The Rumpus Interview with D. Foy
There’s no other way to say it: D. Foy is the real deal. His first novel, Made to Break (Two Dollar Radio), just dropped and it’s a lovely sucker punch. The book is at once poetic and raunchy and...
View ArticlePortrait of the Author as a Debut Novelist
Over at BuzzFeed Books, Lincoln Michel asks Alena Graedon, Scott Cheshire, Julia Fierro, and D. Foy, who all just released their first novel, to talk about their writing influences, literary...
View ArticleNotable NYC: 9/13–9/19
Saturday 9/13: Sara Lippman reads from collection of stories, Doll Palace. BookCourt, 7 p.m., free.Mitchell S. Jackson, Porochista Khakpour, Gabriel Roth, and Elissa Schappell read as part of LitCrawl,...
View ArticleNotable NYC: 10/1–10/7
Saturday 10/1: Lit Crawl NYC begins at 6 p.m. and continues in phases. Multiple Locations, 6 p.m., free. Moustafa Bayoumi, Paula Bomer, Joel Hinman, Patricia Park, and Joseph Salvattore join H.I.P. Lit...
View ArticleThe Rumpus Interview with D. Foy
Reading D. Foy is like stepping on a hornet nest—in the best way! His prose is topnotch, sonic and squalid and beautiful. He also knows how to spin a hell of a yarn. His new novel Patricide is a...
View ArticleNotable NYC: 1/14–1/20
Saturday 1/14: Carol Becker, Luisa Greenfield, Akil Kirlew, Caroline Koebel, Mark Roth, Morgan O’Hara, and Rachel Stevens celebrate the release of the latest issue of ELSE Journal. Powerhouse, 6 p.m.,...
View ArticlePatricide by D. Foy
Literary fiction underserves, and often neglects, the working class and the impoverished. Rising alongside the European petit bourgeois, this subset of fiction—character-driven, sometimes devoid of...
View ArticleNotable NYC: 4/29–5/5
Saturday 4/29: Celebrate Independent Bookstore Day! Celebrations are happening at Greenlight Bookstore, Community Bookstore, Astoria Bookshop, and BookCulture. Queens Literary Festival. LIC Landing, 2...
View ArticleNotable NYC: 9/23–9/29
Saturday 9/23: Dana Schwartz (that guy from your MFA program) discusses And We’re Off, her debut YA novel. B&N 82nd Street, 2 p.m., free. Sunday 9/24: D. Foy, Sarah Gerard, and Sean Doyle read...
View ArticleNotable NYC: 10/21–10/27
Saturday 10/21: Emily Bludworth de Barrios and Carlos Prince-Sanchez read poetry. Wendy’s Subway, 7 p.m., free. Joseph O. Legaspi and Phillip B. Williams join the Segue Series. Zinc Bar, 4:30 p.m.,...
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