“What sets Raw Silk apart is Janet Burroway’s superb stylistic gifts. . . . She combines wit, intelligence and a coolly detached sense of nuance to heighten her prose. . . . A moving account of the alienation of two people and the disjunction of a marriage.” —The New York Times

“Janet Burroway is a writer singularly in control—of emotion, of intellect, of language. . . . One is tempted to call [Raw Silk] a masterpiece.” —Ms. Magazine

“Many things to admire: the subtlety with which Burroway weaves the many threads—the polarities of East and West, aggression and passivity, the layered levels of betrayal, the complexities of male-female relationships . . . Her luminous style will engage and delight.” —The Washington Post

“Unusual humor and originality . . . Enormously enjoyable.” —The New Yorker

“One of the best novels of its kind.” —Glamour

“[Burroway] writes like a robust angel.” —The Guardian

Janet Burroway is the author of plays, poetry, children’s books, and eight novels, including Raw Silk, The Buzzards, Opening Nights, Cutting Stone, and Bridge of Sand. Her Writing Fiction is the most widely used creative writing text in America. Recent works include the plays Sweepstakes, Medea with Child, and Parts of Speech, which have received readings and productions in New York, London, San Francisco, Hollywood, Chicago, and various regional theatres; a collection of essays, Embalming Mom; and her memoir, Losing Tim. She is the Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor Emerita of the Florida State University.