When Watched: Stories

When Watched: Stories

<b><b><b>A National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 Honoree<br />Whiting Award <b>Winner</b><br />PEN/Hemingway Award <b>Finalist</b><br />Lambda Literary Award <b>Finalist</b><br /><b>Longlisted for the </b>PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction & <b>The Story Prize</b><br /><br />“Core captures a precious slice of what it is to be human. . . . She reaches moments of extraordinary grace.”<b> —</b><i>The New York Times Book Review</i><br /><br />“Pick up this book and prepare to face sublime recognition.” —<i>Rookie</i> </b></b><br /><br />“Full of dazzling insight and empathy.”<b> —</b><i>Refinery 29</i><br /><br /></b>Refreshing, witty, and absolutely close to the heart, Core’s twenty stories, set in and around New York City, have an other-worldly quality along with a deep seriousness—even a moral seriousness. What we know of identity is smashed and in its place, true individuals emerge, each bristling with a unique sexuality, a belief-system all their own. Reminiscent of Jane Bowles, William Burroughs, and Colette, her writing glows with an authenticity that is intoxicating and rare.