In Thisbe Nissen's award-winning debut story collection, characters teeter on the verge of love, of life, of oncoming cataclysms after which Things Will Never Be the Same. Against the varied backdrops of Grateful Dead shows, anniversary parties, sick...
When Roz Rosenzweig meets Edwin Anderson fumbling for keys on the stoop of a Manhattan walk-up, the last thing on her mind is falling for a polite Nebraskanâ€"yet fall for him she does. So begins Thisbe Nissen’s breathtaking debut novel, a decidedl...
As summer begins on Osprey Island, preparations at the Lodge -- the island’s one and only hotel -- are underway for the busy season. On maintenance and housekeeping there’s Lance and Lorna Squire, Osprey locals and raging drinkers; and their i...
A sharp and bitingly funny novel about a professor whose calm-ish midwestern life gives way to a vortex of crises -- and her attempts to salvage the pieces without going to pieces herself In the space of a few torrid months on the Iowa prairie, Ph...
Love stories wherein people ask themselves: what is love? In How Other People Make Love, Thisbe Nissen chronicles the lives and choices of people questioning the heteronormative institution of marriage. Not best-served by established conventions and ...