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A​nother unburied treasure, with Howland’s glimmering talent again on full display. Each story showcases the author’s intelligence, insightfulness, & incomparable eye for illuminating detail & ear for captivating dialogue​…This rediscovered collection feels as clear & colorful as if it had been written today.​ — Kirkus

There is being seen, & then there is seeing. There is no seeing like Bette Howland’s. On every page, catching the narrator’s every glance, are observations rich in detail & delight—honest, acerbic, alert, & always dazzling in their inventiveness & wry, hard-edged wisdom. — Amitava Kumar

Throughout her writing, Howland consistently mines enormous power from little details…The distance from the eye to the pen is often very long, but Howland covers that ground in an instant, transporting readers into her scenes. — James Webster, Filth

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From the acclaimed author of the memoir W-3, a trio of novellas about three women’s bold exploration of the desire for belonging as it comes into conflict with the fulfillment of our individual selves. With an introduction by Rumaan Alam.

Over the past several years, A Public Space has brought the work of Bette Howland back into print. First published in 1983, Things to Come and Go is her final book, & a showcase of her stunning talent—the razor-sharp observations, the elusive narrators, the language at once experimental & classical.

Nearly 40 years later, it’s writing that “feel[s] revelatory & imperative to the work we might all be trying to make next” (Lynn Steger Strong).

Bette Howland (1937-2017) published 3 books in her lifetime: W-3, & the story collections Blue in Chicago & Things to Come & Go. She received a MacArthur Fellowship in 1984, after which she did not publish another book. Calm Sea & Prosperous Voyage, her selected stories, was published in 2019, restoring to the canon the work of a remarkable writer.