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Upright Beasts

Lincoln Michel

Publisher: Coffee House Press

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Michel is the online editor of Electric Literature and has a very active and well-received online presenceStories from this collection have been placed in publications including Electric Literature, BOMB, NOON, Pushcart Prize XXXIX, Everyday Genius, Unstuck, Oxford American, Connu, Hobart, Indiana Review, The Collagist, L Magazine, Harvard Advocate, and elimae. While the book is a debut, there will be no shortage of writers for him to collaborate with on events and Michel is engaged and helpful in activating his connections to publicize the bookThe stories in Upright Beasts fall into a vein that's been very successful for us at Coffee House, and in the marketplace more generally—the darkly funny and surreal.
Available since: 10/05/2015.

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