Come crash the Karen Conversation even if your name isn’t Karen. The two Karens talk books, ghosts, and babies at the Texas Book Festival in Austin. Saturday November 4 at 11:45. http://www.texasbookfestival.org/festival-schedule/?search=karen+shepard
Two Chances to See Two Shepards This Week
I’ll be at the Point Street Reading Series in Providence, RI tomorrow night, 10/17, at 7:30.
https://www.brown.edu/campus-life/support/bookstore/events
And Jim and I will be at McNally Jackson Bookstore in NYC on Thursday 10/19 at 7:00.
http://www.mcnallyjackson.com/event/jim-shepard-and-karen-shepard
I like the way Adam Morgan thinks…
In the Chicago Review of Books, Adam Morgan tells us what to read in September.
“The Mothers” by Karen Shepard on lithub.com
Lithub.com is running one of the stories from KISS ME SOMEONE today. Get a glimpse here:
“The Mothers”
Karen Shepard’s latest essay on Buzzfeed
My odd intimacy with my stepson’s mother, my husband’s ex-wife, the woman I raised a child with.
Happy Pub Day, Jim Shepard!
Jim Shepard speaks the truth:
The Shepards 2017
Countdown to pub day for both of these books. Coming September 12: Jim’s first book of essays and my first book of stories, both ushered into the world by the extraordinary Tin House Books. The tour so far is up on my website (http://karen-shepard.com/calendar/). Additions as they come. We hope to see you anywhere and everywhere.
Jim and Karen Shepard at Newtonville Books
Two for the price of one. Jim and I will both be at the incomparable Newtonville Books celebrating the publication of our new books from Tin House Books. Jim’s essays on American movies and politics, TUNNEL AT THE END OF THE LIGHT, is required reading for those of us interested in the stories our country tells itself to explain the position we find ourselves in. My new story collection, KISS ME SOMEONE, could also be titled: SAD, ANGRY PEOPLE HAVING CREEPY SEX. Both books come out September 12. The Newtonville Books event is our first tour stop. We’d love to see you there: Newtonville Books, Friday September 15 at 7:00 pm.