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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 […]
Civic Minded launch getting some mentions
As noted earlier, the Chicago launch event for Civic Minded has moved to October 2, 2024, at 57th Street Books at 6 p.m. (Join us if you can.) The event has gotten some mentions lately, including the following: The University of ChicagoThe Chicago ReaderPatch If your school, bookstore, or library is interested in an event […]
Alicia Patterson highlights my 2008 Tuvalu project
Back in 2008, I spent a year reporting abroad about the island nation of Tuvalu and how climate change was already changing people’s lives there. (The introduction to my book A Hot Mess draws on this experience.) The Alicia Patterson Foundation was instrumental in funding that research project, and has been highlighting notable pieces as […]
Animal Husbandry launch at Book Cellar
On September 18, I’ll have my first-ever solo live fiction event, at The Book Cellar in Chicago’s Lincoln Square at 7 p.m. I’ve previously launched multiple editions of Votes of Confidence there and it’s one of my favorite local shops. You can RSVP here in advance if you’d like.
