Desperate Bodies

From a ferocious new talent, a story collection excavating the desire, humor, and horror in the everyday lives of Black women and girls-for readers of Deesha Philyaw and Kelly Link.

Set in the American South, Lydia Mathis's debut collection has a voice that vibrates on the page and her sharply drawn, authentic characters shine a light on what we're willing to do to ourselves and to others in service of our desires. The madness in the ordinary rules here: an overworked college safety officer ...