Praise for Lydia Millet "Is there a writer more profound and less pretentious than Lydia Millet? In her novels and story collections, a dozen in all, Millet deals out existential questions like playing cards, and like any good casino dealer, her hands never shake." -- NPR "[Millet is] one of the funniest writers of American fiction, a rival of George Saunders, Paul Beatty, Nell Zink, and Donald Antrim." -- Christian Lorentzen, New York "[S]harp and implacably funny. Millet's novels draw solace from the idea that we are infinitely bigger than ourselves." -- Katy Waldman, The New Yorker "If you think it's hard to find original voices in contemporary fiction, you're not really reading properly--Millet is one such voice: comic, erudite, humane." -- Jonny Diamond, Lit Hub editor in chief "Millet is one of the most fascinating novelists working." -- Wall Street Journal Magazine "Millet's great insight--why her writing matters so much right now--is that looking outside the human is what gives human life its meaning." -- Christine Smallwood, New York Times Magazine.