Writing Down the Shadows: Tiny Nightmares: Very Short Tales of Horror
We get to devour our horror from the top of the head down to the tips of the toes.
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Posts Tagged: samantha hunt
The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project: Forsyth Harmon
“Yes: in terms of an authorial presence, I tried to tread lightly.”
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Notable NYC: 9/7–9/13
Literary events in and around NYC this week!
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Notable NYC: 10/6–10/12
Literary events in and around NYC this week!
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Smart Girls, Weird Magic: Talking with Kendra Fortmeyer
Kendra Fortmeyer discusses her first novel, HOLE IN THE MIDDLE.
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The Inward Place: A Conversation with Claudia Dey
Claudia Dey discusses her first American release, HEARTBREAKER.
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Notable NYC: 7/7–7/13
Literary events in and around New York City this week!
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Like Juggling Knives: Talking with Rumaan Alam
Rumaan Alam discusses his new novel, That Kind of Mother, the limits of the employer-employee relationship, and the grossness of heterosexual sex.
...moreNotable Chicago: 2/23–3/1
Literary events and readings in and around Chicago this week!
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What to Read When You Don’t Want Summer to End
A list of books that take place in the summer, remind us of summer, and/or just make for great beach reads.
...moreNotable NYC: 8/12–8/18
Sunday 8/13: Svetlana Kitto leads an Oral History for Writers. Wendy’s Subway, 3 p.m., $100. Barbara Browning, Eloisa Amezcua, Jenn Baker, Camonghne Felix, Ariel Francisco, Gabe Habash, and Jess Rizkallah join the Dead Rabbits reading series. DTUT, 8 p.m., free. Monday 8/14: Amelia Gray, Lindsay Hunter, Samantha Hunt, Jac Jemc, and Sarah Rose Etter join […]
...moreNotable San Francisco: 7/26–8/1
Wednesday 7/26: Samantha Hunt discusses her new story collection, The Dark Dark, with Clary Sankey. Free, 7:30 p.m., Green Apple Books on the Park. Andrew Sean Greer is launching his new novel, Less. Free, 7:30 p.m., Booksmith.
...moreNotable Portland: 7/20–7/26
Thursday 7/20: Stephen Holgate reads from his third novel, Tangier, out now from Third Place Books. Mother Foucault’s Bookshop, 7 p.m., free. Lee Matthew Goldberg reads from his new book, The Mentor. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free. Bianca Marais reads from new novel, Hum If You Don’t Know the Words. Powell’s Books on Hawthorne, […]
...moreNotable NYC: 7/15–7/21
Monday 7/17: Tamara Shopsin presents Arbitrary Stupid Goal and talks with Jason Fulford. Greenlight Fort Greene, 7:30 p.m., free. Victoria Redel discusses Before Everything with Paul Lisicky. McNally Jackson Books, 7 p.m., free.
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Samantha Irby
Samantha Irby discusses her new essay collection, We Are Never Meeting in Real Life, all that comes along with writing about your life, and reading great horror books.
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Mr. Splitfoot by Samantha Hunt
Stephanie Reents reviews Mr. Splitfoot by Samantha Hunt today in Rumpus Books.
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Sari Wilson
The Rumpus Book Club chats with Sari Wilson about her new book Girl Through Glass, the demands of the dance world, and New York City as a character.
...moreThis Week in Short Fiction
The first books of 2016 are rolling off the presses this week, and among them is Samantha Hunt’s third novel, Mr. Splitfoot, which is already earning buzz for its prize-winning potential. It’s a modern gothic ghost story involving meteor craters, conmen, twins who channel spirits, a mysterious aunt who doesn’t speak, and a pregnant woman […]
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Rick Moody
The Rumpus Book Club chats with Rick Moody about his new book Hotels of North America, unreliable narrators, hotel porn, how titles are uncopyrightable, and Internet comment sections.
...moreWhich Direction?
Tonight the mass of girls before me in the arena, swarming like insects, raises a question of economy. How many waitressing shifts, humid summer jobs, and hours babysitting does it take to hold these five boys aloft, to lard the fiefdom? How better might these girls’ energies be spent in humanitarian projects and education? And […]
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