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	SmokeLong News Subscribe in a reader Literary News presented by SmokeLong authors and staff Monday, January 05, 2009 Sean Lovelace wins Rose Metal Press Chapbook contest This is an impressive list, to be sure. Many congratulations to the winner, Sean Lovelace, and all those short-listed, as chosen by judge Sherrie Flick. Winner Sean Lovelace for How Some People Like Their Eggs Finalists Aaron Burch for Birthmarks Stefanie Freele for Breathing Oysters Molly Gaudry for Come See the Monkey & Other Stories Jac Jemc for This Stranger She'd Invited In Erika Mikkalo for 26 Letters Semi-Finalists Lisa Buchanan for Artifacts from the American Century Dawn Corrigan for Under the Power Lines Roseanne Griffeth for Getting There Eventually Tiff Holland for Straight Out of the Can Kate McCorkle for The Last Parakeet and Other Stories Full story, as announced by Rose Metal Press, is here. Again, congratulations to all of these excellent writers. Labels: Aaron Burch, Dawn Corrigan, Erika Mikkalo, Jac Jemc, Kate McCorkle, Lisa K. Buchanan, Molly Gaudry, Rosanne Griffeth, Rose Metal Press, Sean Lovelace, Sherrie Flick, Stefanie Freele, Tiff Holland posted by Dave Clapper at 2:43 PM 0 comments Friday, March 14, 2008 Rose Metal Press Program Schedule Rose Metal Press announces its 2008 reading schedule, featuring readings by Claudia Smith, Kathy Fish, Elizabeth Ellen, and Amy Clark, the winner and finalists of Rose Metal's first annual chapbook competition, respectively. The four authors and their individual chapbooks will be featured together in a book titled A Peculiar Feeling of Restlessness, due out at the end of March. APRIL Tuesday, April 15: Amy L. Clark reading from A Peculiar Feeling of Restlessness in The Foundation Room at Pine Manor College, Newton, MA, 7:00 pm. Free and open to the public. Pine Manor College The Foundation Room 400 Heath Street Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 617-731-7000 Friday, April 25: Claudia Smith reading from A Peculiar Feeling of Restlessness with local poet Dan Boehl at Book Woman Bookstore, Austin, TX, 7:00 pm. Free and open to the public. Book Woman 5501 North Lamar #A-105 (between North Loop and Koenig Ln.) (512) 472-2785 Saturday, April 26: Peter Jay Shippy reading from How to Build the Ghost in Your Attic in the PEN/New England Reading, Boston University Bookstore, Boston, MA, 4:00 pm. Free and open to the public. Boston University Bookstore 660 Beacon Street (Kenmore Square) Boston, MA (617) 267-8484 MAY Thursday, May 1: Amy L. Clark reading from A Peculiar Feeling of Restlessness and doing a book talk with creative writing students at the Cambridge Center for Adult Education, Cambridge, MA, 12:00–1:00 pm. Free and open to the public. Cambridge Center for Adult Education 42 Brattle Street Cambridge, MA Ph: (617) 547-6789 x247 Friday, May 2: Kathy Fish reading from A Peculiar Feeling of Restlessness at Miss Prothero's Books, Denver, CO, 6:30 to receive guests, 7:00 pm to read. Free and open to the public. Miss Prothero’s Books 1112 Santa Fe Dr Denver, CO 80204 (303) 572-2260 Wednesday, May 7: Elizabeth Ellen reading from A Peculiar Feeling of Restlessness with local author and professor Kim Chinquee at Shaman Drum, Ann Arbor, MI, 7:00 pm. Free and open to the public. Shaman Drum Bookshop 311-315 South State St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 (734) 662.7407 Saturday, May 10: Peter Jay Shippy reading from How to Build the Ghost in Your Attic and Amy L. Clark reading from A Peculiar Feeling of Restlessness with Emerson College poet and memoirist Richard Hoffman at Jamaicaway Books, Jamaica Plain, MA, 2:30 pm. Free and open to the public. Jamaicaway Books & Gifts 676 Centre Street Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 Tel: 617-983-3204 Thursday, May 15: Peter Jay Shippy reading from How to Build the Ghost in Your Attic and Amy L. Clark reading from A Peculiar Feeling of Restlessness at Rhythm & Muse, Jamaica Plain, MA, 7:30 pm. Free and open to the public. Rhythm & Muse 470 Centre Street (between Boylston St & Huntington Ave) Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 (617) 524-6622 Thursday, May 1: Claudia Smith reading from A Peculiar Feeling of Restlessness in the “Just Buffalo” Reading Series through the Just Buffalo Literary Center, Buffalo, NY. Reading at Rust Belt Books at 7:00 pm. Free and open to the public. Rust Belt Books 202 Allen St Buffalo, NY 14201 (716) 885-9535 JUNE Sunday, June 1: Peter Jay