Announcing the 1st Annual Literary Advent Calendar, for heathens, nerds, and believers alike! I’ll be reading one story/poem/essay a day for 25 days and sharing the deets here and on Twitter. Also looking for any and all suggestions, and will share your recommendations for favorite literary works from 2016 and beyond with the masses. Leave a comment, send me a message, Tweet at me, whatever it is, don’t be shy.
Happy reading and joyous wishes for 2016 to you. May you get all the books your geeky heart desires.
–KAR
2016 Literary Advent Calendar
Day 1: “Post a Pic” by Emily Sinclair in Monkeybicycle
Day 2: “Isabelle” by George Saunders in Indiana Review 17. 1 (and also in CivilWarLand in Bad Decline: Stories & a Novella)
Day 3: “DM if you #REPENT” by Allison Pinkerton in The Pinch
Day 4: “Guided Tour” by Miller Williams in Southern Humanities Review, Volume 1.1, Spring 1967
Day 5: “Of Windows and Doors” by Mohsin Hamid in The New Yorker (Nov 14, 2016)
Day 6: “Breaking the Horse” by Kerry Cullen in Catapult
Day 7: “The Prospects” by Michelle Seaton in One Story Mag
Day 8: “Not Trash Day” by Claire Eder in Colorado Review
Day 9: “Trespassing” by Nghiem Tran in The Offing
Day 10: “still life with the accent” by Safia Elhillo in The Collagist
Day 11: “Cleaning Deposit” by Molly Giles in Superstition Review
Day 12: “Interesting Facts” by Adam Johnson in Harpers
Day 13: “Please Bury Me in This” by Allison Benis White in POETS.org
Day 14: “Interior with Storm System” by Emily Geminder in Passages North
Day 15: “Cruelty-Free” by Conor Bracken in Nashville Review
Day 16: “Letter from Majorca” by J.D. Daniels in The Paris Review
Day 17: “Diabetic Jeffrey” by Jennifer Givhan in Adroit Journal
Day 18: “Dirt” by Rushing Pittman in Booth
Day 19: “Iconography” by Ayse Papatya Bucak in the Iowa Review
Day 20: “Condition” by Erica Dawson in the Bennington Review
Day 21: “Mandarini” by Douglas W. Milliken in Matchbook
Day 22: “Riddle” by Jericho Brown in the Georgia Review
Day 23: “My Friend Diane” by Emily Flouton in SmokeLong
Day 24: “Kathleen, or Ryan” by Bobby Fischer in Outlook Springs
Day 25: “Ledger” by Debra Allbery in Kenyon Review