World Doesn't Require You

Finalist * PEN / Jean Stein Book Award Longlisted • Aspen Words Literary Prize Best Books of the Year: Washington Post , NPR, Buzzfeed and Entropy Best Short Story Collections of the Year: Kirkus Reviews , Library Journal , the New York Public Library, and Electric Literature Welcome to Cross River, Maryland, where Rion Amilcar Scott creates a mythical universe peopled by some of the most memorable characters in contemporary American fiction.