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Andrew Krivak discusses Mule Boy with Scott Simon on NPR Weekend Edition Saturday and shares more of the story behind the novel on Open Book and at The Hobbyist.
Recent & Forthcoming Titles
Paul Harding had trouble finding a home for his debut novel, Tinkers. He signed with Bellevue Literary Press, a small publisher. . . . Then it won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize . . . These stories hearten struggling writers and everyone else who struggles too . . . These stories, finally, tell us that a healthy book industry is a diverse one . . . The more gatekeepers, the better.
From Our Authors
I first heard of Bellevue Literary Press when I was judging fiction for the National Book Awards several years ago. I was struck by the fact that the novels from Bellevue were wholly original works of art and had much more energy and syncopation than the novels I was reading from traditional publishing houses and other small presses. Bellevue seemed to have a daring mission: to publish novels that defied literary trends and was not trying to shadow the marketplace.
Award Winning Titles
Full of speculative daring though firmly anchored in the tradition of realism, Tim Horvath’s Understories explores hypothetical cities, shadow puppeteers, and the imaginary travels of a library book—blending the everyday and wondrous to contend with age-old themes of loss, identity, and the search for human connection.