Read Millennial Writers on Portland Book Review

Songs of My Selfie is in good company at Spoonbill & Sugartown in Williamsburg! 

Songs of My Selfie is in good company at Spoonbill & Sugartown in Williamsburg! 

I'm thrilled to announce that my article "Read Millennial Writers" is featured this week on Portland Book Review. Here I discuss why it's so important to read works written by this generation. Read the full article here

It's also thrilling to see that Tampa Bay Times has listed Songs of My Selfie as one of three notable books about millennial lives. Check it out! 

And as always, if you've enjoyed Songs of My Selfie, spread the word by leaving a review on Amazon or Goodreads! Every review goes a long way toward getting this book into the hands of more readers. 

SONGS OF MY SELFIE in the News!

Songs of My Selfie contributors Xingyue Sarah He and Jared Shaffer reading at Flyleaf Books. Photo by Alex Kormann/The Daily Tar Heel.

Songs of My Selfie contributors Xingyue Sarah He and Jared Shaffer reading at Flyleaf Books. Photo by Alex Kormann/The Daily Tar Heel.

Songs of My Selfie has been receiving rave attention in the news! 

Check out The Daily Tar Heel's feature on contributors Xingyue Sarah He and Jared Shaffer. He and Shaffer read to a full house at Flyleaf Books in North Carolina.

Tampa Bay's Creative Loafing calls Songs of My Selfie, "an excellent read, one I unreservedly recommend." Read the full review here.

Red Eye Chicago lists Songs of My Selfie one of "25 New April Books We Can't Wait to Get Our Hands On."  

And San Francisco Book Review writes "An excellent showcase of up-and-coming new writers." Read the full review here.

SONGS OF MY SELFIE Launch Was a Huge Success!

Thank you all for coming to Friday's SOLD OUT launch of Songs of My Selfie! The show was a huge success, with readings by twelve fantastic millennial writers, giveaways, great drinks, music, and more. Check out the photos below, or on our Facebook page!

Couldn't make it to the launch party? Don't worry, there are plenty more Songs of My Selfie events coming up.

April 18 at 7 p.m.
A Reading and Conversation with Jared Shaffer and Xingyue Sarah He
Flyleaf Books
752 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd (Historic Airport Rd.)
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

May 12 at 7 p.m.
A Reading and Open Mic with Joshua Tuttle

Auntie's Bookstore
402 W. Main
Spokane, WA 99201 

May 25
Songs of My Selfie: Millennial Writers Reading

KGB Bar
85 E. Fourth Street
New York, NY 10003

4/8/2016 - SONGS OF MY SELFIE Launch Party!

Three Rooms Press celebrates the New York launch of SONGS OF MY SELFIE: An Anthology of Millennial Stories—for millennials, by millennials, about actual millennial issues—on Friday, April 8, 6pm at Cornelia Street Cafe.

The launch will feature readings from SONGS OF MY SELFIE, including contributors Suzanne Herman, Stephanie Bramson, Tiffany Ferentini, Aaron Thorpe, Theresa Buchta, Jared Shaffer, Angela Sloan, Tara Isabella Burton, Carolyn Drake, Angus McLinn, Katherine Sloan, and editor/contributor Constance Renfrow. Plus, a special guest reading by IndieFab finalist Meagan Brothers, author of WEIRD GIRL AND WHAT’S HIS NAME. In addition, the event will offer free giveaways, millennial swag, great music, and more!

Copies of SONGS OF MY SELFIE will be available for purchase and signing.

Doors open at 5:45. Admission is $9, which includes a free drink. Cornelia Street Cafe is at 29 Cornelia Street, in the West Village, between W. 4th Street and Bleecker (http://corneliastreecafe.com/).

Three Rooms Press presents The Monthly at Cornelia Street Cafe
SONGS OF MY SELFIE: An Anthology of Millennial Stories
New York Book Launch

Friday, April 8, 2016, 6 p.m.
Cornelia Street Cafe, 29 Cornelia Street (between Bleecker & W. 4th St.)
Admission: $9 (includes a free drink)

Info and reservations: info@threeroomspress.com

ABOUT SONGS OF MY SELFIE
“Songs of My Selfie is an enchanting, heartrending, and utterly relatable read for any and all millennials. This is a wonderful collection of stories from some of the brightest young writers today.” —Portland Book Review

“If you want a preview of some writers with brighter futures than the newspapers anticipate, well, here you go.”
—JF Sargent, Cracked.com

“This is the book you want to read if you are curious about who’ll be driving the truck in a few years.”
—Ethan Rutherford, The Peripatetic Coffin and Other Stories

With fresh new voices and edgy prose, seventeen stories by millennial writers offer a cross-section of vibrant young characters: unemployed grads deep in debt, expectant mothers on the cusp of adulthood, online relationship addicts, and twenty-somethings at war with their families’ expectations. Here are the strong and the weak, the self-aware and those who reject reality—all carefully crafted to buck the common perception of this generation.

ABOUT THE MONTHLY
THE MONTHLY series at Cornelia Street Cafe, hosted by Three Rooms Press, brings together writers, artists, philosophers, and scientists to delve into a different theme each month from divergent perspectives. Past themes have included conspiracy theories (on the 50th anniversary of JFK’s assassination), Code Poetry, an exploration of poetry that simultaneously works on multiple levels and languages, and notable literary figures including Charles Bukowski and William Burroughs.

ABOUT THREE ROOMS PRESS
Three Rooms Press is a fierce New York-based independent publisher inspired by dada, punk and passion. Founded in 1993, it serves as a leading independent publisher of cut-the-edge creative, including fiction, memoir, poetry translations, drama and art. In addition, Three Rooms Press produces and promotes a variety of literary and cultural events in New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Brussels, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and more, including readings, plays, workshops and concerts.

 

Now on DIY MFA: Part 2 of the Book Publication Process

Continuing in my role as regular columnist for DIY MFA, I've written Part 2 of "A Walk-Through of the Book Publication Process." And even better, it's now up for you to read on the DIY MFA website. If you're thinking about writing a novel or submitting to agents/editors, give it a read. I try to dispel some common misconceptions and give you a real sense of what it will take to turn your manuscript into a proper, published book.

Read the full article here. Got any questions about the process? Send me a message or leave a comment below and I would be glad to answer!