-piercing tale of love, desire and acceptance. Readers will be mesmerized by Dibbell’s staccato prose as much as they are by the harrowing circumstances this mother and child must endure.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Nancy Hightower, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/entertainment\/books\/the-best-science-fiction-and-fantasy-books-for-march\/2015\/03\/24\/d537bb5c-ce3f-11e4-a2a7-9517a3a70506_story.html\" title=\"Washington Post book review of the novel The Only Ones by Carola Dibbell\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\"The best science-fiction and fantasy books for March\"\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Breathtaking. [Dibbell has] delivered a debut novel on par with some of the best speculative fiction of the past 30 years; \u003cem\u003eThe Only Ones\u003c\/em\u003e deserves to be shelved alongside Margaret Atwood's \u003cem\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale\u003c\/em\u003e, Nalo Hopkinson's \u003cem\u003eBrown Girl in the Ring\u003c\/em\u003e, and P. D. James' \u003cem\u003eThe Children of Men\u003c\/em\u003e. It's that good, and that important, and that heartbreakingly beautiful.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Jason Heller, NPR\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca title=\"Book review of The Only Ones a novel by Carola Dibbell on NPR\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2015\/03\/19\/392632968\/the-only-ones-puts-a-heartbreaking-spin-on-dystopia\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe Only Ones\u003c\/em\u003e Puts A Heartbreaking Spin On Dystopia\"\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \"A punk-rock take on Sci-Fi, Dibbell’s stylistically inventive debut novel takes place in the very near future...\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—National Post (\"The best books of the year (2015)\")\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"One of the best and most unique near-future dystopias I've read. \"I\" (short for Inez) is an unforgettable narrator her voice is raw, piercing and utterly engaging, evolving from her initial desensitized deadpan as she learns to care for baby Ani, the unexpected result of a job gone awry. Deeply human speculative fiction, perfect for fans of Margaret Atwood.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Porter Square Books (staff pick)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"It's the rare bibliophile who did not go through a dystopian book phase at one point in their reading life.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Kerri Jarema, \u003cem\u003eBustle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bustle.com\/p\/13-dystopian-books-that-will-make-you-want-to-revisit-the-genre-70018\" title='The Only Ones a novel by Carola Dibbell in Bustle \"Dystopian Novels To Reignite Your Love Of The Genre\"' target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Dystopian Novels To Reignite Your Love Of The Genre\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A fascinating and daring debut, this novel takes place in a post-pandemic world as a woman named Inez volunteers as a test subject to make a living. When this experimental genetic work backfires, Inez is stuck responsible for a scientific breakthrough in the form of a baby girl named Ani. Peppered with influence from years of music writing, this is a punk-rock science fiction story you won't want to miss.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003ePopSugar\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca title=\"PopSugar includes The Only Ones by Carola Dibbell, a novel\" href=\"https:\/\/www.popsugar.com\/entertainment\/photo-gallery\/39495159\/image\/39495201\/Only-Ones-Carola-Dibbell\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"14 Books That Should Have Gotten More Praise in 2015\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eLargehearted Boy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.largeheartedboy.com\/blog\/archive\/2015\/03\/book_notes_caro_4.html\" title='Largehearted Boy \"Book Notes\" on the music that inspired Carola Dibbell writing the novel The Only Ones' target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Book Notes — Carola Dibbell \u003cem\u003eThe Only Ones\u003c\/em\u003e\" \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Endearingly resonant... I fell in love with the story. Dibbell’s writing is fresh and easy...\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Melinda Guerra, \u003cem\u003eFourth \u0026amp; Sycamore\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/fourthandsycamore.wordpress.com\/2015\/08\/28\/and-sometimes-you-parent-your-clone-a-review-of-carola-dibbells-the-only-ones\/\" title=\"Fourth \u0026amp; Sycamore Book review of The Only Ones a novel by Carola Dibbell\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBook review of\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Only Ones\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A heartbreaking page-turner with a first person narrative voice that hooked me right away and wouldn’t let go... This is literature first, sci-fi second. Think Orwell’s \u003cem\u003e1984\u003c\/em\u003e. Or maybe Huxley’s \u003cem\u003eBrave New World\u003c\/em\u003e.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Addicted to Noise\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"What an incredible book it is. The bizarre reproductive dystopia of \u003cem\u003eThe Only Ones\u003c\/em\u003e is searing. Through the environment of her terrifying near-future and narrator Inez's unmistakable voice, Dibbell probes society with rare insight and maturity that's, simply, important.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Meredith Turits, \u003cem\u003eBustle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bustle.com\/articles\/126093-10-of-2015s-best-debut-books-too-good-to-miss\" title=\"The Only Ones by Carola Dibbell in Bustle \u0026quot;10 Of 2015's Best Debut Books\u0026quot;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"10 Of 2015's Best Debut Books\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Dibbell draws parallels between our ruined cities, our diseased and polluted environments and our infertility.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Alex Lee, \u003cem\u003eEntropy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/entropymag.org\/the-only-ones-by-carola-dibbell\/\" title=\"Entropy Book review of The Only Ones a novel by Carola Dibbell\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook review of \u003cem\u003eThe Only Ones\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The combination of heart-touching story with sly social commentary makes this one a win for me.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBookRiot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe Only Ones\u003c\/em\u003e tells the story of a young woman hired to provide genetic material to a grief-stricken mother in a post-pandemic world. We talk to Dibbell about the story, her research process, and themes within the book.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Evan Dawson, host of \u003cem\u003eConnections with Evan Dawson\u003c\/em\u003e, WXXI News\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca title=\"Connections with Evan Dawson, WXXI News Interview with author Carola Dibbell (May 19, 2016)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wxxinews.org\/connections\/2016-05-19\/connections-carola-dibbell-author-of-the-only-ones\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInterview with author Carola Dibbell (May 19, 2016)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Read this if you liked Margaret Atwood's \u003cem\u003eMaddAddam\u003c\/em\u003e Trilogy. [Dibbell] is another voice to pay attention to. The most eerie aspect of Dibbell’s science fiction is its closeness to reality—the trials of school bureaucracy, of donating eggs for cash, and the simultaneous joy and anxiety of being a parent. The story stands just outside of our world—a terrifying reflection of what the future of could hold.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Freddie Moore, \u003ci\u003eLitReactor\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ca title=\"Lit Reactor Book review of The Only Ones a novel by Carola Dibbell\" href=\"https:\/\/litreactor.com\/reviews\/bookshots-the-only-ones-by-carola-dibbell\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBook review of \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Only Ones\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"I’ve previously written about the highlights of my 2010s in science and non-science fiction, but one omission from that list was \u003cem\u003eThe Only Ones\u003c\/em\u003e, which I liked at the time but felt sure I was overrating. Having re-read a chunk of it recently, seems more likely I was underrating it: the big ideas about bodies and families rarely addressed in pure SF fit in much more elegantly than in most lit-leaning attempts at genre. Perhaps a viable future doesn’t require cynicism after all.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Brad Luen, \u003cem\u003eSemipop Life\u003c\/em\u003e Sustack\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bradluen.substack.com\/p\/favorite-sci-fi-novels-by-decade?s=r\" title=\"Carola Dibbell's The Only Ones in a Favorite sci-fi novels by decade\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Favorite sci-fi novels by decade\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"When you’ve seen one apocalypse, you’ve seen them all: there’s some real bad news, plus enough survivors left to tell the tale. What distinguishes a post-apocalyptic story, then, is who is doing the telling, and how. In a word, voice. In this regard, Carola Dibbell’s \u003cem\u003eThe Only One\u003c\/em\u003e shines.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Jenna Leigh Evans, \u003ci\u003eElectric Literature\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ca title=\"Book review of the novel The Only Ones by Carola Dibbell\" href=\"https:\/\/electricliterature.com\/in-a-word-voice-the-only-ones-by-carola-dibbell\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\"In A Word, Voice: The Only Ones by Carola Dibbell\"\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Dibbell may have created the most important post-apocalyptic novel since McCarthy's \u003cem\u003eThe Road\u003c\/em\u003e—and one equally as harrowing, too.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Jay Slayton-Joslin, \u003ci\u003eCultured Vultures\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ca title=\"Cultured Vultures review of The Only Ones a novel by Carola Dibbell\" href=\"https:\/\/culturedvultures.com\/review-ones-carola-dibbell\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBook review of\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Only Ones\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Carola Dibbell is probably best known for her work as a music critic, but it's her sci-fi debut \u003cem\u003eThe Only Ones\u003c\/em\u003e that really rocks.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003ci\u003eRefinery 29\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"One of the most original mother-daughter stories of recent memory.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublishers Weekly 'Book of the Week'\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Carola Dibbell's \u003cem\u003eThe Only Ones\u003c\/em\u003e introduces a post-pandemic world where a woman immune to the disease, Inez, makes her living as a test subject. When a mother backs out on experimental genetic research, Inez is left responsible for her baby girl, who is a scientific breakthrough, and must protect her from both religious fanatics and the authorities.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Jarry Lee,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBuzzFeed\u003c\/em\u003e, \"\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/jarrylee\/most-exciting-books-from-indies-2015\" title=\"Carola Dibbell's The Only Ones  Jarry Lee, BuzzFeed, \u0026quot;16 of the Most Exciting Books of 2015 From Independent Publishers\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e16 of the Most Exciting Books of 2015 From Independent Publishers\u003c\/a\u003e\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"What’s particularly stunning about [\u003ci\u003eThe Only Ones\u003c\/i\u003e], however, is Dibbell’s use of language, and how she creates one of the most memorable narrators I’ve encountered in a long while.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eVol. 1 Brooklyn\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The book’s most endearing facet is how very little the nuances of parenthood are changed when set in purgatory... [\u003cem\u003eThe Only Ones\u003c\/em\u003e is] a story with rich, dark prose, intricate construction, and an undeniable human pull, a book that lives and breathes and exists as its own entity. It deserves a prime spot on anyone’s collapse fiction shelf—or any other shelf, for that matter. \"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Kayla Rae Whitaker, \u003cem\u003eSplit Lip Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca title=\"Split Lip Magazine \u0026quot;Collapse Fiction and Carola Dibbell's The Only Ones: A Review\u0026quot;\" href=\"https:\/\/splitlipthemag.com\/reviews\/0715\/the-only-ones\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Collapse Fiction and Carola Dibbell's The Only Ones: A Review\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"...page-turning genre thriller that doubles as a smart and philosophical indie-lit novel.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—CCLaP (Chicago Center for Literature and Photography)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A genre-bending work of punk-rock science fiction.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eNylon\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Densely written but swiftly told, this first novel from rock critic Dibbell starts out as literary dystopia and ends up as a deft study of human identity, desperation, and longing.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A well-known rock critic, Dibbell infuses her debut novel with the stylistic grace of a seasoned writer.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eTime Out New York\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe Only Ones\u003c\/em\u003e is at least in part the story of a woman declining to accept the role she's been handed—declining to be silenced, suppressed, used up and cast aside. It's the story of a woman determined to live as well as she can in the broken world she has, for her own sake as well as for her daughter's. For all the plot and worldbuilding in this book—and there’s plenty of both—the real drive train is [Inez's] voice. \"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Karen Munro, \u003cem\u003eStrange Horizons\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca title=\"Strange Horizons book review of The Only Ones a novel by Carola Dibbell\" href=\"http:\/\/strangehorizons.com\/non-fiction\/reviews\/the-only-ones-by-carola-dibbell\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBook review of\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Only Ones\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Dibbell’s debut novel chillingly imagines the world in the wake of a global pandemic in the latter part of the 21st century. The book illuminates present-day paranoias, but it is further elevated by Dibbell’s trenchant attention to the corrosive nature of social and economic inequality.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e, starred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.publishersweekly.com\/978-1-937512-27-9\" title=\"Publishers Weekly starred book review of The Only Ones a novel by Carola Dibbell\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBook review of \u003cem\u003eThe Only Ones\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of \"27 of the Most Exciting New Books of 2015.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eBuzzFeed\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"One of 20 writers, bloggers, titles, and zines to watch out for in 2015.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eDazed \u0026amp; Confused\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their research for a recent book, with 'research' defined as broadly as they like. This week, Carola Dibbell writes about\u003cem\u003e The Only Ones\u003c\/em\u003e from Two Dollar Radio.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eNecessary Fiction\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/necessaryfiction.com\/blog\/ResearchNotesTheOnlyOnes\" title=\"Necessary Fiction RESEARCH NOTES: interview with Carola Dibbell (March 13, 2015)\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRESEARCH NOTES: interview with Carola Dibbell (March 13, 2015)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Dibbell’s achievements here are many... With its keen eye for the details of things that have never existed, and beautifully maintained vernacular tone, Dibbell is both very tender and very hardened; it deals in the world with a tough mindedness that makes Inez a great heroine.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Iman Lababedi, \u003cem\u003eRock NYC\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/rocknyc.live\/carola-dibbells-the-only-ones-review.html\" title=\"Rock NYC book review of The Only Ones a novel by Carola Dibbell\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBook review of\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Only Ones\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe Only Ones\u003c\/em\u003e is not a simple read; it would suffer if it was. Without preaching and even the barest nod at ideology... subjects such as genetic manipulation, cloning, school exclusivity and government ineptitude are touched upon but remain on the periphery of the heart of the story, which is Inez. It is her voice that pulls you in. Sit back, and listen. She has a fascinating tale to tell.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Sharon Browning, \u003cem\u003eLitStack\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca title=\"LitStack book review of The Only Ones a novel by Carola Dibbell\" href=\"https:\/\/litstack.com\/litstack-review-the-only-ones-by-carola-dibbell\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBook review of\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Only Ones\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAuthor\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cimg alt=\"Author Carola Dibbell\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/2871\/files\/BookDetailBoxAUTHOR-HORZ-037.png?5438\" style=\"float: none;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/twodollarradio.com\/products\/carola-dibbell\" title=\"Carola Dibbell author webpage\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCarola Dibbell\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e is a highly regarded rock critic whose fiction has appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eParis Review, Fence, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eBlack Clock.\u003c\/em\u003e Writing about books as well as music, Dibbell was a \u003cem\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/em\u003e contributor for many years. \u003cem\u003eThe Only Ones \u003c\/em\u003eis her debut novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSneak Peek\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEnjoy a sneak peek of select pages from \u003ci\u003eThe Only Ones\u003c\/i\u003e! 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