Quirky and hilarious, yet deeply human, the stories in Yes, Yes, Cherries contain an affection for human strangeness while exploring the idea that truth tends more often to lie in the extremes and along the outer edges than it does at the center of things. Exploring the idea that truth lies in life’s extremes, the partially linked stories in Yes, Yes, Cherries follow girls and women who are outsiders and find themselves in unusual circumstances. A lonely teenage girl falls in love with an older, married neighbor. A woman attends a party at the home of her boyfriend’s ex-wife. A schoolteacher gets fired for teaching time incorrectly to grade-school students. And a young woman recovering from a breakup receives guidance from a drunk therapist. Poignant and sharply rendered, Otis’s stories seek answers to the questions of whom we love and why, how we search for love, lose it, or find it―sometimes at the last moment and in the most unlikely places. Quirky and hilarious, these stories display a knowing affection for human strangeness.

Yes, Yes, Cherries: Stories (Tin House New Voice)

Literature & Fiction

Otis, Mary

Short Stories & Anthologies

Tin House Books

Electric Literature's sixth anthology travels highways, the waters of New York's harbors, and the grooves of a burned out LP. In Matt Sumell's "OK," a son visits his stubbornly suicidal father at his flea infested home.In "Where We Missed Was Everywhere," by Mary Otis, a brother and sister seek refuge from a funeral in a Beach Boys classic. The siblings in Marc Basch's "Three" react to one brother's dealings with a kid bully they encounter on a back country road. The subjects of a starvation experiment in Steve Edward's "Daily Bread" find their worlds reduced to the size of their stomachs. And the anthology's final story, "The Reader" by Nathan Englander, chronicles a discouraged author haunted by his one remaining reader.

Electric Literature No. 6

Englander, Nathan

Sumell, Matt

Electric Literature

366 Daily Mini Bible Lessons  I believe that Christians, as well as non-Christians, will read this book. Some will read to learn more of God's Word and some will read out of curiosity. Before they know it, they will be hooked on Jesus.  Yetty Adesanya Atlanta, GA  This book is designed to help you recall certain scriptures in the Bible. Each day has a corresponding scripture.

ICE 911: In Case of Emergency- Psalm 9:11

Reference

Encyclopedias & Subject Guides

Xlibris, Corp.

Ice 911

Xlibris

Winner, Independent Publisher Book Awards, Silver Medal - Literary Fiction 
Featured on PBS NewsHour 
Named by Good Morning America, New York Post, and Los Angeles Daily News as one of the Best Books of Spring 2023 
A deeply moving debut novel from the award-wining author of Yes, Yes, Cherries (“Funny, brave, and amazing”―Lorrie Moore) that explores the relationship complexities between mothers and daughters, the desire to escape, and the longing to connect. Viva has always found ways to manage her mother’s impulsive, eccentric and addictive personality. She’s had to―for her entire life, it has always been Viva and Charlotte against the world. After accidentally discovering an innate ability for dance, Viva chases her new passion with the same fervor with which her mother chases the bottle. Over the years, Viva’s talent becomes a ticket to a life of her own, and as she moves further away from home to pursue her dream, Charlotte struggles to make peace with her own past as a failed artist and the effects of her addiction. When tragedy strikes, Viva begins a downward spiral and must decide whether she will repeat her mother’s mistakes or finally take control of her life. Told from interwoven perspectives with lyrical prose as deft as a choreographed dance.

Burst: A Novel

Genre Fiction

Zibby Books

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