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Loving the book so far wowow. What literature inspired you?

Kawai Strong Washburn Hi Kevin, thanks for the question!

A wide range of literature inspired me, because there are so many types of writing I love: writing that's lyrical, i…moreHi Kevin, thanks for the question!

A wide range of literature inspired me, because there are so many types of writing I love: writing that's lyrical, interior, and operates with a fractured plot and timeline like Paul Harding's TINKERS; novels that combine elements of "family drama" with strong plot and heightened language, like Barbara Kingsolver's THE POISONWOOD BIBLE; literature with a strong sense of place and community, like Jesmyn Ward's SALVAGE THE BONES; epic graphic novels that prize deep characterization over shallow tropes, such as Frank Miller's THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS, or Wendy Pini's ELFQUEST series; contemporary and historical poetry, whether C.K. Williams or Jericho Brown or Aracelis Girmay or Solamz Sharif; and even the sort of canonized short stories that most people have heard of, like Flannery O' Connor's A GOOD MAN IS HARD TO FIND or Denis Johnson's EMERGENCY.

I want to walk away from every book I read feeling myself changed, so the books that have done that to me are the books that inspire me most.(less)

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Just read the Goodreads circular and 'Sharks in the Time of Saviors' stood out - when will it be available in a paper format in the UK? Very keen to read it.

Kawai Strong Washburn Hi Tim, thanks so much for your interest! In the UK it will be out on 2 April from Canongate Books: https://canongate.co.uk/books/2733-sh...

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	Our Life as the Volcano Cult by Kawai Strong Washburn (Goodreads Author), Matt Buck (Illustrator) 3.21 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2020	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“If a god is a thing that has absolute power over us, then in this world there are many. There are gods that we choose and gods that we can't avoid; there are gods that we pray to and gods that prey on us; there are dreams that become gods and nightmares that do, as well.”
― Kawai Strong Washburn, Sharks in the Time of Saviors

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“Whenever I've made a choice in my life, a real choice... I can always feel the change, after I choose. The better versions of myself, moving just out of reach.”
― Kawai Strong Washburn, Sharks in the Time of Saviors

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“But that's the problem with the present, it's never the thing you're holding, only the thing you're watching, later, from a distance so great the memory might as well be a spill of stars outside a window at twilight.”
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