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A Speculatively Spectacular Evening with:
Elizabeth Hand (Generation Loss)
John Crowley (Endless Things)
Paul Park (The White Tyger)
Flora Reed & Philip Price (of the Winterpills)
& a selection of interstitial material (i.e. in the breaks) from
Michael DeLuca, Jedediah Berry, Diana Gordon, &c.
Celebrate spring with Small Beer Press’s Speculatively Spectacular
evening of art, readings, music, and perhaps a little more. Beginning
at 7 p.m. on May 17, the event will be held at Artifacts, a new
gallery at 28 North Maple Street in Florence, MA. Artifacts is housed
in a converted warehouse, where guests will be able to meet the
authors, listen, dance if they are so inclined, and mingle as three
bestselling authors showcase their latest offerings.
John Crowley (Endless Things), Elizabeth Hand (Generation Loss), and
Paul Park (The White Tyger) will headline the event. Crowley, who
lives in Conway and teaches at Yale, and Hand, who lives on the Maine
coast, will be reading from their recently published novels (see next
page for reviews). Park, who teaches at Williams College in
Williamstown, Massachusetts, will read from his latest novel, The
White Tyger.
A variety of other local authors will read their work, including a
number of contributors to Small Beer Press’s tiny lit zine, LCRW.
The evening will be topped off by Flora Reed and Philip Price (of the
critically-acclaimed Winterpills), who will provide musical
entertainment.
Guests will be expected to peruse the art, be polite to the authors,
provide good conversation, and, on leaving, remember where they
parked their jetpacks.
Founded by Gavin J. Grant and Kelly Link and located in Northampton,
MA, Small Beer Press is devoted to publishing the best in independent
fabulist and speculative fiction.
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Praise for Elizabeth Hand’s Generation Loss:
“Hand’s terse but transporting prose keeps the reader turning pages
until Neary’s gritty charm does, finally, shine
through.”
“Hand combines elements of the traditional amateur-sleuth mystery
with a visceral story of personal redemption, and her pulsating prose
smacks us in the face with frank, fascinating discussions of sex and
drugs. . . . The utterly compelling protagonist, whose self-loathing
competes with her hatred of life to see which can beat her into
submission first, wins us over almost in spite of herself.
Brilliantly written and completely original, Hand’s novel is an
achievement with a capital A.” —Booklist (Starred
Review)
Praise for John Crowley’s Endless Things:
“With Endless Things and the completion of the Ægypt cycle, Crowley
has constructed one of the finest, most welcoming tales contemporary
fiction has to offer us.”—Book Forum
“The perfect ending to a true master work which offers a densely
detailed exploration of the connections between story and history,
the fictions which inspire our imagination and the desires which
inspire our visions of the future. At its heart, however, Endless
Things is a love story about books and readers, and as such is a
treasure trove for any reader who wishes to delve into the timeless
mysteries of books and stories.” —Green Man Review
When: Thursday, May 17, 7 PM
Where: Artifacts
28 North Maple Street
Florence, MA 01062
413-320-9480
Art: Appropriately for Maine author Elizabeth Hand’s post-punk lit
thriller Generation Loss, Artifacts will hold over the photographs
from Susie J. Horgan’s Punk Love.
Music: Flora Reed & Philip Price (of the critically-acclaimed
Winterpills),
Refreshments: Will be provided. As will seats, walls, windows, and
doors.
Tickets: This is not a ticketed event and entrance is free.
Books: The authors’ books will be available on the night at a table
manned by stalwart booksellers from Amherst Books.
Profile
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