Happy Publication Day!
…to Karen Babine, two-time Minnesota Book Award winner, award-winning professor, esteemed colleague, and dear friend, whose third book, The Allure of Elsewhere: A Memoir of Going Solo (Milkweed Editions), hits shelves today.
Congratulations, Dr. Babine! It’s a fantastic book, and we’re lucky to have it (and you) in the world.
Readers, you can order a print copy directly from Milkweed here, or (and thanks to the readers who tipped us off!) get the e-book through Bookshop here. The book is of course available through other online sellers, but let’s support indie and in-person booksellers wherever we can!
Please post reviews to the various online platforms and Goodreads - your words provide invaluable momentum to books and authors as they wrangle their way into the algorithms that be.
Check out Karen’s guest post, “Solo Woman Camper’s Manifesto,” for a sample of her wonderful prose style and the story she tells in Allure. And - if you’re driving today, or just want to hear how Karen’s sentences themselves have the feel of rolling down the road - take a moment to listen to an audio version of Chapter Five, which Karen was kind enough to allow me to read in full.
If you or someone you know will be in or near the Twin Cities tomorrow, come celebrate the publication of The Allure of Elsewhere with us.
Karen and I will be in conversation at Open Book in Minneapolis at 6pm, Wednesday, May 21. Join us - and spread the word!
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