My latest novel, The Cloud Forest, which was awarded a 2010 NEA grant, has recently been completed. I'll post here when I have some publication news.
In the meantime, check out this fabulous spread from the February issue of Vanity Fair, in which I appear with some local literary luminaries. http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2011/02/literary-belles-201102
Sheri Joseph
STRAY
Winner of the Grub Street National Book Prize, Stray is a riveting psychological portrait of Kent, a young musician who is torn between his Mennonite wife, Maggie, and his ex-lover, Paul. When Kent and Paul rekindle their affair, Paul becomes obsessed with Kent’s marriage. And when he pushes too close, a tragedy binds these three characters uncomfortably and irrevocably together.
Praise for Stray—
"a fearless examination of the myriad deeds and relationships love inhabits" (The Missouri Review)
"If the plot makes you want to speed through the book, the descriptions will make you want to slow down...Joseph offers a realistic, if grim, perspective on the risks we take when we succumb to that most human weakness--desire." (The Believer)
"Joseph's potent tale of sexual deception and emotional redemption is a seductive stew of love story and murder mystery about three fundamentally fine, and gratifyingly complex, people." (San Francisco Bay Guardian)
Winner of the Grub Street National Book Prize, Stray is a riveting psychological portrait of Kent, a young musician who is torn between his Mennonite wife, Maggie, and his ex-lover, Paul. When Kent and Paul rekindle their affair, Paul becomes obsessed with Kent’s marriage. And when he pushes too close, a tragedy binds these three characters uncomfortably and irrevocably together.
Praise for Stray—
"a fearless examination of the myriad deeds and relationships love inhabits" (The Missouri Review)
"If the plot makes you want to speed through the book, the descriptions will make you want to slow down...Joseph offers a realistic, if grim, perspective on the risks we take when we succumb to that most human weakness--desire." (The Believer)
"Joseph's potent tale of sexual deception and emotional redemption is a seductive stew of love story and murder mystery about three fundamentally fine, and gratifyingly complex, people." (San Francisco Bay Guardian)
BEAR ME SAFELY OVER
Shifting between the wraparound porches and horse barns of rural Greene County and the seductive sidewalks of urban Athens, Sheri Joseph's remarkably assured debut explores the interior lives of two Georgia families soon to be linked by a marriage. This cycle of stories tackles dark themes -- a young daughter dying of AIDS, the menace of homophobia, the splintering of families, the discordant voice of religious fundamentalism -- but at its core it is a hopeful portrait of the different and often elusive faces of salvation. Summoning a diverse and provocative chorus of voices, Bear Me Safely Over offers up a kaleidoscopic vision of the common secrets and sorrows at the heart of a community that will have readers looking at all relationships with new eyes.
Praise for Bear Me Safely Over—
"A gutsy, realistic and lyrical portrait of country people struggling to find meaning in their constricted lives...An affecting narrative that explores the way people accept or reject the responsibilities of nurturing and love" (Publishers Weekly)
"[Joseph] embeds the pleasure of a romance novel within this very literary effort. An old-fashioned family drama made...relatively new by the complicating factors of stepfamily, gay liberation and rock'n'roll." (The New York Times Book Review)
"Joseph is a distinctive voice: fearless, critical, and yet ultimately full of hope...She has the potential to join the front ranks of Southern writers." (Lexington Herald-Leader)
Sunday, April 17, 2011
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