The epigraph to Diane Cook’s story collection Man v Nature is borrowed from Emily Dickinson’s correspondence, “The Wilderness is new — to you. Master, let me lead you.” This epigraph feels even more relevant to Cook’s debut novel, The New Wilderness, included on the 2020 Booker Prize shortlist. The novel is set in some apocalyptic… Continue reading The New Wilderness by Diane Cook
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How Much of These Hills is Gold by C Pam Zhang
Purchase a copy for yourself here! There is perhaps no subset of literature that feels more emblematic of the white male literary canon than the classic American western novel. In her Booker Prize nominated debut, How Much of These Hills is Gold, C Pam Zhang brings the western novel into a new century. The novel… Continue reading How Much of These Hills is Gold by C Pam Zhang