Things to Come and Go by Bette Howland

Things to Come and Go by Bette Howland

From the acclaimed author of>Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage and the memoir>W-3, a trio of novellas about three women's bold exploration of the desire for belonging as it comes into conflict with the fulfillment of our individual selves. With an introduction by Rumaan Alam.

Over the past several years, A Public Space has brought the work of Bette Howland back into print. First published in 1983, Things to Come and Go is her final book, and a showcase of her stunning talent--the razor-sharp observations, the elusive narrators, the language at once experimental and classical.

Nearly forty years later, it's writing that feel s] revelatory and imperative to the work we might all be trying to make next (Lynn Steger Strong).

From the acclaimed author of>Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage and the memoir>W-3, a trio of novellas about three women's bold exploration of the desire for belonging as it comes into conflict with the fulfillment of our individual selves. With an introduction by Rumaan Alam.

Over the past several years, A Public Space has brought the work of Bette Howland back into print. First published in 1983, Things to Come and Go is her final book, and a showcase of her stunning talent--the razor-sharp observations, the elusive narrators, the language at once experimental and classical.

Nearly forty years later, it's writing that feel s] revelatory and imperative to the work we might all be trying to make next (Lynn Steger Strong).

Howland, Bette: - Bette Howland (1937-2017) published three books in her lifetime: W-3, and the story collections Blue in Chicagoand Things to Come and Go. She received a MacArthur Fellowship in 1984, after which she did not publish another book. Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, her selected stories, was published in 2019, restoring to the canon the work of a remarkable writer.

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ISBN 13	9780998267562
ISBN 10	0998267562
Title	Things to Come and Go
Author	Bette Howland
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Binding type	Paperback
Publisher	Public Space Books
Year published	2022-08-11
Number of pages	152
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