“Yours” is reprinted here by permission of the Wylie Agency. His new novel, The Slippage, is out in May. She lives in Gainesville, Florida, where she teaches at the writing program at the University of Florida.īen Greenman is an editor at The New Yorker and the author of several acclaimed books of fiction, including Superbad, Please Step Back, and What He’s Poised To Do. Robison said, Instead of sadness, the statue makes our son Matthew’s grave a place of happiness. She has been a contributor to The New Yorker since 1977 and is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, two Pushcart Prizes, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction and an O.Henry Award. acclaimed One D.O.A., One on the Way,which was featured on Oprah Winfreys. Her most recent book, One D.O.A., One on the Way was a New York Times Notable Book. Robison has also published four novels, including Why Did I Everand the critically. Mary Robison is the author of four story collections and three acclaimed novels. He was moving up and back in a cushioned glider, pushed by the ball of his slippered foot.Īllison lowered a big pumpkin and let it rest on the porch floor. Readers’ stories: Nine rules for success, and a contrary view.

The novel is composed of 536 numbered sections, most of which could fit into a 280 character Tweet. Read more Print length 224 pages Language English Publisher Basic Civitas Books Publication date 9 Jan. Spare and ruthless, precisely chiseled, Why Did I Ever is the Play It As It Lays of the twenty-first century.' -Madison Smart Bell, author of All Souls' Rising 'Mary Robison's stunned and plunging characters are the truth. Since its first publication in 2002 it has had a profound impact, not only on Robison’s devoted following, but on the shape of the contemporary novel itself. 'Mary Robison has done for the Hollywood culture of our time what Joan Didion did thirty years ago. She found Clark in the twilight on the twig- and leaf-littered porch, behind the house. Mary Robison’s 2001 novel, Why Did I Ever, is the great lost American fragment novel. Why Did I Ever is a book of piercing intellect and belligerent humor. ALLISON STRUGGLES AWAY FROM HER WHITE RENAULT, limping with the weight of the last of the pumpkins.

Why did i ever by mary robison