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Novel
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2020s
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No
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Fiction
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9780374602826
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Farrar, Straus & Giroux
ISBN-10
0374602824
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9780374602826
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Book Title
Dead in Long Beach, California : a Novel
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Lgbt / Lesbian, Literary
Publication Year
2024
Genre
Fiction
Author
Venita Blackburn
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Hardcover

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0.8 in
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12 Oz
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5.7 in

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Reviews
"Despite the heavy subject matter, sensitively handled, this is frequently a deeply funny novel . . . Blackburn shares a deep intellect and odd sensibility with authors like George Saunders and Rion Amilcar Scott, but this novel is its own thing: intelligent, bizarre, and brilliantly written. An astonishing debut novel from a remarkably creative writer." -- Kirkus (starred review) "Bold and formally inventive . . . Blackburn is an excellent prose stylist. Coral''s sections are full of acerbic wit . . . This ambitious effort is worth a look." -- Publishers Weekly " Dead in Long Beach, California is somehow both tender and incredibly sharp. It''s mesmerizing in its ability to twist inward on itself; a genuine ouroboros of pain and loss. Venita Blackburn''s writing here is profoundly gorgeous. At every turn, I found myself split between laughter and tears. An incredible look at how we work to divert the flow of grief, only to find those tributaries suddenly rejoined without our consent, the pain we wished to avoid flowing directly back to us. This book rewired my brain; it''s a bonafide knockout." --Kristen Arnett, author of With Teeth "I''ve been waiting for a novel like the one Venita Blackburn has just unleashed on us. Grief as a science-fiction itself, grief as a fount of absurdity and mad laughter, grief as a time travel machine locked inside a person''s body. You can try bracing yourself for the ride this story takes you on, but it''s best to just surrender. Your wig is going to fall off no matter what you do." --Saeed Jones, author of How We Fight for Our Lives "Utterly original and bitingly funny, Dead in Long Beach, California is one of the most riveting compendiums of what makes us tick and ticked off. Hair, online dating, grief, ghosts, mental health, death, global warming, childrearing, and relative fame are only a handful of the topics that Venita Blackburn tackles with ease, revealing a mind that is truly one-of-a-kind. And this novel is a testament to the belief that, despite our world''s madness and mayhem, we can and will do better. Blackburn''s presence in this literary landscape isn''t only refreshing, it''s necessary." --Mateo Askaripour, author of Black Buck "Riveting in its style and innovations of form, Venita Blackburn has given us a wholly original, moving, gorgeous novel in Dead in Long Beach, California . An education of the mind and heart alike. Chef''s kiss, pick it up." --Sarah Thankam Matthews, author of All This Could Be Different "A spell-binding meditation on grief, loss, and familial obligation. Dead in Long Beach, California delves into the aftermath of an unexpected death to illuminate what it means to be alive." --Jonathan Escoffery, author of If I Survive You "Wry, subversive, and gorgeously inventive. In Dead in Long Beach, California , Venita Blackburn explores disorientation, deception, and the impulse toward connection in the aftermath of grief." --Jocelyn Nicole Johnson, author of My Monticello "A prismatic, genre-defying novel where the past is layered over the present and where grief takes on a life of its own. With dazzling dark humor, Venita Blackburn captures the awful and wonderful strangeness of what it means to be alive in the twenty-first century. Dead in Long Beach, California is achingly honest, always surprising and unlike anything I''ve read before." --Elaine Hsieh Chou, author of Disorientation "A luminous, propulsive reflection on grief and the love that underlies it." --Margaret Wilkerson Sexton, author of On the Rooftop "Venita Blackburn''s Dead in Long Beach, California is a remarkable novel. A profound mix of imagination, sadness, and humor that is truly unlike any other book I''ve ever read." --Megan Giddings, author of The Women Could Fly, " Dead in Long Beach, California is somehow both tender and incredibly sharp. It's mesmerizing in its ability to twist inward on itself; a genuine ouroboros of pain and loss. Venita Blackburn's writing here is profoundly gorgeous. At every turn, I found myself split between laughter and tears. An incredible look at how we work to divert the flow of grief, only