On Thursday, October 28th, 7 pm, I’ll be hosting an event at Powerhouse Arena in DUMBO, Brooklyn to celebrate the first books of three One Story authors, all from out of town: Susanna Daniel (FL), John Jodzio (MN) & Bruce Machart (TX). There will be free drinks and music provided by The Hollows, so if you’re in [...]
Hello Everybody. Just to be entirely clear: YES, there was a tornado in Brooklyn yesterday. YES, it did touch down in Gowanus. NO, it did not suck me up into its vortex. I AM STILL HERE. Thanks for the emails, though, folks. It’s nice to know you would care if I pulled a Dorothy. Cheers, Hannah
My mission to save the short story in a galaxy far, far away: now complete.
Next Wednesday, Sept. 8th from 7:30-9:00 am, One Story will be handing out free short stories at Brooklyn subway stations for commuters. Our literary volunteers will be at eleven stops, covering all Brooklyn subway lines. Later that week, the stories and their Brooklyn-based authors, James Hannaham, Reif Larsen & Caedra Scott-Flaherty will be featured at [...]
On June 13th, The Showroom in Asbury Park, NJ, along with Words! Bookstore and the lit mag splashofred.net will be screening the 1945 horror movie The Body Snatcher, starring Boris Karloff & Bela Lugosi, as part of the BookFLX series. After the film, I will be skyping in and terrifyingly splashed on the same screen to chat [...]
Thanks to everyone who came out to support One Story on May 21st. Our first benefit hosted 450 people at the The Old American Can Factory in Gowanus, Brooklyn. The night featured comedian John Hodgman, original art inspired by issues of One Story, a performance based on Sam Allingham’s “Bar Joke, Arizona” by Wingspace Theatrical Design, and [...]
My other job, besides trying to write books, is being the editor of One Story magazine. For the past six months, I’ve also been working as an event planner, organizing One Story’s first benefit. At long last, it’s finally coming together. We’re calling it the One Story Literary Debutante Ball: A Celebration of Emerging Writers. The benefit is [...]
Since 2007, along with my mentor, author Dani Shapiro, and her husband, the screenwriter Michael Maren, I’ve been organizing a writer’s conference called Sirenland. A beautiful name, but even more beautiful is the spot where it takes place: Le Sirenuse Hotel in Positano, Italy. Our 2010 conference has just ended. Our Sirenlanders have flown back to their [...]
I’ll be doing three events this weekend in NYC. The first is tonight at KGB Bar at 7 pm with One Story author Andrew Porter, whose great collection, The Theory of Light & Matter, has just been released in paperback. The second will be Saturday at Cornelia St. Cafe at 6pm with the Italian-American Writers [...]
After a thrilling tour of France and Belgium as part of Les Belles Étrangères, I am finally back on U.S. soil. For those readers who missed it, you can check out the highlights on twitter from Andrew Sean Greer, Colson Whitehead, Matt Madden, John Haskell and myself here. And if you speak French, you can [...]