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A.K. Herman

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Scarborough, Trinidad and Tobago
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Fiction, Contemporary, Historical Fiction

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A. K. Herman is a poet and fiction author, born in Scarborough, Tobago. A. K.’s story collection, How to Lose at Longing, is forthcoming in October 2026. She has been shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize, and her debut collection, The Believers, was shortlisted for the 2025 OCM BOCAS Prize in Caribbean Literature, Fiction. A. K.’s writing appears in various print and online journals, including Doek! Literary Journal, the Waterstone Review, Lolwe, Shenandoah Literary Journal, and others. A. K. lives in Brooklyn.

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The Believers: Stories
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Hello, I’m reading an ARC of your new collection of short stories and I enjoyed the first one. But I can’t see the title listed here. Could you please make it available for reviews? Thank you!
Thank you for reading. Ill add it. Take care, AK
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Another stunner by Doerr. Beautifully written with endearing but flawed characters. The prose sings at times. My favorite is the title story. Read it twice so I could taste the words a second time.
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Loved it! Re-read the title story three times so I could see how it was made. Doerr is a masterful story teller.
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Loved it! Re-read the title story three times so I could see how it was made. Doerr is a masterful story teller.
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