Shippy reading from How to Build the Ghost in Your Attic and Amy L. Clark reading from A Peculiar Feeling of Restlessness reading at The Book Rack, Newburyport, MA, 2:00 pm. Free and open to the public. The Book Rack 52 State Street Newburyport, MA 01950 (978)462-8615 Thursday, June 19: Amy L. Clark reading from A Peculiar Feeling of Restlessness at Longfellow Books, Portland, ME, 7:00 pm. Free and open to the public. Longfellow Books One Monument Way (207)772-4045 Thursday, June 26: Claudia Smith reading from A Peculiar Feeling of Restlessness at The Twig Bookshop, San Antonio, TX, 5:00 pm. Free and open to the public. The Twig Bookshop 5005 Broadway San Antonio, TX 78209 (210)826-6411 JULY Wednesday, July 16: Peter Jay Shippy, Amy L. Clark, and Geoffrey Forsyth reading at The Brookline Booksmith, Brookline, MA, 7:00 pm. Free and open to the public. Brookline Booksmith 279 Harvard St Brookline, MA 02446 Late-July or early-August date TBD: Claudia Smith reading from A Peculiar Feeling of Restlessness with local poet Dan Boehl at BookPeople Austin, TX. Free and open to the public. BookPeople 603 N Lamar Blvd Austin, TX 78703 (512) 472-5050 AUGUST Wednesday, August 18: Elizabeth Ellen and Kathy Fish reading from A Peculiar Feeling of Restlessness at Powell’s City of Books, Portland, OR, 7:30 pm. Free and open to the public. Powell’s City of Books 1005 W Burnside Portland, OR 97209 USA Thursday, August 19: Elizabeth Ellen and Kathy Fish reading from A Peculiar Feeling of Restlessness at the University of Washington Bookstore, Seattle, WA, 7:00 pm. Free and open to the public. University of Washington Bookstore 4326 University Way NE Seattle, WA 98105 206.634.3400 Toll Free: 1.800.335.READ SEPTEMBER Sunday, September 7: Geoffrey Forsyth reading from his award-winning chapbook In the Land of the Free and Elizabeth Ellen reading from A Peculiar Feeling of Restlessness at Myopic Books, Chicago, IL, 7:00 pm. Free and open to the public. Myopic Books 1564 N Milwaukee Ave Chicago, IL 60622 (773) 862-4882 September date TBD: Amy L Clark reading from A Peculiar Feeling of Restlessness at the UUA Bookstore. UUA Bookstore 25 Beacon Street Boston, MA 02108 1-800-215-9076 Labels: Claudia Smith, Elizabeth Ellen, Kathy Fish, reading, Rose Metal Press posted by Kelly Spitzer at 9:10 AM 1 comments Sunday, February 17, 2008 A Peculiar Feeling of Restlessness Oh, man, I've been waiting for this one. I cannot wait to sink my teeth into this book. How much better does it get? From the Rose Metal Press blurb: "The four brilliant chapbooks that make up A Peculiar Feeling of Restlessness are disarmingly, unabashedly intimate collections by women who know how to tell a story and aren’t afraid to drag the unspoken out into the light of day." –Pia Z. Ehrhardt The four chapbooks collected in A Peculiar Feeling of Restlessness, three of them finalists and one of them the winner of the Rose Metal Press first annual short short chapbook contest, all revel in the succinctness of their form, the underlying tension anchored beneath each story of 1,000 words or less. These stories are peculiar; they resonate with restlessness. They are deft, they are gritty, and they are lyrical. Laughter, Applause, Laughter, Music, Applause by Kathy Fish, Wanting by Amy L. Clark, Sixteen Miles Outside of Phoenix by Elizabeth Ellen, and The Sky Is a Well by Claudia Smith combine four multi-layered portrayals of beautiful uneasiness into a collection rich with wit, grace, and originality. From me: Buy it, buy it, buy it. If you buy no other book this year, buy this one. I cannot wait to have it in my hands. Labels: Amy L. Clark, Claudia Smith, Elizabeth Ellen, Kathy Fish, Rose Metal Press posted by Dave Clapper at 9:30 PM 4 comments January 2005, February 2005, March 2005, June 2005, August 2005, September 2005, October 2005, November 2005, December 2005, March 2006, April 2006, May 2006, June 2006, July 2006, August 2006, September 2006, October 2006, November 2006, December 2006, January 2007, February 2007, March 2007, April 2007, May 2007, June 2007, July 2007, August 2007, September 2007, October 2007, November 2007, December 2007, January 2008, February 2008, March 2008, April 2008, May 2008, June 2008, July 2008, August 2008, September 2008, October 2008, November 2008, December 2008, January 2009, February 2009, March 2009, April 2009, May 2009, June 2009, September 2009, June 2010, August 2010, September 2010, December 2010, Current Posts



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