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Every one of these pieces is absolutely sincere: An interview with Adam Tipps Weinstein

Editor’s note: Room 220 will host contributing writer Michael Jeffrey Lee alongside Adam Tipps Weinstein and Laurence Ross at 7 p.m. on Friday, March 18, at the Antenna Gallery (3718 St. Claude Ave.). I first met Adam Weinstein in Tuscaloosa, that notorious Alabama town with the famous athletics program. Adam and I had come seeking Master in Fine Arts degrees … Every one of these pieces is absolutely sincere: An interview with Adam Tipps Weinstein

Michael Jeffrey Lee’s Uncomfortable Gothic: An interview

By Nathan C. Martin Michael J. Lee denies any connection between his work and the Southern Gothic tradition, despite characteristics in his stories that might suggest one. This is not only because he’s originally from California—which disqualifies him in the first place—but because he feels too perpetually unmoored to align with any regionalism. “My time … Michael Jeffrey Lee’s Uncomfortable Gothic: An interview

New Orleans Literary Audio on the Knox Writers’ House

The Knox Writers’ House documents a literary field-recording road trip of sorts. Three enthusiasts drive across the country, interviewing and recording readings by writers along the way. They’ve made dozens of mp3s and transcripts (along with crude line-drawing portraits) available on a map that plots their route. They’ve mostly stuck to the Midwest thus far, … New Orleans Literary Audio on the Knox Writers’ House

A success by any measure besides documentary photography: Michael Martone’s reading at the Antenna Gallery

First off, thanks to everyone who came out to Thursday’s reading. Second, if there’s anyone out there who knows how to use a camera and would like to take pictures of Room 220 events, please drop a line to nathan [at] press-street.com, because I apparently have no idea how to make a picture. You’ll get … A success by any measure besides documentary photography: Michael Martone’s reading at the Antenna Gallery

The Martone Guide to Good Writing

By Christopher Hellwig Christopher Hellwig is author of a forthcoming collection of biographies of fictional gunslingers, a former student of Michael Martone’s, and will read with his mentor (along with former classmate and Martone protégé Michael J. Lee) this Thursday, Sept. 29, at 7 p.m. at the Antenna Gallery. Event details here. #1: Hypoxia Per Martone’s … The Martone Guide to Good Writing

MICHAEL MARTONE short story collection release party

Michael Martone—author of twelve books of fiction and nonfiction and contributor to Harper’s, Esquire, The Best American Essays and The Best American Short Stories—will celebrate the release of a new book of short stories along with two of his former students, Michael J. Lee and Christopher Hellwig on Thursday, Sept. 29, at 7 p.m. at the Antenna Gallery.