to find those tributaries suddenly rejoined without our consent, the pain we wished to avoid flowing directly back to us. This book rewired my brain; it's a bonafide knockout." --Kristen Arnett, author of With Teeth, "Bold and formally inventive . . . Blackburn is an excellent prose stylist. Coral's sections are full of acerbic wit . . . This ambitious effort is worth a look." -- Publishers Weekly " Dead in Long Beach, California is somehow both tender and incredibly sharp. It's mesmerizing in its ability to twist inward on itself; a genuine ouroboros of pain and loss. Venita Blackburn's writing here is profoundly gorgeous. At every turn, I found myself split between laughter and tears. An incredible look at how we work to divert the flow of grief, only to find those tributaries suddenly rejoined without our consent, the pain we wished to avoid flowing directly back to us. This book rewired my brain; it's a bonafide knockout." --Kristen Arnett, author of With Teeth "I've been waiting for a novel like the one Venita Blackburn has just unleashed on us. Grief as a science-fiction itself, grief as a fount of absurdity and mad laughter, grief as a time travel machine locked inside a person's body. You can try bracing yourself for the ride this story takes you on, but it's best to just surrender. Your wig is going to fall off no matter what you do." --Saeed Jones, author of How We Fight for Our Lives "Utterly original and bitingly funny, Dead in Long Beach, California is one of the most riveting compendiums of what makes us tick and ticked off. Hair, online dating, grief, ghosts, mental health, death, global warming, childrearing, and relative fame are only a handful of the topics that Venita Blackburn tackles with ease, revealing a mind that is truly one-of-a-kind. And this novel is a testament to the belief that, despite our world's madness and mayhem, we can and will do better. Blackburn's presence in this literary landscape isn't only refreshing, it's necessary." --Mateo Askaripour, author of Black Buck "Riveting in its style and innovations of form, Venita Blackburn has given us a wholly original, moving, gorgeous novel in Dead in Long Beach, California . An education of the mind and heart alike. Chef's kiss, pick it up." --Sarah Thankam Matthews, author of All This Could Be Different "Wry, subversive, and gorgeously inventive. In Dead in Long Beach, California , Venita Blackburn explores disorientation, deception, and the impulse toward connection in the aftermath of grief." --Jocelyn Nicole Johnson, author of My Monticello "A prismatic, genre-defying novel where the past is layered over the present and where grief takes on a life of its own. With dazzling dark humor, Venita Blackburn captures the awful and wonderful strangeness of what it means to be alive in the twenty-first century. Dead in Long Beach, California is achingly honest, always surprising and unlike anything I've read before." --Elaine Hsieh Chou, author of Disorientation "A spell-binding meditation on grief, loss, and familial obligation. Dead in Long Beach, California delves into the aftermath of an unexpected death to illuminate what it means to be alive." --Jonathan Escoffery, author of If I Survive You "A luminous, propulsive reflection on grief and the love that underlies it." --Margaret Wilkerson Sexton, author of On the Rooftop "Venita Blackburn's Dead in Long Beach, California is a remarkable novel. A profound mix of imagination, sadness, and humor that is truly unlike any other book I've ever read." --Megan Giddings, author of The Women Could Fly, " Dead in Long Beach, California is somehow both tender and incredibly sharp. It's mesmerizing in its ability to twist inward on itself; a genuine ouroboros of pain and loss. Venita Blackburn's writing here is profoundly gorgeous. At every turn, I found myself split between laughter and tears. An incredible look at how we work to divert the flow of grief, only to find those tributaries suddenly rejoined without our consent, the pain we wished to avoid flowing directly back to us. This book rewired my brain; it's a bonafide knockout." --Kristen Arnett, author of With Teeth "Wry, subversive, and gorgeously inventive. In Dead in Long Beach, California , Venita Blackburn explores disorientation, deception, and the impulse toward connection in the aftermath of grief." --Jocelyn Nicole Johnson, author of My Monticello, "Despite the heavy subject matter, sensitively handled, this is frequently a deeply funny novel . . . Blackburn shares a deep intellect and odd sensibility with authors like George Saunders and Rion Amilcar Scott, but this novel is its own thing: intelligent, bizarre, and brilliantly written. An astonishing debut novel from a remarkably creative writer." -- Kirkus (starred review) "An engaging and original portrait of a woman on the verge . . . Blackburn is formidable, her writing is experimental in intriguing and meaningful ways, and this is another winner." -- Booklist "Bold and formally inventive . . . Blackburn is an excellent prose stylist. Coral''s sections are full of acerbic wit . . . This ambitious effort is worth