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And it’s going to take your breath away.
Don’t forget: the presale is on through June 14, so you can still order a copy for just $13 (and that includes shipping)!
Aforementioned at AWP!
Readers, we’re less than a week from AWP!
If you’re going to the conference, we hope you’ll swing by table 1920 during the book fair and say hello. We’ll be offering apt subscriptions at a discount and back issues for a song, and we’ll be raffling off an ARC of Susan McCarty’s debut collection, Anatomies, to anyone who buys any AP wares during the conference!
Plus, we’ll be tabling with our friends at Little Fiction | Big Truths, and throwing an offsite reading on Thursday night at Lee’s Liquor Lounge, featuring Angela Palm, Amanda Leduc, and our own Carissa Halston for Little Fiction, and have Gillian Devereux, Dolan Morgan, and Susan McCarty representing Aforementioned! It’s going to be such a great night, so we hope to see you there!
ANATOMIES in Kirkus Reviews!
The first review for Susan McCarty’s Anatomies is here! According to Kirkus Reviews:
McCarty, “a gifted purveyor of American short fiction,” offers a “diversity of tone…[in] a promising debut collection.”
You can the full review here, then pre-order your copy of Anatomies today!
Preorder your copy of ANATOMIES today!
Matt Bell says, “Few story collections cover so much territory, and the ones that try rarely do it so well. Intense, gorgeously written, both funny and heartbreaking, Anatomies will make its obsessions yours, thrilling you with McCarty’s unique vision of the world.”
Jac Jemc says, “The range of Susan McCarty’s stories is so wide, you won’t be able to look in every direction at once. Give yourself up to the thrill of being blindsided again and again.”
Scott Garson says, “These stories are marvels of craft and life: they follow our wordless intensities, opening naturally, from the inside out. What a collection we have in Anatomies. Can I say it again? What a collection.”
Melanie Rae Thon says, “Anatomies is a virtuoso performance by a writer unafraid to strike her readers with despair or destroy them with giddy laughter….If you long to be awakened by the glorious intensity and miraculous expansiveness of human consciousness, let these seductive, revelatory fictions transport you.”
And we say, the time has come: The presale Anatomies has officially begun! We’ve got incentives for every budget, and they cover everything from informative pamphlets to trips to New York to tours of an Iowan alpaca farm. Regardless of which you choose, you will not want to miss this book. Order your copy today!
Matt Bell weighs in on ANATOMIES
More great news for Susan McCarty’s collection, Anatomies!
It makes me so eager for June!
“Susan McCarty’s Anatomies is a fine debut, by a writer seemingly out to prove she can do anything, her stories as varied as they are accomplished, moving effortlessly between subjects and voices and forms. Few story collections cover so much territory, and the ones that try rarely do it so well. Intense, gorgeously written, both funny and heartbreaking, Anatomies will make its obsessions yours, thrilling you with McCarty’s unique vision of the world.”
— Matt Bell, author of In the House upon the Dirt between the Lake and the Woods
Check out all the praise, as well as a synopsis on the Anatomies page, here.
Kind words for Susan McCarty’s ANATOMIES
We know the new year just started, but it’s hard to wait for summer when we know Susan McCarty’s Anatomies is on the way!
The latest blurb, this time from Scott Garson:
“Susan McCarty is deeply engaged with questions of how we live, and while she offers no answers, at least of the simple kind, she leaves me gripping her book with a somewhat mind-blown appreciation. These stories are marvels of craft and life: they follow our wordless intensities, opening naturally, from the inside out. What a collection we have in Anatomies. Can I say it again? What a collection.”
— Scott Garson, author of Is That You, John Wayne?
AP 2015 catalog
Exciting news: we’ve put together a catalog for all our titles, including the upcoming issue of apt, as well as Susan McCarty’s Anatomies!
A must-see for librarians, booksellers, and lit professors looking for contemporary lit to teach.
Cover art for Susan McCarty’s ANATOMIES
Since it’s the holidays, we wanted to put together a little gift for you, dear readers, of what’s in store from Aforementioned for next year, namely Susan McCarty’s debut collection, Anatomies! Kind words for the collection from Melanie Rae Thon: “If you long to be awakened by the glorious intensity and miraculous expansiveness of human consciousness, let these seductive, revelatory fictions transport you.”
And feast your eyes on the cover:
Can’t wait until June!
AP 2015: Susan McCarty’s ANATOMIES
Susan McCarty
We are very proud to make the following official announcement:
Next summer, AP will publish Susan McCarty’s debut story collection, Anatomies!
We’re longtime fans of Susan’s work, which has appeared in Conjunctions, The Iowa Review, Indiana Review, Barrelhouse, The Utne Reader, The Collagist, Willow Springs, and a slew of others, including apt.
There’s so much we want to say about Anatomies, but for now, we’re going to bask in the announcement glow, and encourage you to check out two of our favorite McCarty stories: “Field Reports” and “Indirect Object.”
Also, we know we’re only halfway through 2014, but from where we’re sitting, 2015 is already looking stellar.