You Are Loved - (Nilsen Prize for a First Novel Winner) by Andrew Malan Milward (Paperback)

About the Book

"As a young man living in New Orleans just after the turn of the century, Dixon Still is trying to find himself. Thirty years later, living in San Francisco, Dixon better understands himself, but he is still looking for something. You Are Loved tells Dixon's story through two interconnected novellas, first when he is a young, aspiring photographer in New Orleans, who has an affair with a married woman that brings about a coming of age both in terms of his art and in terms of his sexuality, and then thirty years later when he is happily married, and a museum curator whose life grows increasingly complicated through a web of open sexual relationships and professional expectations. You Are Loved attempts to reconcile Dixon's past notions of sex, love, and gender with his present ones, and in doing so limns the vast shifts in consciousness that occurred in the interim"--

Book Synopsis

As a young man living in New Orleans just after the turn of the century, Dixon Still is trying to find himself. Thirty years later, as an older man living in San Francisco, Dixon has arrived at a clearer sense of self, but he still finds something missing in his otherwise happy life. You Are Loved tells Dixon's story through two interconnected novellas, first when he is a young, aspiring photographer who has an affair with a married woman that brings about a coming of age both in terms of his art and his sexuality, and then thirty years later when he is a happily married museum curator whose life grows increasingly complicated through a web of open sexual relationships and professional expectations. You Are Loved attempts to reconcile Dixon's past notions of sex, love, and gender with his present ones, and in doing so limns the vast shifts in consciousness that occurred in the interim.

About the Author

Andrew Malan Milward was born in Lexington, Kentucky, and grew up in Lawrence, Kansas. A graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, he is the author of the story collections I Was a Revolutionary and The Agriculture Hall of Fame, as well as a book of nonfiction called Jayhawker: On History, Home, and Basketball. His fiction has been a finalist for the National Magazine Award and appeared in many places, including Zoetrope, American Short Fiction, VQR, and The Southern Review, as well as Best New American Voices. Milward has received fellowships and awards from the Lannan Foundation, the National