The luminous second collection that cemented Muñoz as a key voice of and for California’s Central Valley
 
From the divergent paths of triplet brothers to a grieving father confronting his mistreatment of his son, these stories interweave a recurring cast of neighborhood characters, many of them in search of escape or release. Lauded for its empathetic portrayals of communities often ignored, The Faith Healer of Olive Avenue won a Whiting Award and an O. Henry Award; it was shortlisted for the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award as one of the best collections published in English worldwide. A new foreword by author and activist Cherríe Moraga gives testament to Muñoz’s status as “the cartographer of a people.”

MANUEL MUÑOZ is celebrated as one of the foremost literary chroniclers of California’s Central Valley. Northwestern University Press published his debut story collection, Zigzagger, in 2003, and are delighted to announce that reprints of his second story collection and his novel will be joining the acclaimed TriQuarterly imprint. Each reissue includes a foreword that celebrates the enduring, empathic power of Muñoz’s fiction.
 
Muñoz has been recognized with a Whiting Award, three O. Henry Awards, the Joyce Carol Oates Prize, two selections in Best American Short Stories and, most recently, a 2023 MacArthur Fellowship. His frequently anthologized work has appeared in The New York Times, Virginia Quarterly Review, American Short Fiction, Electric Literature, ZYZZYVA, andFreeman’s. A native of Dinuba, California, he lives in Tucson.

 

Lindo y Querido
Bring Brang Brung
The Heart Finds Its Own Conclusion
When You Come into Your Kingdom
Tell Him About Brother John
Ida y Vuelta
Señor X
The Comeuppance of Lupe Rivera
The Good Brother
The Faith Healer of Olive Avenue