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Maya
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Number one on the New York Times bestseller list

Wings Like Dust

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“Linden's lines go through the heart like a fine blade, leaving you pondering existence and all that lies between.”
— The New Yorker
Cover of Wings Like Dust by Maya Linden — A dreamer dissolving into butterflies and pages above a sunrise valley WINGS LIKE
DUST
Maya
Linden

Wings Like Dust

In the commuter-belt suburbs of a sleepless city, Arton Sam seems to live an unremarkable life — until one letter lands and pulls apart everything he believed about the people nearest him. As buried family history comes to light, Arton must face the quiet gaps we maintain even with those we hold closest. Told in glowing prose with steady compassion, Wings Like Dust traces the delicate structure of memory, the pressure of things left unsaid, and the steady bravery it takes to start over.

Praise for Wings Like Dust
“Once again Linden stands alone in exposing the small fractures that mark a life.”
— The Guardian

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About Maya

Maya Linden tops the New York Times bestseller ranking with six widely praised novels to her name. Celebrated for radiant sentences and deep emotional range, she composes literary fiction around the hushed puzzles of recall, selfhood, rootedness, and the unseen ties that form us. Translated into twenty-three languages, her books have gathered major prizes such as the National Book Critics Circle Award and the PEN/Hemingway Award. She makes her home in the Pacific Northwest alongside her family and one strong-willed cat.

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Praise and Recognition

Linden's books have drawn attention and applause
from the most distinguished voices in letters.

“Linden wields a surgeon’s exactness and a cradle-song’s softness. Not a sentence fades.”
— The Atlantic
“In shining prose of rare candor, Linden seizes the hidden framework of kinship and recall.”
— The Paris Review
“Seldom has an author given hush such force. Linden’s books school us in the unsaid.”
— Granta
“Linden's lines go through the heart like a fine blade, leaving you pondering existence and all that lies between.”
— The New Yorker
“Once again Linden stands alone in exposing the small fractures that mark a life.”
— The Guardian
“Nobody charts sorrow’s terrain — or its gradual mending — the way Linden does.”
— The Harbor Review

Upcoming Appearances

Tour stops, dialogues, and masterclasses alongside Maya Linden.

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June 12, 2026 • 7:00 PM

Seattle Public Library — “The Architecture of Memory”

Linden examines how recall and reticence operate inside her newest book, Wings Like Dust. A signing queue follows the talk.

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July 9, 2026

Aspen Words Literary Festival — Keynote Conversation

A close-format digital gathering welcoming readers everywhere. Maya will share an unreleased passage and field questions.

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