Her books include the short story collections Some Fun and In The Land Of Men, and three novels: Talking in Bed, Nobody’s Girl, and
Living to Tell; and her work has appeared in The New Yorker, Esquire, Harper's, Redbook and many other magazines, as well as in anthologies.She told Newsweek about her five most essential books. One title on the list:
A Passage to India by E. M. Forster.Read about the other four books on Nelson's list.
Given a chance to speak with the dead, he'd be my choice. His heart is large and always vividly present in his work.
Writers Read: Antonya Nelson.
--Marshal Zeringue