Jason Reynolds, Indies First 2017 Spokesperson

October 2017 Indie Next List #1 Great Read

Her Body and Other Parties: Stories by Carmen Maria MachadoOn the cover of this month's Indie Next list is
HER BODY AND OTHER PARTIES: STORIES, by Carmen Maria Machado

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“Reading the stories in Her Body and Other Parties has been among the greatest literary pleasures of 2017 for me. Carmen Maria Machado writes with fearless exploration, precision, and tenderness, which would prompt envy if gratitude and admiration weren’t first to arrive on scene. From the lovely apocalyptic love story ‘Inventory’ to the dizzying and original ‘Especially Heinous,’ Machado’s work is curious, inventive, and thrilling. It’s feminist and pop culture, classic and weird; the stories are complex and the characters are haunting. What a debut!”

—Chorel Centers, Bookshop Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA

 

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Hailed by the New York Times as “one of America’s most important novelists,” Nicole Krauss is the author of the international bestsellers Great House, a finalist for the National Book Award; The History of Love; and Man Walks into a Room. Her latest work of fiction, Forest Dark, interweaves the stories of two disparate individuals – an older lawyer and a young novelist – whose transcendental search leads them to the same Israeli desert.
 

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