FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Publication Date: April 17, 2012 Kino by Jürgen Fauth “Kino is a fast, complex, exhilarating roadster ride through history and time. It is the story of a woman who becomes obsessed with her grandfather, a visionary film director, [and] the powerful bindings of family, the sweet, dark loam of loss, and the high-voltage [...]
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Riots and Broken Bones Inspire a Gritty Debut Story Collection
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE On sale February 29, 2012 Three Ways of the Saw by Matt Mullins ADVANCED PRAISE FOR THREE WAYS OF THE SAW “There’s a brooding, raw, rustbelt, jazzy, Motown energy that informs the sensibility and sound of this writer, fuels his prose, and gathers this collection into a compelling whole.” – [...]
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Duffy Escapes, Insanity Ensues
Publisher and Editor Threaten Defamation Suit, Author Chortles (Off the Record) KENSINGTON, MD — Cyrus Duffleman, a fictitious creation and the main character of the novel, Fight for Your Long Day, has literally escaped the pages of his book and has become a suspiciously untraceable troll on Facebook, Twitter, and other Internet social networking sites, according [...]
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D.C. Area Publishing House Fights Divisive Rhetoric with Nonpartisan Candor
KENSINGTON, MD — Frustrated by disconnected and myopic blog posts, Facebook comments, and tweets flung daily across the web, Atticus Books is uniting conversation in one place with Six Degrees Left, a series of frank discussions centered on a rotating theme of hot-button topics across a wide spectrum of disciplines. October’s inaugural Six Degrees Left discussion [...]
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Sep
Novelist Takes Inspiration for Sequel from the Wild Midwest
“A large-hearted book about the everpresent fundamental human verities written with empathy, force, and verve.” – Ron Carlson, author of Five Skies and The Signal “Richly imagined and so very poignant this novel [is] something special.” – Robert Olmstead, author of Coal Black Horse and Far Bright Star KENSINGTON, MD — The messiah is on tour. A [...]
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Sep
Announcing the 2012 Atticus Lineup!
While the task of digging through multitudes of queries from all corners of the country (and the globe, for that matter) is a daunting one at best, the thrill of discovering and signing a new voice to our ever-growing team here at Atticus makes it all worthwhile. These guys (female Atticus author, where are you?) [...]
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Sep
Baltimore Writer Eric D. Goodman’s Debut Novel Travels Through the Heart of Baltimore
KENSINGTON, MD — John Waters might be Baltimore’s most famous resident and “The Wire” may serve well as a seedy introduction to outsiders, but Baltimore was noteworthy long before “Hairspray” and David Simon. Creative types have used Baltimore’s rich literary history and colorful characters in their work for years. Now local writer Eric D. Goodman [...]
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Atticus Review Joins the Digital Harvest of Lit Journals
KENSINGTON, MD — As of about 8:00 this morning, May 17, 2011, independent press Atticus Books is busting-its-buttons proud to announce the launch of its first literary journal, Atticus Review. AR is a weekly online journal that publishes stories, poems, and electric literature, and shepherds other genre-busting words of wisdom and interactive whimsy. The non-commercial [...]
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