Staff Pick
Rebecca Brown's first book in years is another dark beauty. It manages to feel both heavy (in mood) and light (in its fairy tale-ish palette and language). Several of the stories ("Debbie and Anji," "The Hole," "The Brothers," and "What Keeps Me Here") especially rearranged my head and made me reconsider how a story works. Brown's work is singular and inspiring. Recommended By Kevin S., Powells.com
Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Fiction. LGBTQIA Studies. Women's Studies. If heaven is somewhere, it isn't with us, but somewhere we want to get--a state, a place, a turning to home. Novel- and essayist Rebecca Brown's thirteenth book is narrative cycle that revamps old fairy tales, movies, and myths, as it leads the reader from darkness to light, from harshness to love, from where we are to where we might go.
A strange and wonderful first-person voice emerges from the stories of Rebecca Brown, who strips her language of convention to lay bare the ferocious rituals of love and need.--The New York Times
One of the few truly original modern lesbian writers, one who constantly pushes both her own boundaries and those of her readers.--San Francisco Chronicle
Watch for her books and hunt down her short stories. She is simply one of the best contemporary lesbian writers around.--Dorothy Allison
America's only real rock 'n' roll schoolteacher.--Thurston Moore, Sonic Youth