Enter for a chance to win White Dancing Elephants by Chaya Bhuvaneswar!

Enter for a chance to win White Dancing Elephants by Chaya Bhuvaneswar! To enter the contest, fill out the form below between Tuesday, October 9 and Tuesday, October 30.

A Fall 2018 "best books" selection for lists out from The Millions (2nd half of 2018 most anticipated books), Southern Living (Fall Books We're Excited to Read), Kirkus (Anticipated Titles of Fall), Vulture (60 best books of the fall season), Huffington Post (34 books you need to read), Buzzfeed News (These are the Best Books of the fall) and Lit Hub (the Ultimate Fall List of the top 26 Books). 

This debut short story collection, WHITE DANCING ELEPHANTS, out from Dzanc Books on Oct 9 2018, is a Buzz Books Fall 2018 selection from Publisher's Marketplace is available for pre-order now. It presents stories of the #MeToo movement from the diverse perspectives of women of color and LBGTQ women. It also features willful androids, strange orphanages, 16th century Indian-Portuguese slaves who outwit their captors, and the Buddha's birth story. Early warm words from Diana Abu-Jaber (PEN award-winning author of CRESCENT and other books) and Peter Rock (Alex-award winning author of MY ABANDONMENT and others) have been really encouraging (please see the attached book jacket copy). NYPL Young Lions award-winner Amelia Gray said of my stories:

WHITE DANCING ELEPHANTS is a searing and complex collection, wholly realized, each piece curled around its own beating heart. Tender and incisive, Chaya Bhuvaneswar is a surgeon on the page; unflinching in her aim, unwavering in her gaze, and absolutely devastating in her prose. This is an astonishing debut. - NYPL Young Lions award-winner Amelia Gray

"From the first page, I was swept away by the riveting undertow of Chaya Bhuvaneswar's inventive and spellbinding stories, each moment cast in powerfully intelligent prose. White Dancing Elephants is a remarkable debut; we are so lucky to hold this book in our hands." – Laura van den Berg, author of The Third Hotel " 

Chaya Bhuvaneswar is a master of literary stealth. Seduced by her luminous, intimate voice, I was unprepared for the shattering force of her honesty and insight. Authentic, fearless and wholly original, WHITE DANCING ELEPHANTS is a knockout collection.

--Jillian Medoff, author of THIS COULD HURT

"A bold, honest, often provocative first collection from a fresh new voice. " - Jeff VanderMeer (author of THE SOUTHERN REACH TRILOGY and BORNE)

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