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TS AUTHORS AND THE TROUBLE THEY CAUSE

News | Tarpaulin Sky Press
TS AUTHORS AND THE TROUBLE THEY CAUSE
Piper J. Daniels’s “Ladies Lazarus” Longlisted for PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award!
We are delighted to announce that Piper J. Daniels’s debut collection of essays, Ladies Lazarus, published by Tarpaulin Sky Press, has been longlisted for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay.
Rebecca Brown’s “Not Heaven” makes Dennis Cooper’s year end list
Dennis Cooper's "Favorite fiction, poetry, non-fiction, film, art, and internet of 2018" includes Rebecca Brown's Not Heaven, Somewhere Else (TS 2018) -- among a million other must-reads and must-sees.
Granta Magazine features excerpts from Steven Dunn’s “water & power”
Steven Dunn makes his third appearance in Granta with an excerpt from his second novel, water & power, from Tarpaulin Sky Press.
Publishers Weekly: Jennifer S. Cheng’s “Moon” named to “Best Books”!
We're grateful to Publishers Weekly for naming Jennifer S. Cheng's Moon: Letters, Maps, Poems (Tarpaulin Sky Press) among its list of "Best Books."
Seattle Review of Books on Rebecca Brown’s “Not Heaven, Somewhere Else”
At The Seattle Review of Books, none other than Paul Constant does his darndest to describe the genius of Rebecca Brown and her "dangerous and exciting" new book from TS Press, Not Heaven, Somewhere Else.
Rebecca Brown, “Not Heaven, Somewhere Else” (TS 2018) featured in The Stranger
Big thanks to Rich Smith for his wide-ranging Stranger feature on Rebecca Brown and her new book with Tarpaulin Sky Press: Not Heaven, Somewhere Else: "These updated and revised fables satisfied a desire for moral discussion that I didn’t even know I had…. Highly recommended and highly rewarding."
SPD Bestseller! Jennifer S. Cheng’s Moon: Letters, Maps, Poems (TS 2018)
We're tickled to note that Jennifer S. Cheng's hybrid masterpiece, Moon: Letters, Maps, Poems (TS 2018) is now officially a bestseller at Small Press Distribution.
TS Press Editor Elena Georgiou named Finalist for the New American Voices Award from the Institute for Immigration Research
Hernán Díaz, Renee Macalino, and TS Editor Elena Georgiou are finalists for the Institute for Immigration Research New American Voices Award, created to recognize work that illuminates the complexity of human experience as told by immigrants.
Publishers Weekly starred review for Jennifer S. Cheng’s Moon: Letters, Maps, Poems (TS 2018)
“Exhilarating.... An alt-epic for the 21st century... Visionary.... Rich and glorious." -- Publishers Weekly on Jennifer S. Cheng's Moon: Letters, Maps, Poems
Publishers Weekly reviews Piper J. Daniels’ Ladies Lazarus (TS 2018)
"In this beautifully written collection of 11 lyric essays, debut author Piper J. Daniels challenges popular narratives about suicidal ideation, sexual assault, mental illness, and female bodies.... (and) emerges as an empowering and noteworthy voice."
Granta Magazine features excerpts from Steven Dunn’s “water & power”
Granta issue 142 -- "Animalia" -- features an excerpt from water & power Steven Dunn's forthcoming second novel with Tarpaulin Sky Press: "A surreal and compelling indictment of the US military machine."
Los Angeles Review of Books on Amy King’s “The Missing Museum”
At Los Angeles Review of Books, fab poet Emma Bolden examines Amy King's "riotous, rapturous, and radical fifth full-length collection," The Missing Museum (TS Press 2016).
Kenyon Review on Elizabeth Hall’s “I Have Devoted My Life to the Clitoris”
Thanks to Caroline Crew -- who just fucking gets us -- you can hop over to Kenyon Review for a brilliant examination of Elizabeth Hall’s I Have Devoted My Life to the Clitoris (TS 2016).
The 2017 Tarpaulin Sky Book Prize Winners & Finalists
We don't need to tell you that the last several months have been exceptionally brutal. Nor will we comment further, except to say it is in the context of this nationwide brutality that we read manuscripts for the 2017 TS Book Prizes.
Colorado Book Award Finalist! Steven Dunn’s “Potted Meat”
Today, good news comes in twos. We’re totally stoked to announce that debut author Steven Dunn's Potted Meat (TS Press 2016) has been chosen as a finalist for a Colorado Book Award in the category of Literary Fiction.
Lambda Literary Award Finalist! Elizabeth Hall’s “I Have Devoted My Life to the Clitoris”
We're thrilled to announce that Elizabeth Hall's I Have Devoted My Life to the Clitoris, published by Tarpaulin Sky Press, has been chosen as a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award in the category of Bisexual Nonfiction.
The Shortlist | 2019 Tarpaulin Sky Book Awards
Three weeks ago we published the Longlist for the 2019 Tarpaulin Sky Book Awards. Today we are delighted to announce the Shortlist. Not content with mere lists, however, we are also featuring excerpts from shortlisted manuscripts...
BuzzFeed News spotlights Steven Dunn’s “water & power”
Our sincere thanks to novelist Wendy J. Fox for including Steven Dunn's novel, water & power, among her BuzzFeed showcase of "books that prove indie presses deserve your attention."
Film Trailer: Steven Dunn’s “Potted Meat” adapted for film
Foothills Productions releases The Usual Route, a short film based on Steven Dunn's novel Potted Meat, published by Tarpaulin Sky Press.
Lambda Literary Award Finalist! Piper J. Daniels’s “Ladies Lazarus”
We are very pleased to announce that Piper J. Daniels’s debut essay collection, Ladies Lazarus, published by Tarpaulin Sky Press, has been chosen as a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award.
SPD Bestseller! Steven Dunn’s “water & power”
We are unsurprised, but nonetheless delighted, to learn that Steven Dunn's second novel with Tarpaulin Sky Press, water & power, is currently a Fiction Bestseller at Small Press Distribution.
Piper J. Daniels’s “Ladies Lazarus” reviewed at VIDA
"Ladies Lazarus is an unapologetic work, so bitch and bad-ass, in the ways it uses beauty as a creative principle and transgressive force. It is the beauty that allows us to transform our shames into something usable...." -- Arisa White, VIDA
Tarpaulin Sky author Jennifer S. Cheng awarded NEA Fellowship!
We are thrilled to announce that Jennifer S. Cheng -- author of Moon: Letters, Maps, Poems, from Tarpaulin Sky Press -- has been awarded a $25,000 Creative Writing Fellowship in Poetry, from the National Endowment of the Arts. We'd like to congratulate all the other winners as well -- with a special nod to TS Magazine contributor Kiki Petrosino!
The Rumpus review of Jennifer S. Cheng’s “Moon: Letters, Maps, Poems”
Our thanks to Julie Marie Wade at The Rumpus for her fascinating trans-genre engagement with Jennifer S. Cheng's Moon: Letters, Maps, Poems (TS 2018).