LUCY BARTON Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize

This is a very exciting year. The range of books is broad and the quality extremely high.... From the historical to the contemporary, the satirical to the polemical, the novels in this list come from both established writers and new voices. The writing is uniformly fresh, energetic and important. It is a longlist to be relished.
— Amanda Foreman, Chair of Judges, 2016 Man Booker Prize

Honored that My Name Is Lucy Barton has been longlisted for the Man Booker Prize.

Why Fiction Matters with Liz Strout and Andre Dubus III

In Elizabeth Strout's My Name Is Lucy Barton a New York Public Library librarian asks, "What is your job as a writer of fiction?" It's a question worth asking two writers who have devoted their lives to writing and reading fiction.

Why Fiction Matters with Liz Strout and Andre Dubus III
Newburyport Literary Festival
May 4, 2016

The Guardian: Powerful Storytelling

My Name Is Lucy Barton confirms Strout as a powerful storyteller immersed in the nuances of human relationships, weaving family tapestries with compassion, wisdom and insight. If she hadn’t already won the Pulitzer for Olive Kitteridge, this new novel would surely be a contender.
— Hannah Beckerman, The Guardian