“Beautyland is a monumental accomplishment, a shimmering masterpiece from an author with talent to spare.” — Michael Schaub for The Boston Globe
Spring 2025 Events
April 22nd, 2025, 7pm EST: Exit Zero Launch, with Vinson Cunningham, Brooklyn, NY
April 25th, 2025, 6pm EST: Reading and talk with Piyali Bhattacharya, Barnes and Noble, Philadelphia, PA
April 29th, 2025, 7pm EST: Tables of Contents reading, in partnership with MacDowell, with Sigrid Nunez and Daniel Saldaña París, Brooklyn, NY
NEWS
MHB has been named a 2025 Guggenheim Fellow in Fiction
Exit Zero reviewed in the The New York Times by Molly Young: “Through all of Exit Zero, Bertino blurs the line between writer and magician”
“Lottie Woodside and the Diamond Dust Cher,” a new short story, published in Electric Literature’s Recommended Reading, with an introduction by Yuka Igarashi
Corrine Cordasco-Pak interviewed MHB for Write or Die Magazine, April 2025
“The Ecstasy of Sam Malone,” a new short story, published in The Brooklyn Rail, with thanks to editor Will Chancellor
Charles Yu interviewed MHB for BOMB’s Spring ’25 issue
“Flowers and Their Meanings,” a new short story, published on The Baffler online, with thanks to editor JW McCormack
“Viola in Midwinter,” originally published in Bennington Review, was selected for Best American Short Stories 2024
Beautyland is a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) Award for Fiction and has been selected for the Joyce Carol Oates Prize longlist
Beautyland is a New York Times Notable Book of 2024 and one of The Best Books of 2024 by The New York Times, Electric Literature, Time Magazine, Lit Hub, Kirkus, Goodreads, Elle Magazine, Esquire, and Bookshop.org
Beautyland has been named one of Esquire’s 75 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time
Editor of The New York Times Book Review Gilbert Cruz discusses Beautyland
