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Julie is BookPeople's Marketing Director. She reads a whole lot of fiction, long and short. When not standing at her desk, she's busy drinking too much La Croix and taking pictures of her cat, Sam, and rabbit, Nate. In the summer months she likes to read on her stoop, unless there are bugs. (Editor's note: She … Continue reading Julie’s Summer Reading Picks
~post by Julie W. Today I drove down to Texas State University's Wittliff Collections where Amy Hempel (AMY. HEMPEL.) gave a reading. First of all. Amy Hempel is my patron saint of short fiction. The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel was one of the first books I purchased from the very first indie bookstore that employed me. I sought out … Continue reading Are You Sitting Down? Amy Hempel Co-Wrote A Novel & It’s Coming Out in July !!!
(photo via ASF's blog, credit Vicky Topaz) Y'all, AMY HEMPEL is judging this year's American Short Fiction Short Story Contest! That is a Big Deal. If you haven't read Hempel's short fiction before, get ye a copy of her Collected Stories. Seriously, right now, get this book. And then after you've read everything she's published, if you're … Continue reading Amy Hempel to Judge American Short Fiction Contest
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