Photo of convention hall book exhibit, with display of books.

Here at #AWP26 booth 973 representing our amazing Mad Creek Books’ authors. Come and browse these beautiful books, and I’d also love to hear about your manuscript if you think it might be a good fit for us!

A few weeks left to submit your story collection to the Grace Paley Prize for Short Fiction (which comes with $5,500 and publication from us, Mad Creek Books): awpwriter.org/AWP/Contests.... Submit your manuscript by the end of the month! @ohiostatepress.bsky.social

The Strange Lady Will Not Hand Back Her Baby - Electric Literature “The Final Girl” from LAKE SONG by Lesley Pratt Bannatyne, recommended by Daphne Kalotay

LAKE SONG (Sept. 1), selected by @deeshaphilyaw.bsky.social for the AWP Grace Paley prize, is so so good. Get a taste at @electricliterature.com! electricliterature.com/the-final-gi... @kristener.bsky.social @ohiostatepress.bsky.social

FROM COCINAS TO LUCHA LIBRE RINGSIDES | Kirkus Reviews The vibrant cover art depicting a luchador eating a taco is the perfect teaser for what this anthology has in store.

"Charmingly buoyant" and "vibrant"—great descriptors for FROM COCINAS TO LUCHA LIBRE RINGSIDES, out from @ohiostatepress.bsky.social Aug. 17th! @professorlatinx.bsky.social @angelamsanchez.bsky.social! #Comics #Latinx @crfricke.bsky.social @kristener.bsky.social www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

So many amazing books in our fall season; I love seeing them officially out in the world!

Congratulations, Grace! You deserve it!

In case my recommendation wasn’t enough, the Northern California Book Award committee agrees you should read Grace’s book! @ohiostatepress.bsky.social @joy-castro.bsky.social

www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/w... @kristener.bsky.social

This is a good occasion to mention THE PARADOX OF BLACKNESS IN AFRICAN AMERICAN VAMPIRE FICTION by Jerry Rafiki Jenkins (Ohio State Press, 2019) ohiostatepress.org/books/titles...
@susanamorris.bsky.social @k8dee16.bsky.social
@aupresses.bsky.social @kristener.bsky.social

Lunch with @thesusanito-Her memoir “I would Meet You Anywhere” speaks to so many #adoptees #adoption

Come by #AWP2025 booth 456 and have Agatha Brewer sign a copy of her beautiful book “The Hunger Book: A Memoir of Communist Poland” @rafertess.bsky.social

Wish I was there already, but excited to see everyone tomorrow!

Can’t wait to see everyone there!

Combatting Racial Stereotypes Through Comics: On Black Bandes Dessinées and Transcolonial Power by Michelle Bumatay On Black Bandes Dessinées and Transcolonial Power by Michelle Bumatay is the first book in English to explore the work of Black francophone artists of bandes desinées and their responses to colonial l...

"Bumatay reframes bandes dessinées … as a tool for resistance and transformation…[providing] important context on the long history of the work of Black comics in contributing to global discussions of representation and power." @brittlepaper.bsky.social
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Really enjoyed this book. Lots of locations I've been to and desperately want to head back to. @ohiostatepress

Wandering Dixie: Dispatches from the Lost Jewish South ohiostatepress.org/books/titles/97808142558...

Through Fences Short comics about immigration and life on the US–Mexico border, each bringing a different perspective on the perils of living on the border.

Excited to celebrate THROUGH FENCES being named an honor-winner in the Jean Flynn Award for Best Young Adult Book from the Texas Institute of Letters: ohiostatepress.org/books/titles... And thrilled to see a deserving book—on such an important subject—being recognized! @rafertess.bsky.social

Don’t miss Grace’s beautiful memoir THE TRANSLATOR’S DAUGHTER, either, about language, living between cultures, caring for loved ones from afar, and more. All three are in our Machete series, edited by Joy Castro, Rachel Cochran, and our own @kristener.bsky.social ohiostatepress.org/books/series...

