Posts tagged “ya”
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Barbara Shoup reviews Sad Stories of the Death of Kings
March 17, 2011
Sad Stories of the Death of Kings brought [my childhood memories of Chicago] back to me—and more. “Fruit boots,” for example.
“Style of shoe popular in the 1950’s and 60’s, ankle-high suede shoes with crepe rubber soles conventionally known as desert boots. English Mods embraced desert boots made by Clarks and their popularity spread to the U.S. where they were labeled “fruit boots” because of their perceived popularity with perceived homosexuals.” (Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English.)
“There they are,” Jimmy said. “I told you she’d be here.”
Standing halfway down the block were two girls, both wearing black scarves around their heads, navy blue pea coats, short black skirts with black tights and black fruit boots. One of them was smoking a cigarette.
“Bad Girls,” said Roy.
“I hope so,” said Jimmy Boyle.
I wasn’t a bad girl. I was too scared. But I knew those girls, and Barry Gifford got them just right. He got everything right. —Award-winning YA author Barbara Shoup
Tags: barbara shoup, barry gifford, fiction, fruit boots, reviews, sad stories of the death of kings, ya
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Barry Gifford at Powell’s Books in Portland
December 15, 2010
Dec. 15, 2010, Time TBA, Barry Gifford will be speaking at Powell’s Books about his latest work Sad Stories of the Death of Kings, a collection of short stories about a young boy coming of age without a father figure. This is the first book published by Gifford and Seven Stories that is also available for young adults. Location: 1005 West Burnside Portland, OR 97209. Check back for updates or go to www.powells.com.
Tags: barry gifford, fiction, powells books, reading, sad stories of the death of kings, ya, young adult
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Hello, Cruel World
December 10, 2010
Celebrated transsexual trailblazer Kate Bornstein has, with more humor and spunk than any other, ushered us into a world of limitless possibility through a daring re-envisionment of the gender system as we know it.
Tags: hello cruel world, kate bornstein, lgbt, ya
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Publishers Weekly on Barry Gifford’s Sad Stories of the Death of Kings
October 15, 2010
When novelist, screenwriter, and poet Barry Gifford submitted a manuscript of 42 interlinked short stories to his longtime publisher, Dan Simon at Seven Stories, both Simon and the press’s publicist Ruth Weiner thought that their kids would enjoy it. Now Seven Stories is in the midst of readying Gifford’s Sad Stories of the Death of Kings for both children and adults. It will be the press’s first book to be released simultaneously, in paper over board for older teens and paperback original for adults, and it will feature two different pieces of cover art.
Although Gifford wrote the book for adults, he likes the idea of dual editions. “I thought, Why not? I’m happy to have this double-barreled publication,” he said. Not only was Gifford aware of Sherman Alexie’s successful transition to YA, but Simon asked him only to change one sentence. The new sentence ended up going into both editions. —From Publishers Weekly
Tags: articles, barry gifford, Dan Simon, fiction, publishers weekly, ruth weiner, sad stories of the death of kings, ya
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10,000 Dresses reviewed at Rainbow Rumpus
February 5, 2010
Rainbow Rumpus — “the magazine for kids with LGBT parents” — has written not one, but two excellent reviews of Marcus Ewert and Rex Ray’s 10,000 Dresses: one for kids, and one for parents. Check them out, and congratulations yet again to Marcus and Rex!
Tags: 10000 dresses, lgbt, marcus ewert, rainbow rumpus, reviews, rex ray, ya
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10,000 Dresses named a Stonewall Honor Book
January 20, 2010
Hearty congratulations to Marcus Ewert, Rex Ray, and young Bailey for 10,000 Dresses, which has just been named a Stonewall Honor Book in the Children’s and Young Adult Literature category by the American Library Association’s Stonewall Book Awards Committee. See the press release here — and if you haven’t already, take a look at the book itself from Seven Stories.
Tags: 10000 dresses, awards, lgbt, marcus ewert, rex ray, stonewall award, ya
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Barry Gifford Christmas story in the Chicagoist
December 15, 2009
From The Chicagoist, here’s an excerpt from “The Starving Dogs of Little Croatia,” a story from Barry Gifford’s forthcoming short story collection, Sad Stories of the Death of Kings:
“Every man lives like hunted animal,” said Drca Kovic.
“You make this just up?” asked Boro Catolica.
“What is difference?” Drca said, “if it is truth?”
Tags: barry gifford, chicagoist, christmas, fiction, sad stories on the death of kings, ya
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Derrick Jensen and Stephanie McMillan raising money online for new children’s book
November 24, 2009
Fans of Derrick Jensen and Stephanie McMillan: help support the production of their upcoming children’s book, Mischief in the Forest, by donating at Kickstarter.com. More details within.
Tags: as the world burns, Authors, derrick jensen, endgame, stephanie mcmillan, what we leave behind, ya
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10,000 Dresses promoted by Massachusetts Family Institute, plus a call to action on the “Bathroom Bill”
August 11, 2009
The Massachusetts Family Institute: on the one hand, providing excellent free publicity for Marcus Ewert and Rex Ray’s 10,000 Dresses, on the other, fighting against extending hate crime protections to transgendered people in Massachusetts. To read more about the issue — and to find out how to take action — read within.
Tags: 10000 dresses, articles, call to action, gender, marcus ewert, massachusetts, rex ray, ya
