GBB and I had a fabulous time at the release party for McSweeney’s: 29 and First Winter from a great new indie press out of Sacramento, flatmanCROOKED. It was all very cool–ex-tranny bar in the ‘Loin, blowjob slideshows and face-meltingly good Old Fashions. But the premiere of the First Winter trailer was definitely a highlight. I love the idea of a book trailer but in my experience they’re much better in theory than in practice (cf: Jodi Picoult’s trailer for Nineteen Minutes). Well, the people at flatmanCROOKED have renewed my hopes with this:
Trailer by Miles Kittredge
How can you not want to go buy First Winter after that? Go now! It looks great. The anthology has new Borges (yes, Jorge Luis) and Ha Jin and James Bartels, Bessie Nadine Sweet, James Kaelan, Emma Straub, Thomas McCafferty, Crystal Anne Cheney, Chris Robinson, David Dumitru, and Jim O’Loughlin.
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