a look." -- Publishers Weekly " Dead in Long Beach, California is somehow both tender and incredibly sharp. It''s mesmerizing in its ability to twist inward on itself; a genuine ouroboros of pain and loss. Venita Blackburn''s writing here is profoundly gorgeous. At every turn, I found myself split between laughter and tears. An incredible look at how we work to divert the flow of grief, only to find those tributaries suddenly rejoined without our consent, the pain we wished to avoid flowing directly back to us. This book rewired my brain; it''s a bonafide knockout." --Kristen Arnett, author of With Teeth "I''ve been waiting for a novel like the one Venita Blackburn has just unleashed on us. Grief as a science-fiction itself, grief as a fount of absurdity and mad laughter, grief as a time travel machine locked inside a person''s body. You can try bracing yourself for the ride this story takes you on, but it''s best to just surrender. Your wig is going to fall off no matter what you do." --Saeed Jones, author of How We Fight for Our Lives "Utterly original and bitingly funny, Dead in Long Beach, California is one of the most riveting compendiums of what makes us tick and ticked off. Hair, online dating, grief, ghosts, mental health, death, global warming, childrearing, and relative fame are only a handful of the topics that Venita Blackburn tackles with ease, revealing a mind that is truly one-of-a-kind. And this novel is a testament to the belief that, despite our world''s madness and mayhem, we can and will do better. Blackburn''s presence in this literary landscape isn''t only refreshing, it''s necessary." --Mateo Askaripour, author of Black Buck "Riveting in its style and innovations of form, Venita Blackburn has given us a wholly original, moving, gorgeous novel in Dead in Long Beach, California . An education of the mind and heart alike. Chef''s kiss, pick it up." --Sarah Thankam Matthews, author of All This Could Be Different "A spell-binding meditation on grief, loss, and familial obligation. Dead in Long Beach, California delves into the aftermath of an unexpected death to illuminate what it means to be alive." --Jonathan Escoffery, author of If I Survive You "Wry, subversive, and gorgeously inventive. In Dead in Long Beach, California , Venita Blackburn explores disorientation, deception, and the impulse toward connection in the aftermath of grief." --Jocelyn Nicole Johnson, author of My Monticello "A prismatic, genre-defying novel where the past is layered over the present and where grief takes on a life of its own. With dazzling dark humor, Venita Blackburn captures the awful and wonderful strangeness of what it means to be alive in the twenty-first century. Dead in Long Beach, California is achingly honest, always surprising and unlike anything I''ve read before." --Elaine Hsieh Chou, author of Disorientation "A luminous, propulsive reflection on grief and the love that underlies it." --Margaret Wilkerson Sexton, author of On the Rooftop "Venita Blackburn''s Dead in Long Beach, California is a remarkable novel. A profound mix of imagination, sadness, and humor that is truly unlike any other book I''ve ever read." --Megan Giddings, author of The Women Could Fly, " Dead in Long Beach, California is somehow both tender and incredibly sharp. It's mesmerizing in its ability to twist inward on itself; a genuine ouroboros of pain and loss. Venita Blackburn's writing here is profoundly gorgeous. At every turn, I found myself split between laughter and tears. An incredible look at how we work to divert the flow of grief, only to find those tributaries suddenly rejoined without our consent, the pain we wished to avoid flowing directly back to us. This book rewired my brain; it's a bonafide knockout." --Kristen Arnett, author of With Teeth "Wry, subversive, and gorgeously inventive. In Dead in Long Beach, California , Venita Blackburn explores disorientation, deception, and the impulse toward connection in the aftermath of grief." --Jocelyn Nicole Johnson, author of My Monticello "Utterly original and bitingly funny, Dead in Long Beach, California is one of the most riveting compendiums of what makes us tick and ticked off. Hair, online dating, grief, ghosts, mental health, death, global warming, childrearing, and relative fame are only a handful of the topics that Venita Blackburn tackles with ease, revealing a mind that is truly one-of-a-kind. And this novel is a testament to the belief that, despite our world's madness and mayhem, we can and will do better. Blackburn's presence in this literary landscape isn't only refreshing, it's necessary." --Mateo Askaripour, author of Black Buck "A spell-binding meditation on grief, loss, and familial obligation. Dead in Long Beach, California delves into the aftermath of an unexpected death to illuminate what it means to be alive." --Jonathan Escoffery, author of If I Survive You "A luminous, propulsive reflection on grief and the love that underlies it." --Margaret Wilkerson Sexton, author of On the Rooftop "Venita Blackburn's Dead in Long Beach, California is a remarkable novel. A profound mix of