Diane Cook’s extraordinary novel is both a blazing lament for our contempt of nature and a deeply humane portrayal of motherhood.
Diane Cook
Diane Cook is a critically acclaimed novelist and short story writer. A former producer for the radio show, This American Life, she lives in Brooklyn.
Her debut short story collection, Man v Nature (2015), was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and the L.A. Times Book Prize. She is a recipient of a 2016 fellowship form the National Endowment for the Arts, and her stories have appeared in Harper’s, Tin House and Granta, and been anthologised in Best American Short Stories.
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