The New Republic Best Books of 2013. NPR's Guide to the Best Books of 2013. The Huffington Post's Best Books of 2013. Cosmopolitan's Best Books of 2013. ISLE tops Flavorwire's list of Best Story Collections of 2013. Baltimore City Paper's Best Books of 2013. L … [Read more...]
Some New Stuff
Minneapolis Star Tribune review. The Cleveland Plain Dealer review. NPR review. ELLE Magazine review (December issue). AOL Recommends: What to Read this Weekend. Book Riot podcast. Raging Biblioholism review. … [Read more...]
Pub Week Re-Cap
Feeling very, very grateful for the reviews + interviews that have gone up this week: Reviews & Mentions: Wall Street Journal review. San Francisco Chronicle mention. Amazon top 10 story collections of 2013. O, The Oprah Magazine top 10 books of 2013 (December … [Read more...]
New Reviews + Interviews
Interview with Elliott Holt at Fiction Writers Review. In May, I interviewed Elliott for her excellent debut novel, YOU ARE ONE OF THEM. The circle is now complete. Interview with Lauren Groff for Omnivoracious. Lauren's "L. Debard and Aliette" is one of my all-time favorite … [Read more...]
New Reviews: Marie Claire, Vanity Fair, New York Magazine, Flavorwire & Booklist!
An ocean of gratitude for the new ISLE reviews/mentions this week: In New York Magazine, Kathryn Schulz says “My current favorite short-story-writer-too-few-people-have-heard-of is Laura van den Berg, whose new collection, The Isle of Youth, is a smart, fun, noir-y treasure … [Read more...]