Griddlecakes or The Word Above Grief
Jenessa Abrams
In Griddlecakes or The Word Above Grief, a young girl learns to understand her brother—his quiet moods, his stories, his love for his dog—against the destructive backdrop of September 11.
Griddlecakes received a ‘Special Mention’ in the 2020 Saboteur Awards in the ‘Best Novella’ category.
Jenessa Abrams is a Norman Mailer fiction fellow. Her writing has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and has appeared in Guernica, BOMB Magazine, Tin House, and elsewhere.
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These inventive stories will impress you not just with their range of styles, premises, and thematic concerns, but with their focus on matters of the human heart.
— Leland Cheuk
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