Author Allie Larkin asks only three questions on her blog. But they are BIG questions: What do you create? Why do you create? What do you consume? To see my answers, please look here…(Read More)

The Common says of Shining Sea: “Korkeakivi’s prose is clear, honest, and unadorned throughout [and] she deftly handles the curves and swirls of many characters over a long period of time. … [S]he is at her most remarkable when flying high for the bird’s eye view, then swooping straight down into her characters…(Read More)

“Moving through the months, years, and decades, this sweeping novel gathers several lives’ worth in it, giving us a portrayal of an American family, and what that means to this particular clan.” Thank you, Read It Forward for choosing Shining Sea as one of your favorite August reads. To see the whole review, please look…(Read More)

Thank you to Shelf Awareness for this beautiful description of Shining Sea: “With both epic scope and beautiful minimalism, Shining Sea traces the family lineage from the fallout of World War II through the entirety of Vietnam, across Europe and the Irish Troubles, and into the present day in fewer than 300 pages.” To read…(Read More)

Author Caroline Leavitt not only blurbed Shining Sea, she also invited me on to her wonderful author’s blog. And then got me to talk about obsessions, Woodstock, currachs, and the kindness of strangers–among other things. To read the full Q&A, please see here…(Read More)

Paris Writers News asked me. To see what I answered–to this as well as other questions, please look here…(Read More)

I’ll be bringing Shining Sea to an abundance of beautiful different venues, from some of our most wonderful indie bookstores to most fabulous book festivals, from Massachusetts to Miami and still further afield, starting with the book’s official launch at Book Culture on Columbus in NYC on August 9th. Please come! Please check…(Read More)

Booklist says of Shining Sea: “With a far-reaching plot that includes the military, the counterculture, marriage, parenthood, loss, and AIDS, and storytelling that couples pointed restraint with sweeping vision, Korkeakivi covers the not-so-shining moments of the late twentieth century. The result is a family saga that explores the lingering effects of war…(Read More)

I’m so grateful for all the reviews I’ve gotten for Shining Sea to date, but this one from Elite Daily–“Five Books You Should Read This Summer–Based On Their Covers”–is the first one that’s made me laugh: “It’ll look good on your bookshelf, and it’ll make you cry…(Read More)

Finding Time To Write blog calls Shining Sea the perfect summer read: “I really admire writers who can telescope several years’ worth of events but then also linger on a revealing detail. Anne Korkeakivi navigates this with elegance and impeccable prose… I loved it above all for the precise, lyrical language; the dusting of poetry…(Read More)