Posts Tagged ‘Among Animals’
{ December 11, 2016 @ 9:04 pm }
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“Phoenix Cross” is making the rounds of the DMV, one administrative district at a time!
I.e., after reading at the wonderful Potter’s House in the District last October, I’m heading across the Maryland border on January 7 to Robert Harper Books. Then, on February 8, I’ll be joining friend-to-equines and historic fiction writer J. Bowers at One More Page Books in Arlington, Virginia. Check out her devastating story “Shooting a Mule” in Among Animals 2.
Details and dates:
Robert Harper Books
6216 Rhode Island Ave
Riverdale Park, MD 20737
Saturday, Jan 7, 2pm
One More Page Books
2200 N Westmoreland Street #101
Arlington, VA 22213
Wednesday, Feb 8, 7pm
If you’re in the neighborhood, come down and get a book, get a signature, or get a firm handshake.
{ November 17, 2016 @ 2:53 pm }
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“Phoenix Cross” has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize!
The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses series, published every year since 1976, is the most honored literary project in America.
Since 1976, hundreds of presses and thousands of writers of short stories, poetry and essays have been represented in our annual collections. Each year most of the writers and many of the presses are new to the series. Every volume contains an index of past selections, plus lists of outstanding presses with addresses.
Ashland Creek Press nominated the story, which is quite an honor for me, considering they are limited to six nominations for the year, and they’ve published over a dozen stand-out short stories just in Among Animals 2. Definitely check them out.
{ October 7, 2016 @ 3:01 pm }
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{ Tags: Among Animals, animal rights, Ashland Creek Press, class, fantasy, short story, species, veganism } · { }
I talked with the good folks of Ashland Creek Press about my contribution “Phoenix Cross,” to their new anthology Among Animals 2. You can check out the results here. We cover inspiration, research, empathetic farmers, and more!
{ September 5, 2016 @ 3:39 pm }
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{ Tags: Among Animals, animal rights, Ashland Creek Press, class, fantasy, Fiction, short story, species, speciesism, veganism } · { }
Among Animals 2 is now available from Ashland Creek Press, featuring my short story “Phoenix Cross”! What happens when struggling chicken farmers gene-splice the company breed with a mythological phoenix? Well, not exactly what they hoped for.
I’ll be reading from the story at The Potter’s House at 7pm, October 14. If you’re in the DC-area, stop on by! Then stick around for the discussion with DC Stampede – a grassroots social justice collective for animals, people, and the planet. Details available on Facebook.
{ June 2, 2016 @ 12:02 am }
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{ Tags: Among Animals, animal rights, Ashland Creek Press, Meat, short story, species, vegan } · { }
The next volume of the anthology Among Animals is coming in September! Like the first volume, this book collects short stories that explore how humans interact with other species in complex, heartbreaking, hilarious, and humbling ways. I’m so honored that my short story “Phoenix Cross” will be appearing alongside contributions from applauded writers like JoeAnn Hart. Check out Ashland Creek Press for updates–and to get a copy of the first anthology, which features “Meat” by yours truly.
And if you’re around the DC-area this fall, I’ll be reading from the book and taking part in a discussion at The Potter’s House! Date TBD.
{ April 15, 2014 @ 7:42 pm }
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{ Tags: Among Animals, animal rights, Ashland Creek Press, short story, veganism } · { }
Thank you so much to Jordan, Jeremy, Mari & the rest of the Which Side Collective for having me on…twice. These people are good people, and if you don’t believe me, check out my interview with them here. Listen to us discuss vegan restaurants in DC, cage-free eggs, writing, if I am an anarchist, and my handsome, handsome boyfriend.*
And….as a very special treat for folks who want a slightly more coherent version of me, you can listen to an extra, 30-minute bonus episode on humane meat, and veganism and animal rights in literature.
And that’s not all! If you follow these simple instructions, you can win your own copy of Among Animals, along with a year’s membership to the podcast.
Don’t trust everything you hear on the internet. Just most things you hear.
*Sorry, John. And sorry, John.
{ April 2, 2014 @ 6:17 pm }
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{ Tags: Among Animals, anarchism, animal rights, Ashland Creek Press, John Yunker, short story, vegan } · { }
On Saturday, I’ll be recording for a podcast interview with a couple of vegan anarchists.* We’ll be talking (among other topics, I’m sure) about my short story “Meat” in Ashland Creek Press’ Among Animals, and previously published by The Again, with illustrations from editor Mike Bonsall. Stay tuned for the air date.
In the mean time, you can catch the previous interview with John Yunker, co-founder of Ashland Creek Press.
*No, no, 2008 Charlotte, it’s not those vegan anarchists.** It’s Jordan and Jeremy from Which Side Podcast!
**Anyone close to me in the years 2007/2009 knows I was fervent subscriber and listener of Vegan Freak Radio, hosted by Bob & Jenna Torres.
{ March 13, 2014 @ 8:29 pm }
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{ Tags: Among Animals, animal rights, Ashland Creek Press, ideology, short story } · { }
When you write things and share them, people will occasionally ask you questions about yourself and the things you write. When this happens in such formal settings as a newspaper, a podcast, or a blog, you can call it an interview and blog about it yourself. As I shall demonstrate…now!
Here is an interview I did about my short story “Meat” for Ashland Creek Press, in which I discuss the material roots of oppression, ideology, escapist (or not escapist) literature, and impressing one’s English teacher.
Thank you, Jennifer, for thinking of cogent questions and putting it all together.
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