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THE RESURRECTION OF JOAN ASHBY IN THE WORLD

I was asked to pen a micro-essay for Poets & Writers Writers' Recommend column.

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Published on September 25, 2017 06:32

THE RESURRECTION OF JOAN ASHBY IN THE WORLD

THE RESURRECTION OF JOAN ASHBY IS A BESTSELLER IN MISSISSIPPI FOR THE SECOND WEEK!

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Published on September 25, 2017 05:59

THE RESURRECTION OF JOAN ASHBY IN THE WORLD

The UK's DAILY MAIL HIGHLY RECOMMENDS THE RESURRECTION OF JOAN ASHBY!

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Published on September 25, 2017 05:58

THE RESURRECTION OF JOAN ASHBY IN THE WORLD

THE RESURRECTION OF JOAN ASHBY is a bestseller in Mississippi!

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Published on September 25, 2017 05:55

THE RESURRECTION OF JOAN ASHBY. . . ENTERING THE WORLD

Art Matters: When Books Can Save Your Life

✪ The rapturous advance praise for Cherise Wolas’ assured meta debut, The Resurrection of Joan Ashby, doesn’t do it justice. This ambitious first novel introduces us to an elusive artist with a stratospheric cult following—only to unravel her life, as the blessings of divine inspiration battle the curse of earthly love. Wolas has forged an audacious balancing act whose betrayals come from the least expected corners, submerging readers in a dazzling universe we hate to leave.

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Published on September 09, 2017 04:50 • Tags: art-matters, dazzling-universe, huffington-post, rapturous, the-resurrection-of-joan-ashby

THE RESURRECTION OF JOAN ASHBY. . . ENTERING THE WORLD

“The case for novelist Cherise Wolas’s profoundly gorgeous and humane debut cannot be overstated. The Resurrection of Joan Ashby is the story of a preternaturally talented American writer who, in her 20s, is the author of two prize-winning, bestselling short story collections. Against her professed wishes, she falls in love and becomes pregnant, and her life of the mind amalgamates with marriage and motherhood, for better or worse.

For its provocative meditations on artistry and domesticity, our Kirkus critic in an enthusiastic starred review likens The Resurrection of Joan Ashby to Lauren Groff’s Fates & Furies and John Irving’s The World According to Garp. I’d add Siri Hustvedt’s The Blazing World and Hanya Yanagihara’s A Little Life, while stressing Wolas’ style and story are all her own. . . .

What you've achieved in this novel, I believe, is a tour de force. And while I accept that it is a debut, I am shocked by it. It's, for me, like the literary equivalent of Athena springing fully formed from the head of Zeus.”

--Megan Labrise, Kirkus Review's Fully Booked podcast

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Published on August 29, 2017 06:52