{"id":2988,"date":"2016-02-19T16:12:17","date_gmt":"2016-02-19T16:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/?p=2988"},"modified":"2016-02-19T16:16:08","modified_gmt":"2016-02-19T16:16:08","slug":"unwind-the-mind-featured-author-and-pop-up-shop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/2016\/02\/19\/unwind-the-mind-featured-author-and-pop-up-shop\/","title":{"rendered":"Unwind the Mind Featured Author"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/manualforcleaningwomen.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3006\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3006 size-full\" title=\"A Manual for Cleaning Women\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/manualforcleaningwomen.jpg?resize=183%2C275\" alt=\"manualforcleaningwomen\" width=\"183\" height=\"275\" \/><\/a>This month\u2019s featured writer is <a href=\"http:\/\/luciaberlin.com\/\">Lucia Berlin<\/a>. \u00a0Her collection of short stories,\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/vufind.carli.illinois.edu\/vf-dpu\/Record\/dpu_1180261\">A Manual For Cleaning Women<\/a>,<\/em> made several &#8220;Best of 2015&#8221; lists, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/entertainment\/books\/the-best-fiction-books-of-2015\/2015\/11\/18\/1d754430-7902-11e5-b9c1-f03c48c96ac2_story.html\">The Washington Post<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2015\/12\/02\/books\/review\/best-books-of-2015.html?_r=0\">The New York Times<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/best-books.publishersweekly.com\/pw\/best-books\/2015\/fiction\">Publisher&#8217;s Weekly<\/a>.\u00a0 This posthumously published volume (Berlin herself passed away in 2004) highlights some of her most intriguing and vibrant stories. \u00a0They are sincere yet off-kilter, and paint a wry picture of desolate\u00a0lives with dark humor.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, read reviews of Lucia Berlin&#8217;s <em>Manual for Cleaning Women<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p>Franklin, Ruth. &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/08\/16\/books\/review\/a-manual-for-cleaning-women-by-lucia-berlin.html?action=click&amp;contentCollection=Books&amp;module=RelatedCoverage&amp;region=Marginalia&amp;pgtype=article\">&#8216;A Manual for Cleaning Women,&#8217; by Lucia Berlin<\/a>.&#8221; <em>New York Times <\/em>12 Aug 2015. Web. 17 Feb. 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Dockterman, Eliana. &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/ezproxy.depaul.edu\/login?url=http:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?direct=true&amp;db=a9h&amp;AN=108919568&amp;site=ehost-live&amp;scope=site\">Indispensable Stories From A Forgotten Voice<\/a>.&#8221; <em>Time<\/em> 186.7 (2015): 55. Academic Search Complete. Web. 17 Feb. 2016.<\/p>\n<p>O&#8217;Flynn, Catherine. &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2015\/sep\/30\/a-manual-for-cleaning-women-lucia-berlin-review-short-stories\">Short Stories. Book of the Day<\/a>.&#8221; <em>The Guardian<\/em> 30 Sept 2015. 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