Kate Blackwell's list

Kate Blackwell, author of the story collection You Won't Remember This, was invited by Powells.com to recommend "five or more books on a single subject of personal interest or expertise."

Blackwell's response:

I've never forgotten the shock of pleasure these five books gave me when I first came upon them. For sheer originality of language and unique vision they occupy a category of their own among fiction I've read.

Anne Carson, Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse

Willa Cather, The Professor's House

Penelope Fitzgerald, The Blue Flower

Mavis Gallant, Varieties of Exile (stories)

Christina Stead, The Man Who Loved Children

Read Blackwell's interview at Powells.com.

--Marshal Zeringue