Emily Barton

Thanks & a preview

2010-07-28T15:32:54Z

Thanks to everyone who came out to hear me, Stacey D’Erasmo, David Gates, and Tracy Daughtery speak about Donald Barthelme in Madison Square Park last week. What an honor and a privilege to have the space to consider his work; and it sure was enjoyable getting to read that paragraph from “The Zombies.”

August will be an exciting month for me: I have a few pieces coming out, and have been invited to do an interview with Joe Donahue on the Roundtable, my favorite radio show, which broadcasts from WAMC, Northeast Public Radio. (I’m also inordinately fond of WFUV’s show Vin Scelsa’s Idiot’s Delight and, of course, of WNYC’s incomparable Leonard Lopate Show; but as an upstate girl, Joe Donahue and Sarah LaDuke are the hosts I listen to every morning.) I’ll post dates and links when I have them, so please check back soon!

Event: Thanks & a preview

Various good Thomas Israel Hopkins news

2010-01-14T16:26:32Z

A coincidence?

Thomas Israel Hopkins, keeper of the famous Mimeograph 2.0 Paradigm, now has three new stories out in journals: “Elephants of the Platte” in Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet Issue No. 25, “The Man in The Moon Is A Lawyer” in the Indiana Review’s Issue #31.2, Winter 2009, and “Sleepwalking,” in Quick Fiction’s Issue #16—which has, on its cover, an illustration of a small boy, brown haired & brown eyed just like the author’s son, wearing a stripey shirt (as said boy often is), and performing one of that child’s favorite activities: drawing a turtle. Can this be a coincidence? Well, I suppose it can. But I’m still quite proud.

Event: Various good Thomas Israel Hopkins news

A New Greek Testament

2009-09-15T14:00:36Z

Ellinika Grammata has just come out with a Greek translation of The Testament of Yves Gundron, with a beautiful new (and, I dare say, really Hellenic-looking) cover. (I mean, look at those horses!) Please tell your Greek friends to look for it!

Event: A New Greek Testament

I Dare You to Read These Blog Posts

2009-08-11T00:04:18Z

This week, my friend novelist Jessica Anthony is the guest blogger on Powell’s book blog. I’ve been enjoying all her smart, goofy, irreverent posts, but I’d particularly like to draw your attention to the entries for Wednesday, August 19th and Thursday, August 20th: a two-part conversation, on the topic of writerly dares, with the brilliant, funny, and did I mention very handsome Thomas Israel Hopkins. And while you’re over there, check out Jess’s novel, The Convalescent!

Event: I Dare You to Read These Blog Posts

Facebook, Finally

2009-07-28T18:39:59Z

Only a few years behind the curve, I’ve created a Facebook page on which to post information about publications and events. If you’d like to receive news about upcoming thisses and thats, please go to Facebook and sign up to be a fan. You can also sign up for my mailing list by typing your e-mail address into the appropriate box on any page of this website.

Event: Facebook, Finally

Cynthia Hopkins & Gloria Deluxe

2009-07-25T14:23:59Z

Cynthia Hopkins & her amazing band, Gloria Deluxe, will be playing at the Bard Spiegeltent on Saturday evening, July 25th, at 8:30. Alt-country meets Weimar cabaret! Don’t miss this show!

Event: Cynthia Hopkins & Gloria Deluxe

Catskill Studio for Writing

2009-07-25T01:00:18Z

Event: Catskill Studio for Writing

Where: Catskill Studio for Writing
When: Friday, July 24th, 2009 at 8:00 pm

Oops: As it turns out, the event at the Catskill Studio for Writing is a private reading, so I won’t be posting info on how to get there &c. My apologies!

If, however, you’re interested in a great upstate arts experience the weekend of the 25th, look no further than the note about Gloria Deluxe’s show at Bard’s Spiegeltent, below!

Marilynne Robinson’s novel Home

2008-09-07T18:24:47Z

My review of Marilynne Robinson’s wonderful novel Home in the Los Angeles Times, Sunday, September 7, 2008.

Event: Marilynne Robinson’s novel Home

Eli Miller’s Seltzer Delivery Service

2008-01-02T18:31:52Z

Here’s my essay about one of the last seltzer delivery men in New York City. The piece originally appeared in the anthology Brooklyn Was Mine, Riverhead Books, 2008, and was republished at Nextbook (which is now Tablet magazine), January 2, 2008.

Event: Eli Miller’s Seltzer Delivery Service

Geraldine Brooks’s People of the Book

2007-12-30T18:38:00Z

My review of Geraldine Brooks’s People of the Book is in the Los Angeles Times Book Review, December 30, 2007.

Event: Geraldine Brooks’s People of the Book

The Big Schlep: My Review of Michael Chabon’s Yiddish Policemen’s Union

2007-05-01T18:58:57Z

Here’s a link to my New York Observer review of Michael Chabon’s new novel; it originally ran May 1st, 2007.

Event: The Big Schlep: My Review of Michael Chabon’s Yiddish Policemen’s Union

Review of The Pesthouse by Jim Crace

2007-04-29T19:04:02Z

Jim Crace’s novel The Pesthouse may have been somewhat eclipsed by Cormac McCarthy’s The Road when it came out; but I think it’s a fine (and quite disturbing) book. Here’s my review, which ran in the Los Angeles Times, 29 April 2007.

Event: Review of The Pesthouse by Jim Crace

Bridge Building

2006-03-01T19:11:53Z

Here’s an essay entitled “Bridge Building,” published in the Boston Review.

Event: Bridge Building

An Essay on Ben Folds

2006-01-01T19:16:14Z

Here’s an essay on the Ben Folds song “Bitches Ain’t Shit,” from Moistworks.com, during one of their writers’ weeks.