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Brian Castleberry's stories have been published in The Southern Review, Day One, Narrative, and other literary journals. He lives in Virginia, where he teaches literature and creative writing at the College of William & Mary.
Genres: Literary Fiction, Mystery
Brian Castleberry recommends
Men Like Us (2026)
Carson Markland
"With Men Like Us, Markland debuts fully-formed, a master storyteller who takes as her subject a place we used to know and hope to know again, that complex land we called America. Her Bobby is one of the great literary characters - part Hamlet, part Nick Carraway, part Wizard of Oz, yet wholly individual - and her understanding of the dynamic bonds between siblings places her among the finest writers of her generation. The Kennedys are looked at here with such honesty that the reader may feel they never knew the family at all. And yet with every pitch-perfect sentence, it is ever more clear that the author knows them and knows us as well. A masterpiece for our times."
The Half Life (2026)
Rachel Beanland
"Beanland's best yet - a novel packed with humor, emotion, and revelation. The Half Life is as sprawling and expansive as it is intimate and full of secrets. This is a book about losing and finding yourself and having the courage to choose who you will be in this world, written with language that elevates even the everyday moments in its sunbaked locale."
Seek Immediate Shelter (2026)
Vincent Yu
"Vincent Yu is a writer of incredible grace and insight who understands that the best fiction is about trusting characters to reveal themselves under the right pressure. In Seek Immediate Shelter, a single miscommunication shocks a community and shakes up the habitual lives of its myriad inhabitants, revealing both their individual stories and their shared humanity. It is a profound work about connection and disconnection that left me reeling and wanting more. A daring, prodigious debut."
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