The World Doesn't Require You: Stories - Rion Amilcar Scott

\nAs seen in the Summer Reading Previews of Esquire - NYLON - BuzzFeed - BookRiot - Southern LivingThe World Doesn't Require You announces the arrival of a generational talent, as Rion Amilcar Scott shatters rigid genre lines to explore larger themes of religion, violence, and love--all told with sly humor and a dash of magical realism. \nLonglisted - Aspen Words Literary Prize \nBest Books of the Year: Washington Post, NPR, Buzzfeed and Entropy \nBest Short Story Collections of the Year: Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, the New York Public Library, and Electric Literature \nWelcome to Cross River, Maryland, where Rion Amilcar Scott creates a mythical universe peopled by some of the most memorable characters in contemporary American fiction. \nLonglisted - Aspen Words Literary Prize \nBest Books of the Year: Washington Post, NPR, Buzzfeed and Entropy \nBest Short Story Collections of the Year: Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, the New York Public Library, and Electric Literature \nWelcome to Cross River, Maryland, where Rion Amilcar Scott creates a mythical universe peopled by some of the most memorable characters in contemporary American fiction. \nLonglisted - Aspen Words Literary Prize \nBest Books of the Year: Washington Post, NPR, Buzzfeed and Entropy \nBest Short Story Collections of the Year: Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, the New York Public Library, and Electric Literature \nWelcome to Cross River, Maryland, where Rion Amilcar Scott creates a mythical universe peopled by some of the most memorable characters in contemporary American fiction. \nLonglisted - Aspen Words Literary Prize \nBest Books of the Year: Washington Post, NPR, Buzzfeed and Entropy \nBest Short Story Collections of the Year: Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, the New York Public Library, and Electric Literature \nWelcome to Cross River, Maryland, where Rion Amilcar Scott creates a mythical universe peopled by some of the most memorable characters in contemporary American fiction. \nLonglisted - Aspen Words Literary Prize \nBest Books of the Year: Washington Post, NPR, Buzzfeed and Entropy \nBest Short Story Collections of the Year: Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, the New York Public Library, and Electric Literature \nWelcome to Cross River, Maryland, where Rion Amilcar Scott creates a mythical universe peopled by some of the most memorable characters in contemporary American fiction. \nLonglisted - Aspen Words Literary Prize \nBest Books of the Year: Wash