Joyland Magazine and
Dzanc Books are two innovative publishers pushing fiction with great writing and
new means of print and digital distribution. Join us for an evening with four
writers, hailing from Chicago, New York and Vancouver. Hosted by Joyland
co-founder Brian Joseph Davis and Dzanc co-publisher Dan Wickett.
READERS
Eugene
Cross has published work
in Narrative Magazine,
American Short Fiction,
Story Quarterly and
Callaloo, among other
journals. He is the recipient of scholarships from the Chautauqua Writers’
Festival and the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference. He currently lives in Chicago.
Fires of Our Choosing
(Dzanc) is his first book.
Kevin Chong
is the author of four books,
including his acclaimed debut Baroque-a-Nova (Penguin) and the travelogue Neil Young
Nation (Douglas &
McIntyre). His new novel from Arsenal Pulp is titled Beauty Plus
Pity. He lives in Vancouver
and is a section editor for Joyland.
Jeff
Parker is the author of the
novel Ovenman (Tin House)
and the story collection The Taste of Penny (Dzanc). He co-edited the anthologies
Amerika: Russian Writers View the United States and Rasskazy: New Fiction from a New
Russia. His nonfiction book
Igor in Crisis: A Russian Journal is forthcoming from HarperCollins.
Megan
Stielstra is a writer,
storyteller and the literary director for 2nd Story, Chicago’s urban
storytelling series. She has performed for the Goodman Theatre, the Chicago
Poetry Center and National Public Radio. She teaches in the Fiction Writing
Department at Columbia College. Her debut collection of stories, Everyone
Remain Calm, is now available
from Joyland/ECW Press.
For more info: joylandmagazine.com and dzancbooks.org
Thursday, March 1,
7PM
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