Completely enjoyed @slagerobinson 's delightful, smart, unpredictable story collection just out from @blacklawrencepress ! Gritty realism that slides seamlessly into the surreal and fantastic and then back again. What a pleasure.
Spotlight on FICTION! At #AWP26, we're pleased to share eight works of fiction new since last year's conference--novels, story collections, and fiction-in-translation!
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Stop by booth 1242/1244 at #AWP26 or navigate to our virtual exhibit (/59zveyrx) to check out recent and forthcoming works of fiction! The 30% AWP discount works online, too, with code AWP26UWISC.
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#fiction #translatedfiction #novel #shortstories #fictionintranslation #translatedliterature
Check out our latest @washington.unbound fiction interview! New contributor @tamshapwrites chatted with elbmitchell abut her short story collection 'The Church of Divine Electricity' and the writing life.
Link in bio and here: washington-unbound.com/interviews/emily-mitchell
Sneak peek:
"In her highly inventive story collection, 'The Church of Divine Electricity,' Emily Mitchell explores the unsteady, shifting ground we stand on in a rapidly changing world. With keen insight, sharp-eyed humor, and a speculative bent, Mitchell takes life as we know it and gives it a twist, transforming it into something dark and destabilizing. ... "
Giant emotional support robots programmed to cuddle? Yes Please to Emily Mitchell’s The Church of Divine Electricity on this freezing stay under the covers Sunday morning.
Our first reading of 2026 is coming up soon! Please join us for this amazing lineup on February 5: @doramalech , @elbmitchell , @emanquotah , and Michael Loughran. As always, 7pm upstairs @faden.sonnen Art by @erinbarachart #baltimorereadingseries #baltimorewriters #baltimorepoetry #baltimorefiction #baltimorehip
We were gifted an EXCEPTIONAL reading by our faculty tonight, fiction writer @elbmitchell reading from THE CHURCH OF DIVINE ELECTRICITY (out now!) and visiting poet @christopherkondrich reading from his forthcoming collection TREAD UPON. These clips are just a taste. Stunners, both of them.
Ahead of the reading I'll be doing at @artlitlab in Madison WI this Saturday with Jenn Morea and @anthony.immergluck , I spoke to Madison Book Beat @wortfm about why writing speculative fiction feels so necessary right now. Link to full recording in bio.
