It’s hard to find things to say about Emma Straub that haven’t already been said this week, as she’s gotten a ton of press for her short story collection Other People We Married, the first title from small press Five Chapters, but I’m going to try anyway. Here’s my two cents: Emma is the literary [...]
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We’re Band-Aids, not groupies
December 10, 2010 – 4:30 pm
This past year, not-for-profit art center Apexart has started putting together readings of literary up and comers, titled “The Almost Famous Reading Series.” On Saturday, the new series presents Dossier contributor Emma Straub alongside Tao Lin (blogger and author of Richard Yates), Aaron Garretson (shortlisted for the Best American Nonrequired Reading 2009), Fiona Maazel (Last [...]
Literary Death Match
April 12, 2010 – 10:19 am
Opium’s Literary Death Match (billed as a blend of Def Poetry Jam, American Idol and Double Dare) comes to NYC this week. It’s a mix of emerging and famous authors who perform a piece of writing in under seven minutes before an audience and a panel of judges. This Wednesday, Dossier contributor Emma Straub performs [...]
Emma Straub’s Fly-Over State
September 24, 2009 – 9:36 am
The lovely Emma Straub’s first stand alone book, Fly-Over State is available at Flatmancrooked for $6. The copies are hand-numbered in an edition of 400. If you don’t know Emma or her writing, she is the cat’s pajamas (almost literally) and I promise you will love her as much as I do.
