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This post, written by Cara Wood, was originally published on Dead Darlings, a blog about novel writing run by alumni of GrubStreet's Novel Incubator program.

One family burdened with division over three generations. Shilpi Suneja‘s debut novel, House of Caravans (September 2023, Milkweed Editions), chronicles the birth of Pakistan and an independent India with grace, scrutiny, and depth. Somehow, she manages this saga in just over 300 pages – her skillful prose does not shy away from the physical or emotional violence of Partition or its continued aftershocks.

My favorite moments of this novel come …

This post, written by Allison Kornet, was originally published on Dead Darlings, a blog about novel writing run by alumni of GrubStreet's Novel Incubator program.

In the Arkansas of Kelly J

This post was originally published on Dead Darlings, a blog about novel writing run by alumni of GrubStreet's Novel Incubator program.

In Nancy Crochiere’s hilarious debut, Graceland, a single mom is forced to chase her Elvis-obsessed mother and pink-haired teenaged daughter from Boston to Memphis to stop them from revealing a long-held secret. This madcap road-trip novel will make you laugh out loud and move you as these three strong women, each in her own way, careen toward an unexpected destination: self-acceptance, forgiveness, and grace.

“Graceland is a sparkling, warm-hearted, witty debut. I …

This post was originally published on Dead Darlings, a blog about novel writing run by alumni of GrubStreet's Novel Incubator program.

When a runway model in 1940s Hollywood makes a split-second decision meant to protect those she loves, she triggers a cascade of secrets and lies that threaten to upend her life decades later

This post was originally published on Dead Darlings, a blog about novel writing run by alumni of GrubStreet's Novel Incubator program.

Building upon the success of her debut adult literary novel Re Jane, Brooklyn-based author and Novel Incubator alum Patricia Park has taken a turn toward Young Adult with her latest release, Imposter Syndrome and Other Confessions of Alejandra Kim.

Patricia’s protagonist Alejandra doesn’t feel like she belongs anywhere. At her wealthy Manhattan high school, her súper-Spanish name and súper-Korean face do not compute to her mostly white “woke” classmates and …