--THERE’S
A LAYER BENEATH ALL THE LAYERS I KNEW
…I have a nice mention in the fifth paragraph of this interview with
David Galef. I’m also featured in his
book, BREVITY and will be doing a panel with him and two others at next year’s
AWP:
…This book is coming out on September 8th. It’s always a big deal in my world, and this
year I’m actually in it. Yay.
The Best
Small Fictions 2017 Guest Edited by Amy Hempel Series Editor Tara L. Masih
The Best Small Fictions 2017 offers readers 55 exceptional small
fictions by 53 authors. This acclaimed new annual series, hailed as a
“milestone for the short story,” continues to honor contemporary masters and
emerging writers of short-short and hybrid forms from across the globe. Guest
editor Amy Hempel chose the winners from a pool of 105 finalists: “They conjure
and seduce, they startle and haunt, they are funny and searing, short and
shorter.” The 2017 volume includes Pamela Painter, Brian Doyle, Ian Seed,
Frankie McMillan, Karen Brennan, Stuart Dybek, and W. Todd Kaneko, and
spotlights Joy Williams and SmokeLong Quarterly.
“The Best Small Fictions . . . could be at the forefront of a
burgeoning cultural movement.” —The
Newtown Review of Books
“It will be well worth your while to spend a minute or 60 with some of
the brightest concise writing available today.” —NewPages
“The Best Small Fictions has its finger on the pulse . . . each little
gem contains a universe, teeth bared. Explore them at your own risk.” —Prick of
the Spindle
“In this extraordinary collection of small fictions . . . readers are
gifted with stories that slap wings onto their backs or drop anchors into their
hearts, oftentimes both.” —The Small Press Book Review
“Super-short stories . . . have exploded in popularity. Where should
newbies start? With Best Small Fictions . . . [r]eaders will be introduced to a
wealth of fresh and existing talent. . . . Discover some haunting voices for
yourself this fall.” —BookTrib
Featuring small fictions by
Nick Admussen ~ Nick Almeida ~ Lydia Armstrong ~ Matthew Baker Amy
Sayre Baptista ~ Karen Brennan ~ Larry Brown ~ Randall Brown Erin Calabria ~
Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello ~ Carrie Cooperider Emily Corwin ~ Christopher
DeWan ~ Brian Doyle ~ Stuart Dybek Kathy Fish ~ Sherrie Flick ~ Scott Garson ~
Jesse Goolsby Michael Hammerle ~ Hannah Harlow ~ Allegra Hyde ~ W. Todd Kaneko
Joy Katz ~ Jen Knox ~ Len Kuntz ~ Tara Laskowski ~ Oscar Mancinas Ras
Mashramani ~ Frankie McMillan ~ Heather McQuillan ~ Cole Meyer Eugenie Montague
~ Pamela Painter ~ Alvin Park ~ Kimberly King Parsons Gen Del Raye ~ Mona Leigh
Rose ~ Na’amen Gobert Tilahun Cameron Quincy Todd ~ Matt Sailor ~ Rebecca
Schiff ~ Robert Scotellaro Ian Seed ~ Alex Simand ~ Julia Slavin ~ Michael C.
Smith Phillip Sterling ~ Anne Valente ~ Harriot West ~ Joy Williams Keith
Woodruff ~ William Woolfitt
…This is a little long, but it’s God talking about receiving the Nobel
Prize for Literature:
…And lastly, here are a few things I like in the middle of the week:
-“You have changed the way I think about love.” Jack, “This Is Us”
-“You have all these things in life that are really fickle, but in the
end it’s really about the relationships we have.” Bear Grylls
-“Remember, we only really start living when we do whatever we can to
help other people live a better life.” Bear Grylls
-“One friend with whom you have things in common is better than three
friends with whom you struggle to find things to talk about.” Mindy Kaling
“I haven’t given much thought to regrets. When I get through living, I may go it then.”
John Haws, 102 years old
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