Today I'm reading essays about fishing for an upcoming short story project 𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒅 𝑱𝒐𝒚 Eric Rickstad Hub City Press:

'There are moments of joy and gratitude in poems that engage 'wildness' as a source of joy, inviting readers to listen to their bodies, their fellow humans and other living creatures, and to what is happening in the world around them.'

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Thank you to Sudhouse — and boundless gratitude to our readers, Austyn Wohlers, Zain Khalid, Όντρεϊ Χορν and Ryan Ruby and the community that joined us tonight. On behalf of my co-hosts Michael Barron & Chris, we’re building a scene here, & we’ll see you again soon.

Mark your calendars, Dear Readers! We have two amazing events coming up. For more information, visit squarebooks.com/event

Ornithologist + author J. Drew Lanham joins us on this week's Fully Booked podcast to discuss JOY IS THE JUSTICE WE GIVE OURSELVES 🌟 🎧 ow.ly/cG8Y50RbKoS @hubcitypress

The Prettiest star devastated me. Read it. Now. You’ll live through the AIDS epidemic of 1986 in small town America. Carter Sickels Hub City Press

go see Hub City Press author Austyn Wohlers!

'El Rey of Gold Teeth is a heavy book, but Reyes’ poems never place that weight on the reader. Instead, there are four distinct suites of poems, interweaving el cosmos to the body to the city to el mar.'

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Thank you Becca Stanek and the Southern Review of Books!

Challenging Southern Masculinity in 'The Last Saturday in America' southernreviewofbooks.com/2024/04/05/the…

Get your mitts on the latest Mississippi Review for my recent essay! This one is especially near and dear to me.

hope everyone's eyes are okay! 😂👀

'McManus is particularly poignant when drawing lines from within our culture, dominated by media and materialism, to the men who dwell within it.'

Read more from this new review of THE LAST SATURDAY IN AMERICA by Ray McManus at the link in bio! Hub City Press

Congratulations to our 2024 #SABR Baseball Research Award winners: Rob Fitts, et al for 'Nichibei Yakyu, Volume 2,' Edwin C. Epps of Hub City Press for 'Duncan Park,' and Roy Carlson of Sports Collectors Daily for 'Topps Vintage Team Cards'! Learn more: sabr.org/latest/2024-sa…

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Preorder my debut book, COME BY HERE: A Memoir in Essays from Georgia's Geechee Coast (out on 9/24), today from Hub City Press at hubcity.org/comebyhere... All the cool kids are doing it! 😎

My v. stylish colleague & I work for Hub City Press & Bookshop, a literary nonprofit fully sustained by donations + book sales! Here's this week's USA TODAY article abt our operations (& shop cat Zora). Learn more and support us at hubcity.org! usatoday.com/story/entertai…

.Meg Reid 🦦 / megireid.bsky.social chimes in for friend-of-the-press Adam Morgan's great piece on the challenges facing former SPD presses.

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Our former Southern Studies Fellow Desiree S. Evans on NPR today!! 😍