Interview

What Ann Morgan learned from a year spent reading a book from every country in the world. Shelf Unbound: You spent all of 2012 reading translated books from 196...

A can’t-put-it-down existential thriller from debut novelist Claudine Dumont.  Shelf Unbound: In Captive, a young woman with a dull job who has isolated herself from friends and family and...

Neuman wryly explores the human condition in this taut collection of short stories.  Shelf Unbound: What is your process for creating a story such as “Barefoot,” about a man’s...

A new publishing house, Deep Vellum in Dallas, Texas, launches big with Texas: The Great Theft by one of Mexico’s preeminent writers.  Shelf Unbound: The story takes place in...

Dorthe Nors’ collection of concise, sharply observed short stories delve into human connections both beautiful and disturbing. Each story here is a masterpiece of writing.  Shelf Unbound: You are...

Quirky, inventive characters populate John Brandon’s first short story collection, from a down-on-his-luck former high school football star to a little league player obsessed with entrepreneurship. Each of the 11...

Eimear McBride’s novel is difficult to read but rewards the adventuresome reader with its genius and the heartbreaking story of a troubled young girl with an abusive mother, a...

A schoolgirl’s crush on her male English teacher leads to mutual destructive obsession in this well-drawn, compelling debut novel. Shelf Unbound: Tell us about your main character, Laurel Marks. Laura Elizabeth Woollett:At...

Winner of the Association of Writers and Writing Programs Award Series, Andrew Ladd’s debut novel explores the concept of time via the increasingly constricted life of an island-bound family.  Shelf Unbound: Your novel...

Told from the point of view of nine different characters, Spheres of Disturbance explores both life and end-of-life issues with depth and beauty. Schutzer writes with such empathy that...