Dzanc Books

Wow!

Matt Bell lays out nearly every reason we loved Roy Kesey's manuscript when it arrived:

"Roy Kesey's All Over is stunningly overdue, considering that Kesey has been published in nearly every great literary magazine known to man, and has just this year been selected for the Best American Short Stories series for the first time.  Thanks to Dzanc Books (an innovative literary startup by EWN-founder Dan Wickett and writer Steve Gillis), the wait is finally over, and readers of literary magazines finally have a single collection that shows what we've all known for years: Roy Kesey is a fiction powerhouse, a writer whose talents cross great divides of subject matter, style, and tone.  All Over puts aside Kesey's most traditional stories in favor of his more experimental ones, a choice which further accentuates how far Kesey is advancing the art of fiction when he's at his very best.  Thankfully, even at his most experimental, he never loses focus of his characters or their lives, giving every story a beating heart for the reader to relate to."

The rest of his wonderful review can be seen here.

Kesey's Book at Amazon Plus His Visit to America

He’ll be reading in the Midwest, on both the West and East Coasts, and the South as well.  He’s hitting big cities and smaller ones as well.  Bookstores, Reading Series, and universities.  Find the event closest to you, spread the word, and show up in force.  The full schedule is below, but first – where you can find Roy’s All Over!

Amazon has begun showing the collection (Dzanc’s debut title) as in stock, though they only have five left!  Get yours now!

You can also purchase it from the Dzanc website and it will soon be in Barnes & Nobles, Borders, and independent stores across the country.  You can also have your favorite local independent order it if they’ve not done so yet – let them know they can get it through Baker & Taylor, or direct from Dzanc (they can email Dan at dan@dzancbooks.org).

Back to the schedule for where you can see Roy!

Tuesday 10/23 – Shaman Drum – Ann Arbor, MI – 7 p.m.

http://www.shamandrum.com/bookshop/index.php?main_page=calendar&view=296

Wednesday 10/24 – Happy Ending Reading Series – New York, NY – 8 p.m.

(with Benjamin Percy and Min Jin Lee and music by Max Gabriel)

http://www.amandastern.com/happyending.html

Thursday 10/25 – Fixx Reading Series – Chicago, IL – 7:30 p.m.

(with Elizabeth Crane and Jonathan Messinger)

http://www.guthagogo.com/FixxReadings.html

Friday 10/26 – Burke’s Books – Memphis, TN – TBA

http://www.burkesbooks.com/

Saturday 10/27 – Malaprop’s – Asheville, NC – 3 p.m.

http://www.malaprops.com/NASApp/store/IndexJsp?s=storeevents&eventId=358205

Monday 10/29 – Turnrow – Greenwood, MS – TBA

http://www.turnrowbooks.com/

Tuesday 10/30 – Octavia Books – New Orleans, LA – 6 p.m.

http://octaviabooks.booksense.com/NASApp/store/IndexJsp;jsessionid=abcLjEKuHzaK1-dttbxwr?s=storeevents&eventId=357136

Thursday 11/1 – Saturday 11/3 – University of Iowa – Iowa City, IA

Non-Fiction Now Conference

http://english.uiowa.edu/nonfiction/nonfictionow07/index.html

Friday 11/2 – 8:45 – 10:15 a.m. – “Travel Writing:  To Simmer or Not to Simmer”

Monday 11/5 – UIUC – Illini Union Bookstore – 4:30 p.m.

http://www.english.uiuc.edu/mfa/content/events.shtml

Wednesday 11/7 – UC-Davis – 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.

Thursday 11/8 – Mendocino College Library – CA - TBA