imagination, sadness, and humor that is truly unlike any other book I've ever read." --Megan Giddings, author of The Women Could Fly, " Dead in Long Beach, California is somehow both tender and incredibly sharp. It's mesmerizing in its ability to twist inward on itself; a genuine ouroboros of pain and loss. Venita Blackburn's writing here is profoundly gorgeous. At every turn, I found myself split between laughter and tears. An incredible look at how we work to divert the flow of grief, only to find those tributaries suddenly rejoined without our consent, the pain we wished to avoid flowing directly back to us. This book rewired my brain; it's a bonafide knockout." --Kristen Arnett, author of With Teeth "Wry, subversive, and gorgeously inventive. In Dead in Long Beach, California , Venita Blackburn explores disorientation, deception, and the impulse toward connection in the aftermath of grief." --Jocelyn Nicole Johnson, author of My Monticello "Utterly original and bitingly funny, Dead in Long Beach, California is one of the most riveting compendiums of what makes us tick and ticked off. Hair, online dating, grief, ghosts, mental health, death, global warming, childrearing, and relative fame are only a handful of the topics that Venita Blackburn tackles with ease, revealing a mind that is truly one-of-a-kind. And this novel is a testament to the belief that, despite our world's madness and mayhem, we can and will do better. Blackburn's presence in this literary landscape isn't only refreshing, it's necessary." --Mateo Askaripour, author of Black Buck "A luminous, propulsive reflection on grief and the love that underlies it." --Margaret Wilkerson Sexton, author of On the Rooftop "Venita Blackburn's Dead in Long Beach, California is a remarkable novel. A profound mix of imagination, sadness, and humor that is truly unlike any other book I've ever read." --Megan Giddings, author of The Women Could Fly, " Dead in Long Beach, California is somehow both tender and incredibly sharp. It's mesmerizing in its ability to twist inward on itself; a genuine ouroboros of pain and loss. Venita Blackburn's writing here is profoundly gorgeous. At every turn, I found myself split between laughter and tears. An incredible look at how we work to divert the flow of grief, only to find those tributaries suddenly rejoined without our consent, the pain we wished to avoid flowing directly back to us. This book rewired my brain; it's a bonafide knockout." --Kristen Arnett, author of With Teeth "Wry, subversive, and gorgeously inventive. In Dead in Long Beach, California , Venita Blackburn explores disorientation, deception, and the impulse toward connection in the aftermath of grief." --Jocelyn Nicole Johnson, author of My Monticello "A luminous, propulsive reflection on grief and the love that underlies it." --Margaret Wilkerson Sexton, author of On the Rooftop, " Dead in Long Beach, California is somehow both tender and incredibly sharp. It's mesmerizing in its ability to twist inward on itself; a genuine ouroboros of pain and loss. Venita Blackburn's writing here is profoundly gorgeous. At every turn, I found myself split between laughter and tears. An incredible look at how we work to divert the flow of grief, only to find those tributaries suddenly rejoined without our consent, the pain we wished to avoid flowing directly back to us. This book rewired my brain; it's a bonafide knockout." --Kristen Arnett, author of With Teeth "I've been waiting for a novel like the one Venita Blackburn has just unleashed on us. Grief as a science-fiction itself, grief as a fount of absurdity and mad laughter, grief as a time travel machine locked inside a person's body. You can try bracing yourself for the ride this story takes you on, but it's best to just surrender. Your wig is going to fall off no matter what you do." --Saeed Jones, author of How We Fight for Our Lives "Riveting in its style and innovations of form, Venita Blackburn has given us a wholly original, moving, gorgeous novel in Dead in Long Beach, California . An education of the mind and heart alike. Chef's kiss, pick it up." --Sarah Thankam Matthews, author of All This Could Be Different "Wry, subversive, and gorgeously inventive. In Dead in Long Beach, California , Venita Blackburn explores disorientation, deception, and the impulse toward connection in the aftermath of grief." --Jocelyn Nicole Johnson, author of My Monticello "Utterly original and bitingly funny, Dead in Long Beach, California is one of the most riveting compendiums of what makes us tick and ticked off. Hair, online dating, grief, ghosts, mental health, death, global warming, childrearing, and relative fame are only a handful of the topics that Venita Blackburn tackles with ease, revealing a mind that is truly one-of-a-kind. And this novel is a testament to the belief that, despite our world's madness and mayhem, we can and will do better. Blackburn's presence in this literary landscape isn't only refreshing, it's necessary." --Mateo Askaripour, author of Black Buck "A prismatic, genre-defying novel where the past is layered over the present and where grief takes