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‘Cantoras’: Featured Fiction from Carolina De Robertis

In our latest edition of featured fiction—curated by our own Carolyn Quimby—we present an excerpt from Carolina De Robertis’s new novel, Cantoras, out today from Knopf.

In it’s starred review, Kirkus raved: “Rich and luscious, De Robertis’ writing feels like a living thing, lapping over the reader like the ocean. Carefully crafted and expertly observed, each sentence is an elegant gift…A stunning novel about queer love, womanhood, and personal and political revolution.”

And here’s what our own Kaulie Lewis had to say about the book in the Second Half Preview:

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