Vladimir -- Julia May Jonas, Paperback Up Down Fragile Plague is spreading

Plague is spreading

ascending from dark oceans

For at risk is the human legacy -- a vast archive of knowledge and expertise

I've heard old tales of the goddess

enters her life

Vladimir -- Julia May Jonas, Paperback Up Down Fragile Plague is spreadingAn NPR, Washington Post, Time, People, Vulture, Guardian, Vox, Kirkus Reviews, Newsweek, LitHub, and New York Public Library Best Book of the Year * "Delightful cathartic, devious, and terrifically entertaining." The New York Times * "Timely, whip smart, and darkly funny." People (Book of the Week) A provocative, razor sharp, and timely debut novel about a beloved English professor facing a slew of accusations against her professor husband by former