Collected Works in Contemporary Art and Literature

Author: David Borofka

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David Borofka is the author of ‘Hints of His Mortality’ (winner of the 1996 Iowa Short Fiction Award) and the novel ‘The Island’ (MacMurray & Beck). His latest collection of stories, ‘A Longing for Impossible Things’, was recently released as part of the Johns Hopkins Poetry and Fiction Series and won an American Fiction Award for short stories from American Book Fest. His novel ‘The End of Good Intentions’ was published in September 2023, and a new collection of stories, ‘The Bliss of Your Attention’, will be published on January 21, 2025, also by JHUP.
  • Appeasement

    Appeasement

    In Appeasement, a once-ostracized woman returns to her small town, triggering collective memories and judgment from her extended family. A biting narrative about guilt, gossip, and redemption.