Books
Eat Joy
Stories & Comfort Food from 31 Celebrated Writers
Named a Best Cookbook of the Year by Martha Stewart Living"Magnificent illustrations add spirit to recipes and heartfelt narratives. Plan to buy two copies—one for you and one for your best foodie friend." —Taste of Home
This collection of intimate, illustrated essays by some of America’s most well–regarded literary writers explores how comfort food can help us cope with dark times—be it the loss of a parent, the loneliness of a move, or the pain of heartache.
Lev Grossman explains how he survived on “sweet, sour, spicy, salty, unabashedly gluey” General Tso’s tofu after his divorce. Carmen Maria Machado describes her growing pains as she learned to feed and care for herself during her twenties. Claire Messud tries to understand how her mother gave up dreams of being a lawyer to make “a dressed salad of tiny shrimp and avocado, followed by prune–stuffed pork tenderloin.” What makes each tale so moving is not only the deeply personal revelations from celebrated writers, but also the compassion and healing behind the story: the taste of hope.
"If you've ever felt a deep, emotional connection to a recipe or been comforted by food during a dark time, you'll fall in love with these stories."—Martha Stewart Living
“Eat Joy is the most lovely food essay book . . . This is the perfect gift." —Joy Wilson (Joy the Baker)
The Story Prize
15 Years of Great Short Fiction
Anthony Doerr, George Saunders, Elizabeth Strout, and 11 others showcase the power of short fiction in this short story collection of award-winning tales.This anthology of short stories includes one story from 14 of the annual Story Prize collections! Inside you’ll find short stories by some of literature’s brightest talents—introduced by the author’s themselves or by Story Prize judges:
• Edwidge Danticat
• Patrick O’Keffe
• Mary Gordon
• Jim Shepard
• Tobias Wolff
• Daniyal Mueenuddin
• Anthony Doerr
• Steven Millhauser
• Claire Vaye Watkins
• George Saunders
• Elizabeth McCracken
• Adam Johnson
• Rick Bass
• Elizabeth Strout
The founder of The Story Prize, Julie Lindsey, and its director, Larry Dark, created The Story Prize to address the lack of awards specifically for short story collections. Together they choose 3 finalists from the previous year’s publications, which are sent to 3 judges—an author, a bookseller or librarian, and a critic or editor—who, independently of one another, relay their choices.
The prize is then presented at an annual celebration in New York, where the finalists read from their books and then discuss their work. Excerpts from these interviews—or, in a few cases, the judges’ citations—introduce each story featured in in this landmark short story anthology.