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Maud Newton

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Maud Newton is a writer and critic. Her first book, (Random House) , is a best book of 2022, according to , and . It was a selection and Roxane Gay Book Club selection, and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle's 2023 John Leonard Prize for Best First Book. has been called "a literary feat" by the and a "brilliant mix of personal memoir and cultural observation" by the It was praised by , NPR, the , the , and many other publications. Her work has appeared in the , the , the , the , the , the , the , the and many other publications and anthologies, including and the bestseller,...

Amy Bloom

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AMY BLOOM is the author of two novels and two collections of short stories, one a nominee for the National Book Award and the other a National Book Critics Circle Award nominee. Her stories have appeared in Best American Short Stories, Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards, and numerous anthologies here and abroad. She has written for the New Yorker, the New York Times Magazine, the Atlantic Monthly, Vogue, Slate, and Salon, among many other publications, and has won a National Magazine Award. Her first book of nonfiction, Normal: Transsexual CEOs, Crossdressing Cops, and Hermaphrodites with Attitude, is an exploration...