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@MissStaceyMay – Stacey May Fowles, author of Fear of Fighting. She mostly talks about Morrisey and various illnessess.I think she’s also @levarburton.

@theapants – Thea Lim, relentless self promotion machine and author of The Same Woman. Her tweets are either about her own blog posts, photoshopped pictures of her and Nicholas Cage, or lists of things she wants.

@robbiemacg – Robbie MacGregor, our publisher. The Emile Zola of Twitter. ‘I have a cup of water, the water is wet, and clear and I see the bottom of the cup through the water’. He updates seriously like 120 times a day and they’re all like that.

@NicBoshart – Mostly retweets of his cousin @dougyoder and general rants directed at all twittering city hall officials. @mayormiller STOP PISSING IN MY FOYER!! (We keep trying to tell him David Miller isn’t an orange cat.)

@thehorses – Jenner wades through our slush pile… or puddle as it may be, and generally (JENNERALLY!!!) keeps us in check when we make bad decisions, like eating ALL THE HAMBURGERS!

Date: Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Time: 7:00 – 9:00 pm

Location: Bluestockings Bookstore, 172 Allen St. New York, NY (Map)

The American launch will feature readings by the anthology’s contributors:

Wasela Hiyate – widely anthologized author of stories on travel, cultural alienation and the global economy.

Anna Leventhal – the anthology’s editor and comma-wrangler, Journey Prize loser and occasional performing artist.

There will also be readings by special guests:

Pasha Malla – author of The Withdrawal Method (House of Anansi), McSweeney’s contributor, and funny-ass guy.

Molly Reed – obscure genius making a rare public appearance.

Here’s the Facebook listing (requires logging in).

Tell your friends, families and pet monkeys!

A list of the 2008 winners can be found here.

This window into the complex inner life of a very real-feeling woman is refreshing. She lives an ordinary life that, when closely examined—like all ordinary lives—is extraordinary in its details. Similarly extraordinary-in-its-ordinariness is Fowles’ sweet little book; its honest and unassuming acknowledgments and author and printer profiles reveal a collaborative labor of love between independent creatives. The result is a a pleasure to see, to hold, and to read.

Check the full scoop at Feminist Review.

English Book Nominees:

Words the Dog Knows, J.R. Carpenter, Conundrum Press
The Debaucher, Jason Camlot, Insomniac Press
The Sunlight Chronicles, Chris Dyer (aka Carlos Sanchez), Divine Life LLC

Fear Of Fighting, Stacey May Fowles & Marlena Zuber, Invisible Publishing

Blert, Jordan Scott, Coach House Books
Jack, Mike Spry, Snare Books

Also Soul Gazers, a writing gorup featuring essentially everyone in The Art of Trespassing is nominated for best zine! Atta B, Lev!

Um.. so… if anyone is going, could they let me know? And bring some books with them? Kind of short notice….

Or something like that. I didn’t read the email. Here it is below:

Hello friends,

I guest-hosted this week’s episode of Addicted to Race, the Racialicious podcast.  We talked about such intellectual topics such as Slumdog Millionaire and He’s Just Not That Into You. You can listen to it here:

http://www.racialicious.com/2009/02/12/addicted-to-race-105-slumdog-millionaire-hes-just-not-that-into-you/

It’s not everyday that a movie filled with child abuse, extreme poverty, torture, and violence against women is hailed as a feel-good flick, but that’s exactly what happened to “Slumdog Millionaire.” Do the characters’ race have anything to do with this perception? We also examine the racial dynamics of the new romantic comedy “He’s Just Not That Into You.”

Crucial deets:

Saturday and Sunday November 29th and 30th, 12-6

5035 St. Dominique, near Laurier Metro.  Free admission.

In Winnipeg we hit #3 on the McNally Robinson Booksellers bestseller list for paperback fiction for 2 weeks, beating out both The DaVinci Code and the Bible.  And check this review from The Nova Scotian (follow the link for full review):

The Art of Trespassing is great, an eclectic anthology of short stories carefully wrapped in a package that presents these new writers in style. Anna Leventhal has gathered a diverse collection of stories differing wildly in style, imagination, energy and rhythm, all of which somehow create a whole. No small feat. [...]

These new writers sometimes eschew more formal literary structures. The result is a collection that crackles with texture and energy. There is much movement in these stories, people going away or coming back, “pushing the envelope,” wanting change or wanting to thwart change.

- Judith Meyrick, The Nova Scotian

Here are some photos from various launches, featuring a group of ridiculously good-looking writers. Thanks to various intrepid photographers Leigh, Chris, Mark, my dad, and others whose names escape me for taking them.

dorks on a boat