Still thinking about Jessi Jezewska Stevens launching GHOST PAINS at Foyles last night with her belief that a good short story should deliver “a rush, like falling down the stairs.”

A true icon.

You guys should head to Foyles Bookshop on Charing Cross Road for signed copies.

Tonight, Manchester literature fans, we have not one but two excellent And Other Stories authors in town launching their books!

Manya Wilkinson and Jessi Jezewska Stevens will be talking to senior editor Tara Tobler at BlackwellsManchester from 6:30pm. Come say hi! 👋
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What a night! Jessi Jezewska Stevens and Daisy Hildyard launching GHOST PAINS at Foyles Bookshop.

“She resolved to show herself: she was
in fact exceedingly able when it came to excruciating situations.”

TONIGHT at Foyles Bookshop join us for the London launch of GHOST PAINS by Jessi Jezewska Stevens - the very opposite of an excruciating situation!

🎟️ Tickets here:
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this is tonight! come say hello & hang out afterwards

“Today’s rulings against Switzerland sets a historic precedent that applies to all European countries. It means all European countries must urgently revise their targets so that they are…aligned to 1.5 degrees. This is a massive win for all generations.”

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‘The 2023 temperature anomaly has come out of the blue. If the anomaly does not stabilize by August, it could imply that a warming planet is already fundamentally altering how the climate system operates, much sooner than scientists had anticipated’ nature.com/articles/d4158…

📢TOMORROW NIGHT! Join two of the finest young writers working today for a conversation at Foyles Charing Cross Rd to launch #GhostPains And Other Stories, the debut collection of curveball short fiction from Jessi Jezewska Stevens Jessi Jezewska Stevens

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GHOST PAINS is the much anticipated short story collection from Jessi Jezewska Stevens, author of the brilliant THE VISITORS.

Don’t miss Jessi Jezewska Stevens here in Manchester this Thursday (11th April) when she’ll be in conversation with Manya Wilkinson (LUBLIN) and Tara Tobler.

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A gem of an event coming up at Foyles next week: Jessi Jezewska Stevens Jessi Jezewska Stevens in conversation with Daisy Hildyard. Hear from one of the preeminent documenters of our uneasy times as she launches her first collection of short fiction: GHOST PAINS
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A loss of interest in the stories of the present—or in stitching historical narratives into the now—points to a shift in both readers and writers’ understanding of American potential, Jessi Jezewska Stevens writes. foreignpolicy.com/2024/03/31/amo…

🗣️ Book Tour! We’re thrilled to welcome Jessi Jezewska Stevens to the UK to celebrate the publication of GHOST PAINS. With events at Foyles Bookshop, BlackwellsManchester, deadinkbookshop and bookhaus, this is an unmissable opportunity to meet a master practitioner of the short story.

Jessi Jezewska Stevens! Daisy Hildyard! Foyles! Me in the audience! Very chic. Tickets still available:
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Amor Towles’s novels, and their popular reception, are one data point among many suggesting that the pull of the past has since gained the edge over the lure of the future—at least in the realm of American cultural exports, Jessi Jezewska Stevens writes.
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Tracy read the opening of this book a few weeks ago & it’s an absolute winner. Do yourself a favor & preorder favorite summer reads from Tracy O'Neill & co-listed Justin Taylor, who promise nothing but intelligent fun.

In London next week! Come say hello --

'All of these are wry, mischievous takes on late-capitalist living, suffused with all its dread, and mark Stevens as one of the sharpest, most playful young prose writers working today.'

Dominique Sisley speaks to Jessi Jezewska Stevens for AnOther Magazine ✨
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some thoughts on Jessi Jezewska Stevens's Ghost Pains And Other Stories

Jessi Jezewska Stevens (Jessi Jezewska Stevens) discusses her first collection of glittering, curve-ball short fiction GHOST PAINS (@andothertweets), in a conversation with writer Daisy Hildyard

🕖Wed 10th April, 7pm
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