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Sarah Stone’s new book, Marriage to the Sea: Linked Novellas, came out on March 15 (Four Way Books). Her previous books include The True Sources of the Nile and Hungry Ghost Theater, a finalist for the 38th Annual Northern California Book Awards. Sarah is also the co-author, with Ron Nyren, of Deepening Fiction: A Practical Guide for Intermediate and Advanced Writers. Her work has appeared in Image, Ploughshares, Necessary Fiction, 100 Word Story, StoryQuarterly, The Millions, Scoundrel Time, The Believer, CRAFT, Alta Journal online for the California Book Club, and A Kite in the Wind: Fiction Writers on Their Craft, and was included in the list of distinguished stories of 2020 in The Best American Short Stories 2021, Jesmyn Ward, editor. S ...more

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	Believer Book of Writers Talking to Writers by Vendela Vida (Editor), Sarah Stone (Goodreads Author) 3.91 avg rating — 311 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions	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
	Deepening Fiction: A Practical Guide for Intermediate and Advanced Writers by Sarah Stone (Goodreads Author), Ron Nyren (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 97 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	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
	The True Sources of the Nile 3.46 avg rating — 102 ratings — published 1999 — 12 editions	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
	Hungry Ghost Theater 4.44 avg rating — 41 ratings — 2 editions	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
	A Kite in the Wind: Fiction Writers on Their Craft by Andrea Barrett (Editor), Peter Turchi (Editor), Sarah Stone (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.14 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	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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Sarah Stone rated a book it was amazing At Last by Marisa Silver (Goodreads Author)	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
I tore through At Last in two days: it's a marvelous family story, full of complexity and nuance. As I read, I fell in love with Helene and Evelyn: two complex, believable, memorable characters brought together by their children's marriage. It's a ch ...more
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Sarah Stone rated a book it was amazing Martha's Daughter: (Of the Diaspora) by David Haynes	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
I’m a huge fan of David Haynes’s rich, funny, character-driven fiction. He’s the kind of writer who can make the people in his books feel genuinely alive. They are impossible, lovable, unexpected, and human. The title novella here has Martha’s middle ...more
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Sarah Stone rated a book it was amazing Mercy by Joan Silber	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
Some writers make you feel that you have the chance to understand people at a deeper level than ever seems possible in real life. Grace Paley, for example, and Joan Silber, for another. I’m a huge fan of Joan Silber’s books: brilliant, incisive, but ...more
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Marcy Dermansky's novels are completely delicious, full of terrible behavior by people who shouldn't be sympathetic, but are, except when they really, really aren't. The superrich and all their lovely stuff. The wonderful mother (writer) and enchanti ...more
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