BATTLEBORN

New York: Riverhead Books, 2012. Fine.. Uncorrected proof of Watkins's first book, a collection of short stories that earned the 2013 Dylan Thomas Award - part of the Powell's Books INDIESPENSABLE Series. For more than ten years and over seventy installments, Powell's Books (Portland) has been issuing their semi-monthly INDIESPENSABLE series, a subscription-only selection of specially-produced, (typically) limited edition volumes from many of the most prominent names in literature (Claire Messud, George Saunders, Michael Chabon, Annie Proulx, Donna Tartt, J.M. Coetzee, Jeffrey Eugenides, Jonathan Franzen, Siri Hustvedt) and publishing (McSweeney's, Graywolf, Algonquin). Installments commonly include a specially slipcased recent release, as well as one of more promotional titles (usually ARCs or like, but sometimes, advance excerpts). 8.25'' x 5.5''. Original color pictorial wrappers. 288 pages. Clean and tight.