Makenna Goodman is the author of THE SHAME which was named a Harvard Review Favorite Book of 2020, a White Review Best Book of the Year, a Refinery29 Best New Book, a Literary Hub Recommended Read, a Bustle Most Anticipated Book, a Boston.com Book Club Pick, and more. Goodman has written for New York Review of Books, the Los Angeles Review of Books, Electric Literature, Literary Hub, Catapult, Harvard Review, the White Review, Astra, and BOMB. She lives in Vermont with her family. Her new novel SO LIGHT is forthcoming from Coffee House Press.