Brain Soup and Making Things: A Conversation with Rita Bullwinkel
Rita Bullwinkel discusses her debut story collection, Belly Up, the foolishness of writing, and what went into the making of her first book.
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This Week in Short Fiction
Austin-based indie publisher A Strange Object unleashed a new digital magazine this week called Covered with Fur. The site is an elegant lesson in design, sleek and simple with just…
Austin’s Lit Scene Heats Up
We’ve written before about the blossoming Austin publishing scene, particularly the small press A Strange Object and their first title, Three Scenarios in which Hana Sasaki Grows a Tail by Kelly…
The Rumpus and A Strange Object Hang Out
Getting excited for San Francisco’s LitQuake? Well, take a deep breath and calm down. And then get even more excited because we’re hosting a pre-LitCrawl party with Austin-based indie press—and…
Put A Strange Object in Your Earholes
Did you like the super hot prof-on-student word sex between Steve Almond and Kelly Luce from a few days ago? Then you might also enjoy words from Callie Collins and…
Matt Bell and Callie Collins in Austin
Austin folks, if you need to take a breather from politics, come to Bookpeople this Saturday for a Matt Bell reading! Bell, whose novel In the House upon the Dirt between…
New Fiction Confab on 4/13
Texas readers, this year’s New Fiction Confab in Austin looks completely irresistible. There will be talks with writers like Sam Lipsyte, Susan Steinberg, and Rumpus Book Club author Manuel Gonzales; creative-writing…
A Virtual Tour of Austin Publishing
The Austin Chronicle has a nice roundup of the Austin publishing scene, from speculative-fiction journal Unstuck to a small press run by an ex-military spoken-word poet, to A Strange Object, the phoenix currently…
A Strange Object Is Born
Callie Collins and Jill Meyers, formerly of American Short Fiction, are starting a new project together: “A Strange Object is an independent press based in Austin, Texas, dedicated to publishing…