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Emily Pease presents Let Me Out Of Here

June 8 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Free
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In her debut collection, Emily W. Pease is at work redefining the short story. Let Me Out Here explores the underbellies and strange desires of our neighbors, our loved ones, ourselves. A co-ed takes up with a with a mysterious cab driver who’s been calling every night on her dormitory’s hall phone; a family isolated by their faith hikes to a waterfall in search of healing; a mother sets her balcony on fire after an awkward family dinner; a woman befriends the snakes her preacher boyfriend keeps in their shed. This revealing collection offers a deep empathy for people doing the best they can, despite themselves.

Spread over varied landscapes of the South and offering surprising moments of raw revelation, the characters here find themselves at crossroads or alone on an empty street at night. With Let Me Out Here, Pease joins the ranks of Mary Gaitskill, Ottessa Moshfegh, and Kelly Link, and adds to their tradition a deft, singular style and a voice as darkly funny as it is exacting.
Let Me Out Here is the 2018 winner of the C. Michael Curtis Short Story Book Prize.

Emily Pease graduated from the University of North Carolina with a degree in English and a concentration in journalism. She went on to receive an MA from Virginia Tech and an MFA in Writing from Warren Wilson College. Her stories have appeared in the Missouri Review, the Georgia Review, Shenandoah, Crazyhorse, the Alaska Quarterly Review, Narrative, and Witness. After teaching for many years at the College of William & Mary, she now teaches writing to veterans through the Armed Services Arts Partnership, where she also serves as a member of their arts council. She is currently beginning a novel about logging the last forests of West Virginia. She lives in Williamsburg, VA.

Emily Pease will be joined by Joanna Pearson when she visits McIntyre’s.

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Date:
June 8
Time:
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Cost:
Free
Event Category:
Literary Arts
Event Tags:
author, Author reading, authors, books, literature, McIntyre's Books
Website:
https://fearrington.com/mcintyres-books/

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McIntyre’s Books
Phone:
919-542-3030
Email:
books@fearrington.com
Website:
http://www.fearrington.com/mcintyres-books/

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Yes
Is this event kid-friendly?
Yes
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Yes

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McIntyre’s Books
2000 Fearrington Village Center
Pittsboro, 27312 United States
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Phone:
919-542-3030
Website:
http://www.fearrington.com/mcintyres-books/

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