Songs of No Provenance
A Novel
by Lydi Conklin
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Pub Date Jun 03 2025 | Archive Date May 30 2025
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Description
Songs of No Provenance tells the story of Joan Vole, an indie folk singer forever teetering on the edge of fame, who flees New York after committing a shocking sexual act onstage that she fears will doom her career. Joan seeks refuge at a writing camp for teenagers in rural Virginia, where she's forced to question her own toxic relationship to artmaking—and her complicated history with a friend and mentee—while finding new hope in her students and a deepening intimacy with a nonbinary artist and fellow camp staff member.
A propulsive character study of a flawed and fascinating artist, Songs of No Provenance explores issues of trans nonbinary identity, queer baiting and appropriation, kink, fame hunger, secrecy and survival, and the question of whether a work of art can exist separately from its artist.
Advance Praise
ADVANCE PRAISE FOR SONGS OF NO PROVENANCE
A LitHub Most Anticipated Book of the Year
A Chicago Review of Books Most Anticipated Title
A Debutiful Most Anticipated Book
An LGBTQ+ Reads Most Anticipated Book
“This novel is a wild ride! A ribald romp asking profound questions about art-making, kink, self-deception, repair, and grace. Joan Vole is an unforgettable character and Lydi Conklin is a daring, delightful writer. I’ll read anything they write.”
—Claire Vaye Watkins, author of I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness
“Songs of No Provenance is an unflinching masterpiece of transgressive empathy. Mining the rawest margins of shame and accountability, Conklin’s visceral prose is able to hold even the thorniest facets of human experience with tenderness—which lets us get close enough to see the complex, redemptive possibilities only intimacy (and Conklin’s skill) can make visible. This brilliant debut novel is a testimony: the very aspects of ourselves we fear wall us off from others—our kinks, secrets, jealousies, failures—may instead be doors of connection.”
—Alissa Nutting, author of Made for Love
Available Editions
| EDITION | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 9781646222513 |
| PRICE | $28.00 (USD) |
| PAGES | 368 |
