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'Fiercely independent, all of Evans's characters struggle for a
place in a world intent of fencing them out.' - New York Times Book
Review A college student's unplanned pregnancy forces her to
confront her feelings of resentment toward her more privileged
classmates. A father's misguided attempt to rescue a gift for his
adult daughter magnifies all he doesn't know about her. And two
teenage girls' flirt with adulthood leads to disastrous
consequences. Based in a world where inequality is reality, but
where the shifting terrain of adolescence and family are the most
complicating forces, Evans' characters are wry, wise and utterly
original. Striking in their emotional immediacy, the electrifying,
prize-winning stories in Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self
offer a fresh perspective on race and class in contemporary
America. 'Danielle Evans is funny as hell' - Victor LaValle, author
of Big Machine 'Knife-sharp wit and tender but unflinching eye' -
V.V. Ganeshananthan, author of Love Marriage
'Brilliant . . . These stories are sly and prescient, a nuanced
reflection of the world we are living in.' - Roxane Gay 'Evans is
blessed with perfect pitch.' - Tayari Jones 'Sublime short stories
of race, grief, and belonging . . . an extraordinary new
collection.' New Yorker Danielle Evans is widely acclaimed for her
blisteringly smart voice and X-ray insights into complex human
relationships. With The Office of Historical Corrections, Evans
zooms in on particular moments and relationships in her characters'
lives in a way that allows them to speak to larger issues of race,
culture, and history. We meet Black and multi-racial characters who
are experiencing the universal confusions of lust and love, and
getting walloped by grief - all while exploring how history haunts
us, personally and collectively. Ultimately, she provokes us to
think about the truths of American history - about who gets to tell
them, and the cost of setting the record straight. In 'Boys Go to
Jupiter' a white college student tries to reinvent herself after a
photo of her in a Confederate-flag bikini goes viral. In 'Richard
of York Gave Battle in Vain' a photojournalist is forced to
confront her own losses while attending an old friend's
unexpectedly dramatic wedding. And in the eye-opening title
novella, a Black scholar from Washington DC is drawn into a complex
historical mystery that spans generations and puts her job, her
love life, and her oldest friendship at risk.
'Sublime short stories of race, grief, and belonging . . . an
extraordinary new collection' New Yorker 'Evans's new stories
present rich plots reflecting on race relations, grief, and love'
New York Times, Editor's Choice 'Brilliant . . . These stories are
sly and prescient, a nuanced reflection of the world we are living
in' Roxane Gay Danielle Evans is widely acclaimed for her
blisteringly smart voice and X-ray insights into complex human
relationships. With The Office of Historical Corrections, Evans
zooms in on particular moments and relationships in her characters'
lives in a way that allows them to speak to larger issues of race,
culture, and history. We meet Black and multi-racial characters who
are experiencing the universal confusions of lust and love, and
getting walloped by grief - all while exploring how history haunts
us, personally and collectively. Ultimately, she provokes us to
think about the truths of American history - about who gets to tell
them, and the cost of setting the record straight. In 'Boys Go to
Jupiter' a white college student tries to reinvent herself after a
photo of her in a Confederate flag bikini goes viral. In 'Richard
of York Gave Battle in Vain' a photojournalist is forced to
confront her own losses while attending an old friend's
unexpectedly dramatic wedding. And in the eye-opening title
novella, a Black scholar from Washington DC is drawn into a complex
historical mystery that spans generations and puts her job, her
love life, and her oldest friendship at risk.
Winner of the 2021 Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction "The
stories in A New Race of Men from Heaven move elegantly between the
ache of loneliness and the grace of connection, however fleeting."
-Danielle Evans, author of The Office of Historical Corrections A
New Race of Men from Heaven is a collection of stories about
characters who wander but are never truly lost. A lonely man on a
business trip finds himself in the middle of a search party for a
missing boy; a grieving widow leaves India to join family in the
United States; a writer finds renewed success when an unknown
imposter begins publishing under his identity. In these quiet yet
deeply knowing stories of migration, power, and longing, A New Race
of Men from Heaven offers us, above all else, stories of enduring
love and hope.
Neoliberalism has firmly taken hold in Wales. The 'clear red water'
is darkening. The wounds of poverty, inequality, and disengagement,
far from being healed, have worsened. Child poverty has reached
epidemic levels: the worst in the UK. Educational attainment
remains stubbornly low, particularly in deprived communities.
Prison population rates are among the highest in Europe.
Unemployment remains stubbornly high. House prices are rising, with
the private rented sector lining the pockets of an ever-increasing
number of private landlords. Minority groups are consistently
marginalised. All this is not to mention the devastatingly
disproportionate impact of the coronavirus pandemic on working
class communities. The Welsh Way interrogates neoliberalism's grasp
on Welsh life. It challenges the lazy claims about the 'successes'
of devolution, fabricated by Welsh politicians and regurgitated
within a tepid, attenuated public sphere. These wide-ranging essays
examine the manifold ways in which neoliberalism now permeates all
areas of Welsh culture, politics and society. They also look to a
wider world, to the global trends and tendencies that have given
shape to Welsh life today. Together, they encourage us to imagine,
and demand, another Welsh future.
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