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A disquieting exploration of loss during wartime. Stories span imaginary cities and true-to-life family tragedy.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
The Fugue
The Half Moon Martyrs¿ Brigade of New Jerusalem, Kansas
The I.E.D.
A Life
In the Mosque of Imam Alwani
The Territory of Grief
Elegy on Kinderklavier
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Arna Bontemps Hemenway holds an M.F.A. from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, and has received scholarships from the Sewanee Writers’ Conference and Truman Capote Literary Trust. He teaches at Baylor University in Waco, Texas.
Zusammenfassung
A disquieting exploration of loss during wartime. Stories span imaginary cities and true-to-life family tragedy.
Vorwort
$3500 marketing and publicity budget
Co-op available
Galleys available: national mailings, targeted mailings to publications with military interests
Book trailer to be submitted to ShelfAwareness and relevant literary websites/blogs
National print campaign, specifically targeting The New Yorker, The New York Times Book Review, Boston Globe, LA Review of Books, Bookforum, Kansas City Star, Pittsburg Morning Sun and Atlanta Journal-Constitution
National advertising in Poets & Writers, Rain Taxi,, and others including relevant literary journals
Online/social media campaign through The Atlantic Monthly and HuffingtonPost.com, and with outreach to literary blogs such as HTMLGIANT, The Rumpus, Bookslut, and The Millions.
Excerpts in Ecotone, FiveChapters, The Missouri Review, The Seattle Review and others
Bookseller and Library promotions: LibraryThing and Goodreads giveaways; IndieBound and Consortium galley boxes; IndieBound Advance Access program; MLA catalog ad; attendance at AWP, Sewanee Writers' Conference, and Arkansas Book Festival; Submission to Powell's Indiespensable Program and Barnes & Noble Discover Award.
eBook available at same time as print publication, eBook ISBN to be included on all press materials and wherever print ISBN is listed. Author will promote both mediums through social media.
Electronic postcard to announce publication sent to Hemenway's contacts
Newsletter and catalog feature mailed to Sarabande's database of contacts
Internet marketing campaign to include announcement on Sarabande national listserv as well as review copy mailing to online journals and blogs
Zusatztext
"In this impressive debut short story collection, Hemenway shows a depth of emotion and intensity that carries the reader from start to finish. These haunting stories deserve a wide audience."
—Library Journal, starred review
"Death is an imminent, lurking presence in this debut collection of seven stories, which explore the confluence of fate and circumstance that places men in situations of anguish and despair."
—Publishers Weekly
