Praise for Junk Shop Window
"We trust him, as his writing lets us know we are in good hands." Diane Gottlieb's review of Junk Shop Window in Hippocampus Magazine sparkles with praise for Patterson's craft. Gottlieb joins Charles Rammelkamp of the Hopkins Review and Patricia Ann McNair of the Washington Independent Review of Books in the glowing conversation around ASP's latest publication. Make sure to order your copy of Junk Shop Window: Essays on Myth, Life, and Literature to see what the critics are raving about!
Launch party for Already Gone: Forty Stories of Running Away
Hannah Grieco hosts this reading and launch party, featuring contributors Matt Cantor, Lilly Dancyger, Aubrey Hirsch, Emily James, K.C. Mead-Brewer, and Kathleen McKitty Harris. Cocktails, book sales, and signings.
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Hannah Grieco hosts this reading and launch party, featuring contributors Matt Barret, Demisty Bellinger, Deesha Philyaw, Zach Powers, Amber Sparks, and Michael B. Tager. Wine, snacks, book sales, and signings.
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