The Best American Short Stories and The Best American Mystery Stories, both of which include “Antarctica,” are officially out.
Talked to Amber Sparks about “lowbrow” influences over at Electric Literature.
A brief profile in The Boston Globe (Thank you, Jan Garner!).
Honored to be one of the judges for The Story Prize.
The first pre-pubs are in!
FIND ME gets a starred review in Booklist, who says: “Van den Berg’s enveloping novel of a plague and a seeker in an endangered world reveals what it feels like to grow up unwanted and unknown in a civilization hell-bent on self-destruction…a beautifully strange, sad, and provocative inquiry into our failure to love, cherish, and protect.”
Publisher’s Weekly weighs in with: “in Joy, van den Berg has created a voice that never feels false, only lost and dreaming of being found.”
FIND ME shout-outs at The Quivering Pen and Book Riot.
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