The Rumpus says, “Shining Sea has an impressive scope, engaging prose, and compelling themes.” And Curled Up With a Good Book says, “Like stitches in a delicately laced quilt, Korkeakivi threads the complicated lives of Barbara and Francis through time, reflecting an intricate web of progress down through the decades.” To read more, look here…(Read More)

In a starred review, Publishers Weekly says of Shining Sea, “This absorbing generational story, which follows the Gannon family from WWII to the present, explores complex dynamics and captures the mood of different decades in America. Korkeakivi’s cogent insight into family relationships and the impact of personal loss, as well as how the times…(Read More)

The Wall Street Journal asked me to recommend five books on the legacy of war. I chose novels by John McGahern, Evie Wyld, Uzodinma Uweala, Patrick Modiano, and Kazuo Ishiguro. To see the full article, please look here…(Read More)

Author Allie Larkin asks only three questions on her blog. But they are BIG questions: What do you create? Why do you create? What do you consume? To see my answers, please look here…(Read More)

The Common says of Shining Sea: “Korkeakivi’s prose is clear, honest, and unadorned throughout [and] she deftly handles the curves and swirls of many characters over a long period of time. … [S]he is at her most remarkable when flying high for the bird’s eye view, then swooping straight down into her characters…(Read More)

“Moving through the months, years, and decades, this sweeping novel gathers several lives’ worth in it, giving us a portrayal of an American family, and what that means to this particular clan.” Thank you, Read It Forward for choosing Shining Sea as one of your favorite August reads. To see the whole review, please look…(Read More)

Thank you to Shelf Awareness for this beautiful description of Shining Sea: “With both epic scope and beautiful minimalism, Shining Sea traces the family lineage from the fallout of World War II through the entirety of Vietnam, across Europe and the Irish Troubles, and into the present day in fewer than 300 pages.” To read…(Read More)

Author Caroline Leavitt not only blurbed Shining Sea, she also invited me on to her wonderful author’s blog. And then got me to talk about obsessions, Woodstock, currachs, and the kindness of strangers–among other things. To read the full Q&A, please see here…(Read More)

Paris Writers News asked me. To see what I answered–to this as well as other questions, please look here…(Read More)