Portland Mercury Review of People Like You

Reviewer Joshua James Amberson of the Portland Mercury had this, among other things, to say about People Like You:

“Malone’s writing could be seen as a close cousin to the work of Tom Drury, Mary Robison, or Denis Johnson—stories that casually draw you in and leave you wanting more. People Like You feels like being let in on a secret that won’t stay secret for long.”

Big thanks to him for such an awesome review and for supporting Portland’s small presses and writers.

Go here to read the full review.

 

Largehearted Boy Playlist

By some incredible miracle I was afforded the opportunity to put together a playlist for PEOPLE LIKE YOU at the literary giant site Largehearted Boy.

Don’t ask me how this happened. Being the kooky mad music fan that I am, I can’t believe my good luck.

I’m still pinching myself.

To read about the songs I selected for each story, go to Largehearted Boy.

To skip all that blabbering and just listen to the playlist on Spotify, go here.

Hope you hear something you like.

 

Shelf Awareness: Image of the Day

Don’t ask me how, but the stars aligned and Shelf Awareness Pro used this cool photo of me reading at Wordstock: Portland’s Book Festival in front of the beautiful painting by Moses Soyer, Girl With a Cigarette, as their Image of the Day.

Lucky and grateful both.

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Wordstock 2015

Many thanks to the folks who braved the endless rain, wet crowds, and acres of overwhelmed book fans to attend Wordstock 2015. Despite some potential areas for improvement (don’t we all have those), the festival still felt like a huge success. I thought it was incredible to pair literature with visual art in downtown Portland.

Also, I had the privilege of reading one of the stories from People Like You beside this fantastic painting by Moses Soyer, “Girl With A Cigarette.” I won’t forget this.

Hope you found some goodness in the day too.

Late Night Library Book Club – Deadline for inaugural book is Nov 6

Late Night Library, the hub of all things literary and full of goodness, has started a monthly book club – they’ll send you a just released, debut book in the mail every month, hand-wrapped with a sprig of rosemary if I’m not mistaken – for the low, low subscription price of $9.99/month. Every other month, they’ll throw in a free book too because they are just that kind of awesome.

The selections will be weighted toward indie publishers, titles by authors of color and women authors, and they’re always debut books.

There is absolutely no good reason for you not to join. I did!

xo

Connotation Press Interview

The kind folks at Connotation Press are featuring PEOPLE LIKE YOU in their November issue of Crazy Rabbit Review. There’s an interview with me about how the book came to be, among other questions, as well as a video reading of the title story, and a re-printing of the story itself.

Thanks so much to feature editor Meg Tuite and editor-in-chief Ken Robidoux for the chance to talk about the book.

People Like You Book Trailer Is Up!

Many thanks to filmmaker (and all around awesome man) Brian Padian for creating such a beautiful trailer, and thanks to 31Knots for permission to use “Take Away the Landscape” from their album Worried Well. The photos used in the trailer were all my photographs taken over the years, with the exception of one (young me & young Brian asleep, holding hands) that was taken by Corrina Repp.

Take two minutes and three seconds to check it out. I’d be most grateful.

Hang in!

M

 

The ARCs are here!

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Advanced reading copies (ARCs) are in for PEOPLE LIKE YOU. One of my literary heroes, Tom Spanbauer, had this to say about the collection:

Every story is flawlessly told, the reader brought to the knees again and again by luxurious moments of intimacy and estrangement. … And did I mention hilarious?

Look back here for info on a pre-order campaign starting this summer. Book out November 2015.