For 2019 we will be reading twelve months of women’s debut fiction from venerated authors such as Margaret Atwood and Louise Erdrich as well as new girls on the block, Tiffany McDaniel and Ruth Emme Lang. Tiffany McDaniel was kind enough to answer some of my questions and that interview spans four unnumbered pages (just noticed that) in the middle of the magazine. (Who needs page numbers?) If you’ve been buying into my nonsense (and it’s terribly important to me that you do) you’re wondering “Where is the Fictional reference in this one?” Well, this special publication was made possible by Fictional Vineyards — “Wine so well described, you can almost taste it.” They have the back cover.
The year’s list of books:
January: White Teeth by Zadie Smith
February: Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
March: The Dud Avocado by Elaine Dundy
April: I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
May: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
June: The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood
July: Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance by Ruth Emme Lane
August: The Summer That Melted Everything by Tiffany McDaniel
September: Two Serious Ladies by Jane Bowles
October: Geek Love by Katherine Dunn
November: Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich
December: Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie