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Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Dolen Perkins-Valdez's fiction and essays have appeared in StoryQuarterly, Robert Olen Butler Prize Stories 2009, The Kenyon Review, PMS: PoemMemoirStory, North Carolina Literary Review, and Richard Wright Newsletter. Born and raised in Memphis, a graduate of Harvard, and a former University of California postdoctoral fellow, Perkins-Valdez teaches creative writing at the University of Puget Sound.
Genres: Literary Fiction
Dolen Perkins-Valdez recommends
The Limits (2024)
Nell Freudenberger
"The Limits brilliantly renders the era of the pandemic, capturing how two families, in all their imperfections, try so valiantly to hold on to their loved ones in a difficult time. When you combine Freudenberger's meticulous research with her ability to portray our most complicated selves, the result is a novel that enlightens us in all the ways that truly matter. You will be transformed by this story."
All You Have to Do Is Call (2023)
Kerri Maher
"A captivating tale of women sacrificing everything in order to support other women. Everyone should read and discuss this book. Everyone."
The First Ladies (2023)
Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
"This book will expand your perspective and keep you reading late into the night."
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