The Witch Press
Praise for The Witch and Other Tales Re-Told “At their best, Thompson’s stories invoke the dark homeliness of Shirley Jackson’s short fiction, with its ruefully sardonic characters whose meek exteriors conceal a stark assessment of the world’s shortcomings and hypocrisies.”— Laura Miller, New York Times Book Review “[S]hrewdly unnerving and bewitching improvisations on fairy tales… clever, […]
What I’m Reading
I was honored to give the keynote address at the annual awards banquet of the Society of Midland Authors, May 10, in Chicago, and to serve as a judge in the Adult Fiction category.
RIP Larry Woiwode
Today brings news of the death of Larry Woiwode, best known for the 1975 novel, Beyond the Bedroom Wall. Woiwode had been a student at the University of Illinois, as I had, taking classes from some of the same teachers.
The Characters’ Favorite Songs
My novel, A Cloud in the Shape of a Girl, has three generations of women characters, and each of them has a favorite song.
On Prince and Writing Sex Scenes
I wish I could write a sex scene that was half as sexy as one of Prince’s songs. No, forget half, I’d settle for a lower percentage.
Jean Recommends
In which I give brief raves of A Visit From the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan, Dan Chaon’s Await Your Reply, Both Ways is the Only Way I Want It by Maile Meloy, and Pete Rock’s My Abandonment.