"10 Anticipated Books of 2011" by Laura van den Berg
Monday, January 24, 2011 at 12:00PM During the first month of 2011, Dzanc Books will be sharing a number of "Best of 2010" lists written by our authors, our editors, and other affiliated folks. Today's list comes from Laura van den Berg, author of What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us.
10 Anticipated Books of 2011
You Think That’s Bad, Jim Shepard
This is Not Your City, Caitlin Horrocks
The Architect of Flowers, William Lychack
Swamplandia!, Karen Russell
There is No Year, Blake Butler
We the Animals, Justin Torres
The Burning House, Paul Lisicky
Pacazo, Roy Kesey
Other People We Married, Emma Straub
The Family Fang, Kevin Wilson
Laura van den Berg
Laura van den Berg was raised in Florida and earned her MFA at Emerson College. Her fiction has appeared in One Story, Boston Review, American Short Fiction, Conjunctions, Best American Nonrequired Reading 2008, Best New American Voices 2010, and The Pushcart Prize XXIV, among others. She is also the recipient of scholarships from the Bread Loaf and Sewanee Writers' Conferences, the 2009 Julia Peterkin Award, and the 2009-2010 Emerging Writer Lectureship at Gettysburg College. Laura’s debut collection of stories, What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us, was selected the Barnes & Noble “Discover Great New Writers” Program, longlisted for The Story Prize, and shortlisted for the Frank O’Connor Award. She currently lives in Baltimore, where she is the 2010-2011 Tickner Fellow at the Gilman School.
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