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Animal Husbandry out today!
It’s a book birthday! Woke up this morning to find my ebook edition of Animal Husbandry (and Other Fictions) already loaded on my phone, and it’s been nice getting congratulations from a range of folks. It’s my seventh book (Civic Minded in October is number eight), and first fiction book, with sixteen stories going back […]
We Are Teachers highlights Civic Minded
We Are Teachers provides a range of classroom resources for teachers around the country, including book recommendations, and it was cool to see Civic Minded included in this list of the best books for Fall 2024. An excerpt: Kids who dozed through government or civics class will find this nonpartisan book a handy guide to […]
First review of Animal Husbandry in Foreword
My first fiction collection, Animal Husbandry, comes out on September 10 (preorders available now and the book launch is the following week). The first review came out today in Foreword Reviews, and the book received five stars and some nice praise. An excerpt: The short stories in Jeff Fleischer’s collection Animal Husbandry range from fun and bizarre […]
Nice praise for Votes of Confidence by Stacey Abrams
Not many people in America know more about getting new voters involved than Stacey Abrams, who helped register many thousands of new voters in Georgia and continues to advocate for voting rights and fight voter suppression there. So it was a pretty nice surprise to hear her recommend Votes of Confidence: A Young Person’s Guide […]
More listings for Animal Husbandry lauch
As noted earlier, the Chicago launch event for Animal Husbandry (and Other Fictions) will be at The Book Cellar in Lincoln Square at 7 p.m. on September 18 (Join us if you can.) The event has gotten some mentions lately, including the following: Poets & Writers magazineThe Chicago ReaderPatchDo312 If your bookstore, or library is interested in a reading […]
Book Riot features Civic Minded
There are few book sites as valuable as Book Riot, which does great coverage of upcoming releases. Yesterday the site posted a great article highlighting my upcoming Civic Minded as one of three civics books recommended for young adults. An excerpt: How do different government processes work? Where and how did they originate and where […]
Animal Husbandry on AWP bookshelf
I attended the AWP conference in Philadelphia in 2022 and Seattle in 2023 (skipped this year to attend a wedding), and will be there in Los Angeles in 2025. And this time, I’ll have a fiction book to celebrate. Animal Husbandry (and Other Fictions) is now part of AWP’s member bookshelf along with lots of […]
