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I am absolutely thrilled to announce that Songs of My Selfie: An Anthology of Millennial Stories was chosen as an IndieFAB Finalist for Best Anthology of 2016! This is an incredible honor and I am so deeply grateful to see the hard work of these emerging writers being not only acknowledged but celebrated. Congratulations to all the writers anthologized in SOMS, and thank you so, so much to everyone who has supported us along the way!
Songs of My Selfie contributors Xingyue Sarah He and Jared Shaffer reading at Flyleaf Books. Photo by Alex Kormann/The Daily Tar Heel.
Songs of My Selfie has been receiving rave attention in the news!
Check out The Daily Tar Heel's feature on contributors Xingyue Sarah He and Jared Shaffer. He and Shaffer read to a full house at Flyleaf Books in North Carolina.
Tampa Bay's Creative Loafing calls Songs of My Selfie, "an excellent read, one I unreservedly recommend." Read the full review here.
Red Eye Chicago lists Songs of My Selfie one of "25 New April Books We Can't Wait to Get Our Hands On."
And San Francisco Book Review writes "An excellent showcase of up-and-coming new writers." Read the full review here.
SONGS OF MY SELFIE received a stunning review on the blog A Journaled Life. This is our first review by a non-millennial reader, and it's so rewarding to see Regina's perspective and insight into our stories.
Regina writes:
What I noticed was happening for me halfway through the book was that a pit had developed in my stomach. There was so much heartache. . . . I wanted to know: What happened? How did they get like this? What can I as a mother of a rising millennial do (in addition to helping him navigate away from student loans & Sally Mae)? . . . But that’s the sign of great story right? It makes you feel something, see things differently, want to change yourself and the circumstances for others.
On a more personal note, reading this review was my "I've done it. I'm a writer now" moment. My work, and the works of these sixteen talented contributors, changed someone else's understanding and made someone care. That's the reason we do this, right? That's always been the dream, though it so often felt unattainable. I'm very proud to share this review with you, and I'm so proud of the writers in Songs of My Selfie.
Check out the full review on A Journaled Life.
And don't forget, Songs of My Selfie is still available for preorder on Amazon and Barnes and Noble, or from your local bookstore.
Follow Songs of My Selfie on Twitter @SongsOfMySelfie or on Facebook.
I'm ecstatic to announce that I'm this week's featured reader on Citizen Lit! Following a spotlight on Amanda Miska from Split Lip Press, I read from my short story "The Edge of Happiness," soon to be published in Songs of My Selfie: An Anthology of Millennial Stories (Three Rooms Press, April 2016). I'm honored to be included on this incredible podcast.
Hosted by Wilkes University's Jim Warner, this weekly literary and arts podcast has chosen to spotlight Songs of My Selfie. Over the course of the next few episodes, Citizen Lit will feature select contributors reading from their stories.
Head over to Citizen Lit to listen to the episode. "The Edge of Happiness" begins at around 16:00.
Check back next Monday for more readings from the Songs of My Selfie team!
Debuting our final cover, with a blurb from Cracked.com editor JF Sargent!
Portland Book Review has incredible things to say about Songs of My Selfie: An Anthology of Millennial Stories (Three Rooms Press, April 2016)! I am absolutely thrilled that they chose this book for review and so honored by what they say. In my favorite snippet of this overwhelmingly positive review, their millennial-aged reviewer Julia Gaskill writes:
Look, as a millennial myself, I realize how biased I might come off as in writing this review. But these voices? In all of these stories and essays? They are important. So important. They speak to all the problems my friends and myself have faced in our lives, as well as the joys we’ve encountered. It is no understatement when I, a twenty-five year old woman, state that this collection of essays written by fellow millennials needs to have all eyes on it – especially for those who spend far too much time hating on my generation. There is more to millennials than what is seen upon first glance; we are more than vanity and smartphones.
I hope you will read the full review; to do so, click here. And don't forget, Songs of My Selfie is still available for preorder on Amazon and Barnes and Noble, or from your local bookstore. Plus, for the next few days, it's on sale!
Follow Songs of My Selfie on Twitter @SongsOfMySelfie or on Facebook.
