DISQUIET faculty member (and 2017 Nonfiction Prize winner) Ru Freeman has two new books out: 2022’s story collection Sleeping Alone, and Bon Courage: Essays (Etruscan Press, 2023).
You can read Ru’s latest essay in AGNI, here.
DISQUIET faculty Annie Liontas’ new memoir Sex With a Brain Injury: On Concussion and Recovery is scheduled to hit shelves in January; you can pre-order it today.
If you’re in the New York City area, check out this project of recent Disquiet alumni:
Cafe Orfeu will take place on November 30th, 6 PM at the Consulate General of Brazil in New York ( 225 East 41st street New York 10017) and will feature the special performance of Eduardo Guterres interpreting Tom Jobim, Jean Charnaux, Guinga, and Sérgio Assad on the guitar; Poems by Danita Cotrin; Photography exhibition by Marcia Borges;Readings of excerpts from the works of writers Vincent Tolentino, Michelle Koza, and Kate Vieira; and a musical performance by Natasha Tavares & Romulo Viana
Don’t miss it, spots are limited! Register at the link: bit.ly/cafeorfeu-luso
Congratulations to 2019 DISQUIET faculty Justin Torres, winner of the National Book Award in fiction for Blackouts, and to Bruna Dantas Lobato, DISQUIET PA and 2018 Luso-American Fellowship recipient, whose translation of Stênio Gardel’s novel The Words That Remain won the National Book Award for translated literature!
Have you been waiting for the new novel by DISQUIET faculty (and alum!) Gabriel Bump? You’re not alone, and you’re in luck: The New Naturals is out now! You can read about it in the New York Times or on WBUR.org, or just order it today!