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A suspenseful, wildly engaging debut novel by the award-winning author of Rainbow Rainbow, following a musician spiraling in self-doubt and self-searching after a night--and a relationship--gone wrong Songs of No Provenance tells the story of Joan Vole, an indie folk singer forever teetering on the edge of fame, who flees New York after committing a shocking sexual act onstage that she fears will doom her career. Joan seeks refuge at a writing camp for teenagers in rural Virginia, where she's forced to question her own toxic relationship to artmaking--and her complicated history with a friend and mentee--while finding new hope in her students and a deepening intimacy with a nonbinary artist and fellow camp staff member. A propulsive character study of a flawed and fascinating artist, Songs of No Provenance explores issues of trans nonbinary identity, queer baiting and appropriation, kink, fame hunger, secrecy and survival, and the question of whether a work of art can exist separately from its artist.

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Lydi Conklin is the author of Rainbow Rainbow, which was long-listed for the Story Prize and the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection. Their fiction has appeared in Tin House, American Short Fiction, and the Paris Review. They've drawn comics for the New Yorker, the Believer, Lenny Letter, and other publications. Songs of No Provenance is their first novel. Kristin ""KJ"" James was born and raised in the Nashville, Tennessee, area. Acting has always been a passion of hers. Starting on the stage as early as preschool, KJ pursued her passion into college, where she received a bachelor's degree in communication with a double emphasis in theater and public relations from Mississippi State University. After college she found herself more and more drawn to voice-overs. Several classes, coaching sessions, seminars, research, and a home studio later, and she now records and produces audiobooks on a regular basis. When she's not in her booth, you can find her crocheting, playing video games, or running with her dogs.

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