Join us on Thursday, July 18 at 7pm PT when Nina Schuyler joins us for the release of her story collection, In This Ravishing World, with Lewis Buzbee at 9th Ave!
Join us in-person or watch on YouTube Live
About In This Ravishing World
In This Ravishing World is a sweeping, impassioned short story collection, ringing out with joy, despair, and hope for the natural world. Nine connected stories unfold, bringing together an unforgettable cast of dreamers, escapists, activists, and artists, creating a kaleidoscopic view of the climate crisis. An older woman who has spent her entire life fighting for the planet sinks into despair. A young boy is determined to bring the natural world to his bleak urban reality. A scientist working to solve the plastic problem grapples with whether to have a child. A ballet dancer endeavors to inhabit the consciousness of a rat. In this Ravishing World is a full-throated chorus-- with Nature joining in-- marveling at the exquisite beauty of our world, and pleading, raging, and ultimately urging all of its inhabitants toward activism and resistance.
About Nina Schuyler
Nina Schuyler's short story collection, In This Ravishing World, won the W.S. Porter Prize and the Prism Prize for Climate Literature. Her novel, Afterword, was published in 2023 and was named a Top 100 Notable Book by Shelf Unbound and a Top Book by Alta Journal. Her novel, The Translator, won the Next Generation Indie Book Award for General Fiction and was a William Saroyan International Writing Prize finalist. Her novel, The Painting, was a Northern California Book Award finalist. Her nonfiction book, How to Write Stunning Sentences, is a bestseller. She teaches creative writing for Stanford Continuing Studies and The Writing Salon. She lives in California.
About Lewis Buzbee
Lewis Buzbee is the author of The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop; three award-winning novels for younger readers, Steinbeck's Ghost, The Haunting of Charles Dickens, and Bridge of Time; along with several others. His poems, essays, and stories have appeared in Lit Hub, Harper's, GQ, New York Times Book Review, Paris Review, ZYZZYVA, and elsewhere. A new novel, Diver, will come out next spring.
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Join us in-person or watch on YouTube Live
About In This Ravishing World
In This Ravishing World is a sweeping, impassioned short story collection, ringing out with joy, despair, and hope for the natural world. Nine connected stories unfold, bringing together an unforgettable cast of dreamers, escapists, activists, and artists, creating a kaleidoscopic view of the climate crisis. An older woman who has spent her entire life fighting for the planet sinks into despair. A young boy is determined to bring the natural world to his bleak urban reality. A scientist working to solve the plastic problem grapples with whether to have a child. A ballet dancer endeavors to inhabit the consciousness of a rat. In this Ravishing World is a full-throated chorus-- with Nature joining in-- marveling at the exquisite beauty of our world, and pleading, raging, and ultimately urging all of its inhabitants toward activism and resistance.
About Nina Schuyler
Nina Schuyler's short story collection, In This Ravishing World, won the W.S. Porter Prize and the Prism Prize for Climate Literature. Her novel, Afterword, was published in 2023 and was named a Top 100 Notable Book by Shelf Unbound and a Top Book by Alta Journal. Her novel, The Translator, won the Next Generation Indie Book Award for General Fiction and was a William Saroyan International Writing Prize finalist. Her novel, The Painting, was a Northern California Book Award finalist. Her nonfiction book, How to Write Stunning Sentences, is a bestseller. She teaches creative writing for Stanford Continuing Studies and The Writing Salon. She lives in California.
About Lewis Buzbee
Lewis Buzbee is the author of The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop; three award-winning novels for younger readers, Steinbeck's Ghost, The Haunting of Charles Dickens, and Bridge of Time; along with several others. His poems, essays, and stories have appeared in Lit Hub, Harper's, GQ, New York Times Book Review, Paris Review, ZYZZYVA, and elsewhere. A new novel, Diver, will come out next spring.
Join us on Thursday, July 18 at 7pm PT when Nina Schuyler joins us for the release of her story collection, In This Ravishing World, with Lewis Buzbee at 9th Ave!
Join us in-person or watch on YouTube Live
About In This Ravishing World
In This Ravishing World is a sweeping, impassioned short story collection, ringing out with joy, despair, and hope for the natural world. Nine connected stories unfold, bringing together an unforgettable cast of dreamers, escapists, activists, and artists, creating a kaleidoscopic view of the climate crisis. An older woman who has spent her entire life fighting for the planet sinks into despair. A young boy is determined to bring the natural world to his bleak urban reality. A scientist working to solve the plastic problem grapples with whether to have a child. A ballet dancer endeavors to inhabit the consciousness of a rat. In this Ravishing World is a full-throated chorus-- with Nature joining in-- marveling at the exquisite beauty of our world, and pleading, raging, and ultimately urging all of its inhabitants toward activism and resistance.
About Nina Schuyler
Nina Schuyler's short story collection, In This Ravishing World, won the W.S. Porter Prize and the Prism Prize for Climate Literature. Her novel, Afterword, was published in 2023 and was named a Top 100 Notable Book by Shelf Unbound and a Top Book by Alta Journal. Her novel, The Translator, won the Next Generation Indie Book Award for General Fiction and was a William Saroyan International Writing Prize finalist. Her novel, The Painting, was a Northern California Book Award finalist. Her nonfiction book, How to Write Stunning Sentences, is a bestseller. She teaches creative writing for Stanford Continuing Studies and The Writing Salon. She lives in California.
About Lewis Buzbee
Lewis Buzbee is the author of The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop; three award-winning novels for younger readers, Steinbeck's Ghost, The Haunting of Charles Dickens, and Bridge of Time; along with several others. His poems, essays, and stories have appeared in Lit Hub, Harper's, GQ, New York Times Book Review, Paris Review, ZYZZYVA, and elsewhere. A new novel, Diver, will come out next spring.
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Join us in-person or watch on YouTube Live
About In This Ravishing World
In This Ravishing World is a sweeping, impassioned short story collection, ringing out with joy, despair, and hope for the natural world. Nine connected stories unfold, bringing together an unforgettable cast of dreamers, escapists, activists, and artists, creating a kaleidoscopic view of the climate crisis. An older woman who has spent her entire life fighting for the planet sinks into despair. A young boy is determined to bring the natural world to his bleak urban reality. A scientist working to solve the plastic problem grapples with whether to have a child. A ballet dancer endeavors to inhabit the consciousness of a rat. In this Ravishing World is a full-throated chorus-- with Nature joining in-- marveling at the exquisite beauty of our world, and pleading, raging, and ultimately urging all of its inhabitants toward activism and resistance.
About Nina Schuyler
Nina Schuyler's short story collection, In This Ravishing World, won the W.S. Porter Prize and the Prism Prize for Climate Literature. Her novel, Afterword, was published in 2023 and was named a Top 100 Notable Book by Shelf Unbound and a Top Book by Alta Journal. Her novel, The Translator, won the Next Generation Indie Book Award for General Fiction and was a William Saroyan International Writing Prize finalist. Her novel, The Painting, was a Northern California Book Award finalist. Her nonfiction book, How to Write Stunning Sentences, is a bestseller. She teaches creative writing for Stanford Continuing Studies and The Writing Salon. She lives in California.
About Lewis Buzbee
Lewis Buzbee is the author of The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop; three award-winning novels for younger readers, Steinbeck's Ghost, The Haunting of Charles Dickens, and Bridge of Time; along with several others. His poems, essays, and stories have appeared in Lit Hub, Harper's, GQ, New York Times Book Review, Paris Review, ZYZZYVA, and elsewhere. A new novel, Diver, will come out next spring.
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