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The Tangential presents: FUTURE CITIES Release Party and Twin Cities Tumblr Meetup

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:46:47 -0500

thetangential:

We’re excited to announce that our Future Cities book release party will be sponsored by Tumblr. Where would we be without Tumblr? That’s too scary to think about. It’ll also be sponsored by our publisher, Hillcrest Media.

Please join us at the Nomad World Pub in Minneapolis on February 27th for a book release party and Tumblr meetup. For just $10 you’ll get entry, a copy of the book, and a free drink ticket while supplies last.

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We’re on the Tumblr staff’s tumblr today! If you are in the Twin Cities, remember to come by the Nomad this Wednesday for this blessed event.

Drunk Texts from Famous Authors

Fri, 22 Jun 2012 10:39:21 -0400

Drunk Texts from Famous Authors

"Adia flew the winged stallion in this dark fiery abbess."

Tue, 29 May 2012 09:55:09 -0400

“Adia flew the winged stallion in this dark fiery abbess.”

- I think Chaucer would have approved.

Taking the Me out of Memoir

Tue, 22 May 2012 11:52:24 -0400

Taking the Me out of Memoir

Ryan Gosling in publishing. 'Nuff said.

Tue, 01 May 2012 16:13:59 -0400

Ryan Gosling in publishing. 'Nuff said.

"I wished I could call Carolyn, she was my only fiend."

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:34:02 -0400

“I wished I could call Carolyn, she was my only fiend.”

- Do you suppose she has a “de-fiend” option, somewhere?

"I was continent for a moment in the store."

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:39:13 -0400

“I was continent for a moment in the store.”

- It was a really big store, you know. Like a World Market, or one of those other stores that have room for continents to shop in.

Unpublished Grief Memoirs That Are Less Inspiring Than Cheryl Strayed's Wild

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 10:05:47 -0400

Unpublished Grief Memoirs That Are Less Inspiring Than Cheryl Strayed's Wild

"When women write in the first person their work is often called “confessional.” And there’s an..."

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:39:35 -0400

“When women write in the first person their work is often called “confessional.” And there’s an accepted template for female narratives that tends to be the only story you read in bestselling books and first-person essays in women’s magazines that goes like: “I was bad – [sordid description of bad behavior] – but then [love, my baby, my husband, AA, etc] saved me. I solved my problem. I am no longer bad.” I have nothing against redemption per se but I am really bored with that story. That story doesn’t reflect anything about what women’s or human beings’ lives are really like. I have always gravitated to books that resist the commercial impulse to make life conform to formulaic narrative conventions. This is how books are marketed, understandably, because it’s an easy story to sum up, and you can also sell it to the reader as instructive: this is how you, too, can get better and start living your best life ™! But I prefer to read books like, say, Glory Goes and Gets Some by Emily Carter, where the narrator goes to rehab, gets clean, and then the book is only half over and she still has to figure out life and it’s genuine and very complicated.”

- In case you were confused about what kind of books I like (via emilygould)

By quietly supporting small presses and literary nonprofits, is Amazon backing book culture or buying off critics?

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:27:36 -0400

By quietly supporting small presses and literary nonprofits, is Amazon backing book culture or buying off critics?

Awesome cover design. michelledean: It is not, in any way, an...

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 10:01:23 -0400

Awesome cover design.

michelledean:

It is not, in any way, an exaggeration to say that I am in love with this book.

"Put rose pedals on the bed or a note under the pillow."

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 11:31:50 -0400

“Put rose pedals on the bed or a note under the pillow.”

- This probably works best when romancing a cyclist.

"The meeting [between da Vinci and Picasso] takes place in heaves."

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 12:20:28 -0400

“The meeting [between da Vinci and Picasso] takes place in heaves.”

- Perhaps it was unwise for the two art geniuses to try to run up the Stairway to Heaven…

artsorbit: “I’m looking at 1,000 books a month from publishers...

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 12:16:05 -0500

artsorbit:

“I’m looking at 1,000 books a month from publishers who believed enough in the book to put up the money to pay for publication and to pay the author something. That says something to me. There is no slush pile with self-publishing. You get the whole dang slush pile.”

Laurie Hertzel, books editor at the Star Tribune, on why self-published books are so rarely reviewed

"Now he must confront the demons rinsing in his heart."

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:39:24 -0500

“Now he must confront the demons rinsing in his heart.”

- Damn them! Don’t they know that the heart is dry-clean only?

Searching for a title for your next novel? Look no further...

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:02:18 -0500

Searching for a title for your next novel? Look no further...

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 10:41:02 -0500

risarodil:

Hunger Games minimalist poster series

© Risa Rodil 2011

Bless you, Emily Gable, bless you.

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:31:23 -0500

Bless you, Emily Gable, bless you.

"…call me a lion necrophiliac but…"

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:17:13 -0500

““…call me a lion necrophiliac but…””

- Jessie

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Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:18:50 -0500

Sugar Hillcrest Gang

The Tangential presents: FUTURE CITIES Release Party and Twin Cities Tumblr Meetup

Drunk Texts from Famous Authors

"Adia flew the winged stallion in this dark fiery abbess."

Taking the Me out of Memoir

Ryan Gosling in publishing. 'Nuff said.

"I wished I could call Carolyn, she was my only fiend."

"I was continent for a moment in the store."

Unpublished Grief Memoirs That Are Less Inspiring Than Cheryl Strayed's Wild

"When women write in the first person their work is often called “confessional.” And there’s an..."

By quietly supporting small presses and literary nonprofits, is Amazon backing book culture or buying off critics?

Awesome cover design. michelledean: It is not, in any way, an...

"Put rose pedals on the bed or a note under the pillow."

"The meeting [between da Vinci and Picasso] takes place in heaves."

artsorbit: “I’m looking at 1,000 books a month from publishers...

"Now he must confront the demons rinsing in his heart."

Searching for a title for your next novel? Look no further...

risarodil: Hunger Games minimalist poster series © Risa Rodil...

Bless you, Emily Gable, bless you.

"…call me a lion necrophiliac but…"

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