This review of IF I SURVIVE YOU by Katy Waldman for The New Yorker is absolutely gorgeous (see Linktree). It’s no small thing to have your work understood so thoroughly. I’m otherwise speechless, so HUGE thanks @reneez25 for saying the rest so perfectly: Repost from @reneez25 • An absolute rave for @esco_out_n_play’s IF I SURVIVE YOU by Katy Waldman in @newyorkermag. “A ravishing debut....Escoffery’s fiction is marked by ingenuity. The eight stories in IF I SURVIVE YOU employ the first, second, and third person, as well as the past, present, and future tense. One tale unfolds in Jamaican patois; another dips in and out of Black American idioms. There’s peacocking humor, capers, and passages of shuddering eroticism. The book feels thrillingly free..." Fans of short fiction rejoice: IISY hits bookshelves on Tuesday, September 6. Eternal gratitude to @jaxonhoward, @mtaeckens, Brian Gittis, Sean McDonald, and everyone @mcdbooks! A huge round of applause for the editors that published the stories in this collection: @emilynemens, @brandonlgtaylor, Oscar Villalon, and Adeena Reitenberger, and since I’m missing some names of editors, here are the mags: @passagesnorth, @agni.magazine, and @prairie_schooner. Link to review in bio. #debutcollection #shortstories