Songs of No Provenance
[An] exuberant character study ... Conklin excels at serving up characters whose questionable choices get them in trouble, and Joan tops them all ... Conklin is also a comics artist...and they bring a touch of the cartoonish to their storytelling without losing dimension. Their prose is funny, sly, frank; it bubbles over with mirth.
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A page-turner that’s also a sharp, often haunting character study and a deep meditation on the nature of the relationship between artist and art ... Proves that Conklin is just getting started, and anyone interested in the artistic experience should be seeking their work out.
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Lush ... An astonishing novel, without artifice and unflinching in its presentation of its subject in her full humanity.
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