Mississippi Review Movie Issue
April 7th, 2008
We’re proud to present the April issue of the Mississippi Review Web, dedicated to fiction inspired by the movies. Check it out at MississippiReview.com or go straight to the pdf download. Featuring:
- Brandon Scott Gorrell: Godzilla
- Colin Bassett: Dance Party, U.S.A.
- Emma Garman: Talking with Françoise Sagan
- John Minichillo: Nearly Here
- Katherine A. Gleason: Fred Astaire Refuses
- Lori Romero: Rockfall
- Meghan Austin: Requiem for an Almost Lady
- Myfanwy Collins: Verbatim
A Tale of Three Neigborhoods
November 10th, 2006
In the Queens Chronicle today, Marcy tells blatant untruths about life in Astoria. Last night, she could be found at Kelly Braffet’s reading on the Upper East Side and partying down in SoHo at the annual Housing Works Gin Mingle. That Marcy! You never know where she’ll turn up next!
[tags]marcy, twins, interview, newspaper, queens, astoria, party, reading, kelly braffet, upper east side, nyc[/tags]
In the Flesh
October 18th, 2006
It was one of those downtown nights that go a long way toward justifying the absurd rent we pay: as part of an epic lineup, Marcy read at Rachel Kramer Bussel’s In the Flesh series at Happy Ending. There were Victorian choose-your-own-sex adventure novelists, Stephen Elliott, Mo Beasley’s UrbanErotika poet’s posse, and somebody simply known as the Pussy Miner.
My favorite reader I’m not married to was Jami Attenberg, whose story “Catch and Release” you can read at Nerve.com. Also seen eating cupcakes in the dark red recesses of Happy Ending: Lisa, Nichelle, Jolene, and Dan Alford. Here’s a little video of Marcy, which I hope you enjoy–I had to throw pornographic magazines at interfering paparazzi to get it. I’m not proud of this, but it’s true.
Later, we crashed the second open bar of the week, some kind of movie party for a shoot down the block, there was champagne and rumors of Hollywood stars. Night of the Hunter played on a wall and Jami introduced us to Indochina-bound John, Alternadad Neal Pollack, and the MacArthur-winning mastermind behind Diner Dash.
We got a ride home from Christen Clifford, who had read a piece about getting locked out of her apartment with a breastfeeding baby in one hand and a vibrator in the other. And here’s the last name I’ll drop in this post: on our way out, Marcy ran into Helen Hunt and handed her a copy of Twins. It was a decidedly Shortbus kind of night–sane and permeable.
[tags]nyc, reading, marcy, jurgen, books, sex, happyending, erotica, robert mitchum, helen hunt, rachel kramer bussel, cupcakes, stephen elliott, neal pollack, jami attenberg, christen clifford, breastfeeding, poetry, vibrators, youtube, video, paparazzi, namedropping, partycrashing, chinatown, linkfest, mo beasley, muckfilm[/tags]
Twins Paperback
October 18th, 2006
With pride-swelled heart much like the one depicted on the splashy new cover, it is my pleasure to announce that the Twins paperback is out in the U.S. today. Grab a copy or three and support your favorite film critic slash beach-lovin’ novelist. HarperCollins throws their corporate weight behind Marcy with an online author interview and a reading guide. She’s going to be reading at Happy Ending again tomorrow night, but word has it there won’t be any unicycles this time around. More at Marcy’s site and on MySpace.