on a life of its own. With dazzling dark humor, Venita Blackburn captures the awful and wonderful strangeness of what it means to be alive in the twenty-first century. Dead in Long Beach, California is achingly honest, always surprising and unlike anything I've read before." --Elaine Hsieh Chou, author of Disorientation "A spell-binding meditation on grief, loss, and familial obligation. Dead in Long Beach, California delves into the aftermath of an unexpected death to illuminate what it means to be alive." --Jonathan Escoffery, author of If I Survive You "A luminous, propulsive reflection on grief and the love that underlies it." --Margaret Wilkerson Sexton, author of On the Rooftop "Venita Blackburn's Dead in Long Beach, California is a remarkable novel. A profound mix of imagination, sadness, and humor that is truly unlike any other book I've ever read." --Megan Giddings, author of The Women Could Fly
Synopsis
A Finalist for the 2025 Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction. Longlisted for the 2025 PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel and the 2025 PEN/Jean Stein Book Award. A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2024. One of NPR's 2024 Books We Love. Longlisted for the 2024 Joyce Carol Oates Prize. "Told by machines from the future, Blackburn's idiosyncratic grief novel is as freshly devastating as they come." -- The New York Times Book Review "You can try bracing yourself for the ride this story takes you on, but it's best to just surrender. Your wig is going to fall off no matter what you do." --Saeed Jones, author of How We Fight for Our Lives Coral is the first person to discover the body of her brother, Jay, in the wake of his suicide. There's no note, only a drably furnished bachelor pad in Long Beach, California, and a cell phone with a handful of numbers in it. Coral pockets the phone. And then she starts responding to texts as her dead brother. Over the course of one week, Coral, the successful yet lonely author of a hit dystopian novel, Wildfire , becomes increasingly untethered from reality. Blindsided by grief and operating with reck­less determination, she doubles--and triples--down on posing as her brother, risking not only her sanity but also her relationship with her precocious niece, Khadija. As Coral's swirl of lies closes in on her, the quirky and mysterious alien world of Wildfire becomes entangled with her own reality, in the pro­cess pushing long-buried memories, traumas, and secrets dangerously into the present. A form-shifting and soul-crunching chronicle of grief and crisis, Venita Blackburn's debut novel, Dead in Long Beach, California , is a fleet-footed marvel of self-discovery and storytelling that explores the depths of humankind's capacity for harm and healing. With the daring, often hilarious imagination that made her an acclaimed short-fiction innovator, Blackburn crafts a layered, page-turning reckoning with what it means to be alive, dead, and somewhere in between., A Finalist for the 2025 Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction. Longlisted for the 2025 PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel and the 2025 PEN/Jean Stein Book Award. A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2024. One of NPR's 2024 Books We Love. Longlisted for the 2024 Joyce Carol Oates Prize. "Told by machines from the future, Blackburn's idiosyncratic grief novel is as freshly devastating as they come." -- The New York Times Book Review "You can try bracing yourself for the ride this story takes you on, but it's best to just surrender. Your wig is going to fall off no matter what you do." --Saeed Jones, author of How We Fight for Our Lives Coral is the first person to discover the body of her brother, Jay, in the wake of his suicide. There's no note, only a drably furnished bachelor pad in Long Beach, California, and a cell phone with a handful of numbers in it. Coral pockets the phone. And then she starts responding to texts as her dead brother. Over the course of one week, Coral, the successful yet lonely author of a hit dystopian novel, Wildfire , becomes increasingly untethered from reality. Blindsided by grief and operating with reck-less determination, she doubles--and triples--down on posing as her brother, risking not only her sanity but also her relationship with her precocious niece, Khadija. As Coral's swirl of lies closes in on her, the quirky and mysterious alien world of Wildfire becomes entangled with her own reality, in the pro-cess pushing long-buried memories, traumas, and secrets dangerously into the present. A form-shifting and soul-crunching chronicle of grief and crisis, Venita Blackburn's debut novel, Dead in Long Beach, California , is a fleet-footed marvel of self-discovery and storytelling that explores the depths of humankind's capacity for harm and healing. With the daring, often hilarious imagination that made her an acclaimed short-fiction innovator, Blackburn crafts a layered, page-turning reckoning with what it means to be alive, dead, and somewhere in between.
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