Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2026 by the Chicago Review of Books
“In her debut story collection of force and insight, Madden crafts a way into the interior lives of women young and old, empowered and repressed, exhausted, determined, and enraged.” —Booklist
A Debutiful February 2026 Noteworthy Pick
Yasmina Din Madden
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“In her debut story collection of force and insight, Madden crafts a way into the interior lives of women young and old, empowered and repressed, exhausted, determined, and enraged.” —Booklist
“The propulsive, heart-wrenching stories of You Know Nothing explore the messy interiority of women who are on the brink of realization. With knife-sharp prose and unforgettable detail, Yasmina Din Madden pushes on her characters’ bruises until the reader also feels the ache.” — Maggie Su, author of Blob: A Love Story
“Many of the characters and situations featured in You Know Nothing, exist in the charged space between intimacy and alienation. The collection’s title foregrounds a contradiction that reverberates throughout the book: the desire to know and be known, set against the stubborn limits of human perception, experience and empathy . . . a knowing, unsentimental, at times darkly comic examination of contemporary American life.” —Newcity Lit