From an acclaimed and award-winning young writer comes an assured and intensely moving debut collection set in the eye of life's storms.
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“An auspicious debut. Johnston's exquisitely drawn men and women are riders on the storm, coping with an iffy emotional landscape that mirrors Corpus Christi's own, where the past is too easily washed away and the ocean has no memory. Stunning and complex.”
— Los Angeles Times Book Review
Naming The World: And Other Exercises for the Creative Writer
For fans of Natalie Goldberg and Anne Lamott, an irresistible, interactive writing book from the Director of Creative Writing at Harvard, with 65 contributions from acclaimed authors and teachers.
Awards
- Winner, The Christopher Isherwood Prize
- Book of the Year, The Irish Times
- Winner, James Michener Fellowship
- Book of the Year, The Independent of London
- Winner, The Texas Institute of Letters Debut Fiction Award
- Winner, The Southern Review Short Fiction Award
- Winner, Glasgow Prize for Emerging Writers
