Jamie Quatro made a splash with her 2013 debut, “I Want to Show You More,” a collection of stories intensely focused on two major threats to family: adultery and mortality. At once boldly carnal, ...

FIRE SERMON. By Jamie Quatro. Grove Press. 205 pages. $24. In her slim, beautifully combustible first novel, “Fire Sermon,” Jamie Quatro treats the mysteries and complexities of love, marriage, faith ...

Jamie Quatro’s fiction makes you want to hit the gym. Her women seek transcendence in exertion. They go for runs, scan the woods for bike trails, consult personal trainers. In her first book, a ...

› What: Jamie Quatro discusses “Fire Sermon” discussion with Jamie Quatro.› When: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.› Where: Star Line Books, 1467 Market St.› Phone: 423-777-5629.Previous coverageJamie Quatro, who ...

Every item on this page was chosen by an ELLE editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. Charged with erotic energy and an almost mystical yearning, Jamie Quatro’s debut ...

Buddha described in the Fire Sermons that every aspect of life experiences are known as "burning," explaining that it applies to "pleasant and unpleasant phenomena alike." It's evident that Quatro ...

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Jamie Quatro begins her debut novel by positioning the consummation of an affair against the commencement of a marriage. The first pages show Maggie, a short-story writer, and James, a poet, en route ...