Spot LIT: A Column About D.C.’s Literary Scene Literary contributor Hannah Grieco kicks off Spot LIT, our new column with 2024's best local books, lit gifting ideas, and unmissable events.

"Whatever you think you know about Puerto Rico, think again. This gorgeous memoir is intimate, profoundly feminist at heart, and one of the most loving books you’ll read this year." washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7548... @patriciacoral.bsky.social @kristener.bsky.social #PuertoRico #memoir

Submit Jan. 1–Feb. 28 to the AWP award series! We are excited to partner with the Association of Writers and Writing Programs to publish the winner of the Grace Paley Prize for Short Fiction, and are looking forward to learning what judge Kevin Wilson selects! www.awpwriter.org/AWP/AWP/Cont...

Page One: Where New and Noteworthy Books Begin The first lines of a dozen noteworthy books, including Between the Night and Its Music: New and Selected Poems by A. B. Spellman and The Charterhouse of Padma by Padma Viswanathan.

A little peek at Patricia Coral's WOMEN SURROUNDED BY WATER, out Nov. 1st! www.pw.org/content/page...
@patriciacoral.bsky.social @kristener.bsky.social #essays #PuertoRico #memoir

Woohoo! We admit we haven't really done much to get this account off the ground but this is a great reason for our first post! #fiction #readUP

Still a few days left to submit your book of essays to our Gournay Prize and be published alongside amazing books like our 2021 winner Christine Imperial’s “Mistaken for an Empire”: ohiostatepress.org/books/series... @ohiostatepress.bsky.social

Here's a chance to read an excerpt from Marlena William's excellent essay collection about The Exorcist www.oregonhumanities.org/rll/magazine...

Large Poster with and author photo of Thomas C. Gannon and his book cover for his book Birding While Indian, the cover of which shows two crows around the title and the subtitle A Mixed-Blood memoir. The rest of the poster shows a gold medal and the poster text reads 2024 Stubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize.

Congratulations, Tom Gannon, on winning the 2024 Stubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize for his witty, wrenching, decolonial memoir ‘Birding While Indian’. @ohiostatepress.bsky.social

Book cover with the text "The Hunger Book: A Memoir from Communist Poland" above and around a drawing of a dirty hand holding up a red and white mushroom. Other text reads "Winner of the 2022 Gournay Prize Agata Izabela Brewer"

Just one week left to submit your first book of essays to our Gournay Prize competition, for a chance to be published alongside our amazing previous years' winners, like @agatabrewer.bsky.social's THE HUNGER BOOK! ohiostatepress.org/books/series... @ohiostatepress.bsky.social

Book Releases to Ring in Spring - Mochi Magazine This list includes memoirs that distill a country’s recent history, fantasies that call upon battles from long ago, and narratives that center the modern immigrant.

A great roundup of spring book releases, including our own @gracelp.bsky.social's THE TRANSLATOR's DAUGHTER, about "immigration and the making and unmaking of a family." @ohiostatepress.bsky.social
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Congratulations to Tom Gannon on his memoir, BIRDING WHILE INDIAN being selected as one of three finalists for the Stubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize! www.unl.edu/plains/bookp... @ohiostatepress.bsky.social

30 New Books Critics Think You Should Read Right Now Every year, in the weeks leading up to the National Book Critics Circle Awards, the NBCC board members take the time to review and appreciate the thirty finalists, recognized in Autobiography, Biog…

So cool to see one of ours at the start of this list—and one that made me cry in the airport to boot. @thesusanito.bsky.social @cassmannes.bsky.social lithub.com/30-new-books...

Being included in Foreword's Book of the Day roundup seems like a great way to celebrate the official pub week of THE TRANSLATOR'S DAUGHTER. Congratulations, @gracelp.bsky.social ! www.forewordreviews.com/articles/art... @ohiostatepress.bsky.social

For the 0.2 of my (<100) followers who might be at #AWP24, please do stop by booth 1407 to say hi to me and @kristener.bsky.social—and if you’re a book critic type, talk to me about review copies!