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Laura Spence-Ash's fiction has appeared in One Story, New England Review, Crazyhorse, and elsewhere. Her critical essays and book reviews appear regularly in the Ploughshares blog. She received her MFA in fiction from Rutgers–Newark, and she lives in New Jersey.
Genres: Historical
Laura Spence-Ash recommends
A Golden Life (2024)
Ginny Kubitz Moyer
"A Golden Life is a wonderful portrait of an independent woman in 1930s California that explores the ways in which women's lives were constrained by the mores of the time. The settings are beautifully drawn and developed - special and loving attention is paid to the beauty of the natural world. Ginny Kubitz Moyer writes with quiet authority and strong prose, creating a novel that is hard to put down and characters that remain long after the book is read."
Mercury (2024)
Amy Jo Burns
"Mercury, by Amy Jo Burns, is a beautiful, heartfelt novel about the Joseph family of Mercury, Pennsylvania. Burns skillfully employs the omniscient point-of-view as we spend time with multiple characters, exploring what it means to be part of a family, and how the narrative of a family develops and changes over time. We get to know the Josephs intimately-roofer Mick and his wife Elise, and their three sons, Waylon, Baylor, and Shea. But the character who lights up this book is Marley, the woman who will fiercely love the Joseph family and provide a way forward for them all."
Straw Dogs of the Universe (2023)
Ye Chun
"Ye Chun's riveting debut novel, Straw Dogs of the Universe, moves seamlessly through several decades in the late 19th century, following four Chinese immigrants as they attempt to start anew in Gold Mountain. The constant search for home and for family underlies it all, and Ye Chun's mesmerizing prose brings their stories - of hope and hardship and love - to unforgettable life."
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