Kevin Sampsell

It’s almost over, folks. The nightmare that was 2016 is coming to a halt. Sure, there were a few good things but let’s be real–society and the world lost its shit.

But let’s try to spin back to some good stuff. A few things I feel good about lately…

I talked about some of my fave books of the year for this Portland Mercury roundup.

I also talked about hyping the new Mary Ruefle beauty at Publishers Weekly.

This book by one of my new favorite writers (you’ll be hearing about her more in 2017 for sure).

Joe Bonomo finds some sweet nostalgia in A Common Pornography and Bruce Springsteen’s memoir. 

This cool new book about collage.

Fear No Lit asked me to make a collage with this weird stock photo and Jamie Mortara wrote an awesome poem to go with it.

The beautiful movie Moonlight.

A new season of Nashville!!

I’m keeping busy with more Future Tense releases–the Meredith Alling books is fresh out the oven and Gary Lutz is coming SOON!

Okay, folks. Let’s catch up again soon. Hopefully after all this cold and gloom goes away.