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(0)Venita Blackburn
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Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
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Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2024 by The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Today, Electric Literature, Alta, the Chicago Review of Books and The Millions
"Told by machines from the future, Blackburn's idiosyncratic grief novel is as freshly devastating as they come." —The New York Times Book Review
"You can try bracing yourself for the ride this story
Author
Language
English
Description
Hilarious, tough, and tender stories from a farseeing star on the rise
Venita Blackburn's characters bully and suffer, spit and tease, mope and blame. They're hyperaware of their bodies and fiercely observant, fending off the failures and advances of adults with indifferent ease. In "Biology Class," they torment a teacher to the point of near insanity, while in "Bear Bear Harvest™," they prepare to sell their excess fat and skin for food processing....
Author
Publisher
MCD / Farrar Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A form-shifting and soul-crunching chronicle of grief and crisis, Venita Blackburn's debut novel, Dead in Long Beach, California, is a fleet-footed marvel of self-discovery and storytelling that explores the depths of humankind's capacity for harm and healing. With the daring, often hilarious imagination that made her an acclaimed short-fiction innovator, Blackburn crafts a layered, page-turning reckoning with what it means to be alive, dead, and...
