In his introduction to this edition of Recommended Reading, Dan Wickett, executive director of Dzanc Books, writes:
'"Any Deadly Thing" is the title story of what will be the fourth work by Roy Kesey that we've had the pleasure of publishing: alongside that earlier collection, All Over; Pacazo, a novel; as well as his award-winning novella, Nothing in the World. "Any Deadly Thing" shows off much of what Roy does so well - seamlessly blending storylines, dipping into somewhat odd, yet not completely unheard of scenarios (in this case, churches and snakes), and doing so with a constant layering of information.'
About Recommended Reading:
Great authors inspire us. But what about the stories that inspire them? Recommended Reading, the latest project from Electric Literature, publishes one story every week, each chosen by a great author or editor. In this age of distraction, we uncover writing that's worth slowing down and spending some time with. And in doing so, we help give great writers, literary magazines, and independent presses the recognition (and readership) they deserve.
About the Author:
Roy Kesey's latest book is the novel Pacazo, winner of Word Riot's 2012 Paula Anderson Book Award. His other books include the novella Nothing in the World, two historical guidebooks, and a short story collection called All Over,which made The L Magazine's "Best Books of the Decade" list. His next book, a collection called Any Deadly Thing, will be published by Dzanc Books in February 2013. His short stories, essays, translations and poems have appeared in more than a hundred magazines and anthologies, including Best American Short Stories, The Robert Olen Butler Prize Anthology and New Sudden Fiction. He has won two Pushcart Prize Special Mentions, the Jeffrey E. Smith Editors' Prize in Fiction, and a 2010 prose fellowship from the NEA. He currently lives in Maryland with his wife and children.
About the Guest Editor:
Dzanc Books was created in 2006 to advance great writing and to impact communities nationally with our efforts to advance literary readership and advocacy of creative writing workshops and readings offered across the country. As a non-profit 501(c)3 organization, Dzanc publishes innovative fiction, supports several editorially independent imprints and literary journals, provides low-cost writing instruction to beginning and emerging writers by connecting them with accomplished authors through the innovative Dzanc Creative Writing Sessions, runs a writers-in-residence program that puts published authors in public schools, awards an annual prize to support a writer whose work shows literary excellence and who is engaged in community service, and organizes a writing conference held in Portugal.
For more information on Dzanc Books and its mission, imprints, books, authors, awards, and programs, please visit www.dzancbooks.org.
Genre: Literary Fiction
'"Any Deadly Thing" is the title story of what will be the fourth work by Roy Kesey that we've had the pleasure of publishing: alongside that earlier collection, All Over; Pacazo, a novel; as well as his award-winning novella, Nothing in the World. "Any Deadly Thing" shows off much of what Roy does so well - seamlessly blending storylines, dipping into somewhat odd, yet not completely unheard of scenarios (in this case, churches and snakes), and doing so with a constant layering of information.'
About Recommended Reading:
Great authors inspire us. But what about the stories that inspire them? Recommended Reading, the latest project from Electric Literature, publishes one story every week, each chosen by a great author or editor. In this age of distraction, we uncover writing that's worth slowing down and spending some time with. And in doing so, we help give great writers, literary magazines, and independent presses the recognition (and readership) they deserve.
About the Author:
Roy Kesey's latest book is the novel Pacazo, winner of Word Riot's 2012 Paula Anderson Book Award. His other books include the novella Nothing in the World, two historical guidebooks, and a short story collection called All Over,which made The L Magazine's "Best Books of the Decade" list. His next book, a collection called Any Deadly Thing, will be published by Dzanc Books in February 2013. His short stories, essays, translations and poems have appeared in more than a hundred magazines and anthologies, including Best American Short Stories, The Robert Olen Butler Prize Anthology and New Sudden Fiction. He has won two Pushcart Prize Special Mentions, the Jeffrey E. Smith Editors' Prize in Fiction, and a 2010 prose fellowship from the NEA. He currently lives in Maryland with his wife and children.
About the Guest Editor:
Dzanc Books was created in 2006 to advance great writing and to impact communities nationally with our efforts to advance literary readership and advocacy of creative writing workshops and readings offered across the country. As a non-profit 501(c)3 organization, Dzanc publishes innovative fiction, supports several editorially independent imprints and literary journals, provides low-cost writing instruction to beginning and emerging writers by connecting them with accomplished authors through the innovative Dzanc Creative Writing Sessions, runs a writers-in-residence program that puts published authors in public schools, awards an annual prize to support a writer whose work shows literary excellence and who is engaged in community service, and organizes a writing conference held in Portugal.
For more information on Dzanc Books and its mission, imprints, books, authors, awards, and programs, please visit www.dzancbooks.org.
Genre: Literary Fiction
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