Wideman is a two-time winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, Wideman has been a National Book Award finalist and is the recipient of a MacArthur Genius Award. According to Publisher’s Weekly, he will be publishing his new book Briefs, Stories for the Palm of the Mind, a collection of short stories, through Lulu.
Wideman wanted to be in charge and take more control over what happens to his book, the story says. He is also rebelling against what he calls the publishing industries “blockbuster syndrome”. The book is being published by an arm of Lulu that is trying to lure established authors to the self-publishing service.
