From the Publisher
"An unbelievable debut, one that announces a new and necessary American voice." --Tommy Orange, New York Times Book Review
"An excitement and a wonder: strange, crazed, urgent and funny." --George Saunders
What’s better than finding your next favorite author? Sharing that writer’s work with other readers. Last year, our Discover Prize went to Tess Gunty and her debut, The Rabbit Hutch (which also won the National Book Award for Fiction). We’re excited to announce our finalists for the 2023 Discover Prize: six stories of […]
“… A big part of the journey with this book is realizing that people’s humanity shouldn’t be negotiable.” Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s debut novel Chain-Gang All-Stars tells an explosive, unrelenting and ultimately compassionate story about a not so unbelievable future in which incarcerated people become gladiators fighting their way to freedom at any cost. Adjei-Brenyah joins […]
The days are getting longer, which around here just means more time to read and listen. We’re a month shy of Poured Over’s second anniversary — and about six weeks short of our 200th episode! In the meantime, we’re covering a handful of the absolute best books we’ve read this year, some from authors whose names […]