Young's fiction shines not only with literary power and warmth but with eye-opening freshness and honesty that cuts straight to the heart, reflecting our unflagging allegiances to love, family, luck, and hope. We are proud to publish Young's first book, as we believe it marks the start of a long and promising career for one of California's next great writers.
About the James D. Houston Award Known as a masterful writer in both fiction and nonfiction genres, James D. Houston was also a dedicated teacher and passionate promoter of emerging authors. Friends and family have established a fund to honor his memory and further his legacy. The James D. Houston Award will support publication of books by writers who reflect Jim s humane values, his thoughtful engagement with life, and his literary exploration of California, Hawai i, and the West.
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''From the first story I read by Mariah K. Young, I knew she was the real thing. Her characters, driving up and down the highways and rural roads of California, keep trying to make things right, and with one eye on the right-now and one eye on the could-be, they fight to find the best way they can. Their lives are full of story, and their voices full of wry humor and insight and love.''
Susan Straight, author of Highwire Moon and Take One Candle Light a Room
''Beautifully written and soulful, each of these stories is a perfect slice of sweaty, sun-blasted life, compellingly capturing the daily struggle to grab a piece of the California dream.''
Mark Haskell Smith, author of Baked
''These are haunting and moving stories, grounded in place and cultural specificity, yet electrified by a deep human concern for that other space, all too often invisible to us, where people rebel against what defines them, in that timeless effort to become themselves.''
Andrew Winer, author of The Marriage Artist
''This book is a beautifully intimate audience with emissaries from the shadows, an audience hosted by a remarkable new voice for working-class America.''
Michael Jaime-Becerra, author of Every Night Is Ladies' Night
''Masha'allah is as beautiful and cruel as Oakland can be. Mariah K. Young s far ranging and ambitious collection calls to mind the urgency and power of Junot Diaz 's Drown. In her work, race, identity, and culture are secondary to shared humanity. A brilliant choice for the first James D. Houston Award.'' --Jervey Tervalon, author of Understand This
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