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September 21, 2021
News for you: September recommendations + news
In this month's subscriber newsletter: Recommendations for reading and listening, reader interviews on Broads and Books, and news for DIG ME OUT!
September 9, 2021
New: Anger and Other A Words
I'm kicking off a new project comprised of longer-form essays and audio pieces, called Anger and Other A Words.
This project is my lineage of anger, from ancestry and from gender. The essays are excavation, seeking the code key to patterns handed down from generation to generation. They're fragments, found items, and frequently asked questions showing the things unsaid in family, and the actions that say it all. The essays are about anger and abjection, about abdomens and athletics and academics, about autism and alcohol and anxiety, about abuse and annihilation in America.
Start here to learn more. And by signing up for a monthly or yearly membership, you'll get access to all future installments. Plus, you'll be helping support this project and Amy. That's capital-A Awesome.
News for you: September 7
In this issue: Scary stories, the Broads take on heroes, an accidental cat colony, and Dig Me Out on tour!
And yes, you perceptive soul. This newsletter may look at little different than previous issues. I'm using a new service called Ghost, and a new style. More info can be found at the end.
But don't worry - still all the good stuff you signed on for, with a bit of added punch. Enjoy!
Join me: DIG ME OUT on tour
Join me at DIG ME OUT events! View all the latest event info: https://www.amyleelillard.com/events
October 21, 2021: Book Cellar (Chicago), in conversation with Broads and Books PodcastOctober 26: The Ivy (Baltimore), in conversation with Jeannie Vanasco. Virtual event. October 27: Beaverdale Books (Des Moines), in conversation with Kali White November 3: Broads and Books Presents: Small Press Story Writers. Virtual event - info to come. November 10: Atelier26 Books Event: Amy Lee Lillard, Margaret Malone, and Woody Skinner. Virtual event - info to come. November 17: Cedar Crest College Event: Amy Lee Lillard, David R. Roth, Margaret Montet, and M. Allen Cunningham. Virtual event - info to come.
August 18, 2021
New essay: The wrong sort of girl and Fear Street
In an essay for the excellent "Episodes" newsletter from Emily VanDerWerff, I take on what it means to be a witch in the excellent Fear Street trilogy.
Read "The Wrong Sort of Girl: Modern Witches on Netflix's Fear Street"
August 9, 2021
News for you: August recommendations + news
In this month's subscriber newsletter: Recommendations for hot summer days, Heath returns to Broads and Books, and news for DIG ME OUT!
July 29, 2021
Early Praise for DIG ME OUT: Chanelle Benz
Chanelle Benz, author of The Man Who Shot Out My Eye is Dead and The Gone Dead, says this about Dig Me Out:
“A fierce debut collection inhabited by a wild multitude of characters. The women in Amy Lee Lillard’s stories catalogue the strangeness of the natural world, want to escape the confines of the body, seek revenge against convention, are witchy, feral, ready to tear free."
Learn more about DIG ME OUT, and pre-order your copy now:
July 17, 2021
New story "This Human Form Where I Was Born" appears in Ligeia Magazine
New story, available to read online! "This Human Form Where I Was Born" appears in the Summer 2021 issue of Ligeia, out now.
Read "This Human Form Where I Was Born" in the Summer 2021 issue of Ligeia .
July 9, 2021
News for you: July recommendations + news
In this month's subscriber newsletter: Sunburn-free recommendations for hot summer days, a new Broads and Books episode, and incredible early praise for DIG ME OUT!
July 7, 2021
Early Praise for DIG ME OUT: Jeannie Vanasco
Jeannie Vanasco, author of Things We Didn't Talk About When I Was a Girl, says this about Dig Me Out:
“When I first encountered Amy Lillard’s fiction three years ago in Epiphany's Breakout Writers issue, I looked her up, desperately hoping she had a book coming out. The wait is over, and what a dazzling book it is! With spare and unassuming prose, Lillard has produced a radically profound and unforgettable story collection that upends received notions of femininity and storytelling. Through their aspirations, their desires, their insecurities, and their heartbreaks, the women in Dig Me Out offer us nuanced insights into the human condition."
Learn more about DIG ME OUT, and pre-order your copy now:
