{"id":193,"date":"2021-12-07T11:07:55","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T16:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/miami-university-press\/?page_id=193"},"modified":"2026-02-09T17:24:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T22:24:46","slug":"badlands","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/miami-university-press\/novellas\/badlands\/","title":{"rendered":"Badlands"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-normal-font-size\">CYNTHIA REEVES<br><br>2007 NOVELLA PRIZE SELECTED BY MARGARET LUONGO<br>2007. 9781424331093 \/ 9781424331086<br>$15.00 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Badlands-Cynthia-Reeves\/dp\/1424331080\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pathwaybookservice.com\/products\/badlands\">Pathway<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><em>Badlands<\/em>&nbsp;portrays the twenty\u2013four\u2013year marriage of Caro and Daniel Singleman\u2014the marriage that was, is, and might have been. As the dying Caro confronts a night of crisis, the couple attempt to reshape the present by reconstructing the past through the interleaving of memory, hallucination, and dream. In this fraught terrain,&nbsp;<em>Badlands<\/em>&nbsp;explores two human mysteries\u2014the inscrutability of the heart and the persistence of hope in the face of overwhelming loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-normal-font-size\">Reviews &amp; Such<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Badlands<\/em>&nbsp;brings us searingly close to two painful losses, the wholeness of the body and the survival of a people. But Cynthia Reeves makes the experience cathartic through her gorgeously wrought prose and her profoundly empathic spirit. This is a fierce book, and a brave one\u2026<br><strong>\u2014Rosellen Brown<\/strong>, author of&nbsp;<em>Before and After<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u2026<em>Badlands<\/em>&nbsp;is a marvel, a visceral and electrifying interweaving of several narratives that are, ultimately, one narrative. \u2026 Stunning for its complexity, depth, and emotional resonance, this is a story of love and betrayal and still more love\u2026 <strong>\u2014C.J. Hribal<\/strong>, author of&nbsp;<em>The Company Car<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u2026<em>Badlands<\/em>&nbsp;does not unfold so much as it\u2026exhumes. Archaeology\u2026composes the breccia of the book\u2019s stratified form and epochal prose. In layers, in style and in content, Reeves reveals and reveals again\u2014sub-dermal, subconscious, sublime\u2026 <strong>\u2014Michael Martone<\/strong>, author of&nbsp;<em>Michael Martone<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Beth Kephart reviewed&nbsp;<em>Badlands&nbsp;<\/em>on her&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/beth-kephart.blogspot.com\/2014\/04\/badlandscynthia-reeves-brief.html\">blog<\/a>&nbsp;on April 4, 2014.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Marc Schuster reviewed&nbsp;<em>Badlands<\/em>&nbsp;on&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/smallpressreviews.wordpress.com\/2011\/12\/02\/badlands\/\" target=\"_blank\">Small Press Reviews<\/a>&nbsp;on December 2, 2011.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The&nbsp;<em>Potomac Review<\/em> reviewed&nbsp;<em>Badlands<\/em>&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.montgomerycollege.edu\/potomacreview\/bookreview1.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Read Anna Clark\u2019s interview with Cynthia Reeves on the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thewip.net\/contributors\/2007\/12\/author_cynthia_reeves_explores.html\" target=\"_blank\">Women\u2019s International Perspective<\/a>&nbsp;website. An extended version of the interview can be found at&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/isak.typepad.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ms. Clark\u2019s personal site<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Mountain Xpress<\/em>&nbsp;in Asheville, North Carolina has reviewed&nbsp;<em>Badlands<\/em>. Read it&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mountainx.com\/ae\/2007\/book_report_badlands\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. Reeves\u2019 local newspaper offers&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.waynesuburban.com\/WebApp\/appmanager\/JRC\/SingleWeekly;jsessionid=WQtRH68Q2MGvLSBLJ3bK8Jrg3FmSlcCT1sVHpc23cLy0HH2lDtmS!2036370055?_nfpb=true&amp;_pageLabel=pg_wk_article&amp;r21.pgpath=%2FWSU%2FLife&amp;r21.content=%2FWSU%2FLife%2FHeadlineList_Story_1332323\" target=\"_blank\">this profile.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-normal-font-size\"><br>About the Author<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cynthia Reeves is a native of the Philadelphia area and lives with her husband and two children near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. Her fiction and poetry have appeared in a number of journals and anthologies, including&nbsp;<em>Crab Orchard Review<\/em>,<em>&nbsp;Ontario Review<\/em>, and&nbsp;<em>Wreckage of Reason: Anthology of XXperimental Women Writers Writing in the 21st Century<\/em>. She is currently at work on a novel in stories set in post-World War I Italy, three of which have been published in&nbsp;<em>Colorado Review<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Silk Road<\/em>, and&nbsp;<em>Words+Images 2007<\/em>. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Warren Wilson College.&nbsp;<em>Badlands<\/em>&nbsp;is her first book.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"985\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/miami-university-press\/files\/2021\/12\/reeves_badlands-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-194\" style=\"width:450px;height:739px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/miami-university-press\/files\/2021\/12\/reeves_badlands-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/miami-university-press\/files\/2021\/12\/reeves_badlands-1-183x300.jpg 183w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"816\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/miami-university-press\/files\/2021\/12\/Reeves.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-195\" style=\"width:450px;height:612px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/miami-university-press\/files\/2021\/12\/Reeves.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/miami-university-press\/files\/2021\/12\/Reeves-221x300.jpg 221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CYNTHIA REEVES 2007 NOVELLA PRIZE SELECTED BY MARGARET LUONGO2007. 9781424331093 \/ 9781424331086$15.00 Amazon | Pathway Badlands&nbsp;portrays the twenty\u2013four\u2013year marriage of Caro and Daniel Singleman\u2014the marriage that was, is, and might have been. 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