Alison Shay
@AlisonMShay
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Publicity Manager @UWiscPress, working remotely from NC. Rescue dog mom & volunteer. Nature junkie. Book nerd. She/her. Opinions are my own.
Chapel Hill, NC
Joined October 2014
Our fall catalog is available! Featuring new books from @JefferiesSam4, @suzette_mullen, @bpladek, @michaeldhyne, @kmhedeen, @oliviamlott, @khazanov, and more . . . plus new paperbacks from @PatriciaSkalka, @mroyUPN, and more! To browse the full catalog: https://t.co/yXVQEhLJQV
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“A winning combination of history, magic, and science”—thank you, @KirkusReviews, for this fabulous review of @bpladek's debut novel, Dry Land! Full review: https://t.co/30Fi0NAbao Coming to bookstores September 26, 2023--and available for preorder now!
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Vacation day in Door County—a perfect ending to my much-too-brief WI road trip!
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Perfect weather for an evening stroll to end the first day of my visit to Madison!
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Nothing makes this girl happier than a long walk on a sunny weekend morning ☀️
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A beautiful sight: the first @UWiscPress galleys of Fall 2023! @bpladek’s debut novel will be out this September 🎉
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If you’re at #AWP23 in Seattle, stop by booth #1222 to visit with my colleagues and check out lots of wonderful books! Lots of book signings on the schedule, too!
We're excited to be at #AWP23! If you're in Seattle, please drop by booth #1222 to say hi to @dlbookman and Julia Knecht and check out some of our new books! If you're not in Seattle, you can still check out the virtual exhibit w/ discount code AWP23UWISC: https://t.co/nTHqkmDBUE
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Congratulations to Wisconsin Poetry Prize winners Tacey Atsitty, @michaeldhyne, and @NickJLantz, and finalists @LFCoutley, @el_saulhdez, and Daniel Khalastchi! We can’t wait for these wonderful collections! Read more: https://t.co/UjhFICxpHY
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🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to Alison Townsend, author of THE GREEN HOUR, and all the amazing finalists!
Congratulations to the finalists for the 2023 PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay: Jhumpa Lahiri, Peter Orner (@Peter_Orner), David Sedaris, Judith Thurman and Alison Townsend. #PENLitAwards
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We're delighted to see Rebecca Webster's IN DEFENSE OF SOVEREIGNTY (Feb. 14) on this list--in great company! Many thanks to @karlajstrand and @MsMagazine!
Just when you thought your TBR couldn't get any bigger... February's Reads for the Rest of Us is here @msmagazine! https://t.co/AI2IdDbtBj
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We are absolutely delighted to see Alison Townsend's THE GREEN HOUR included on @PENamerica's 2023 longlist for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay! Full list:
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PEN America is honored to announce the longlists for the 2023 PEN America Literary Awards, awarding over $350,000 to writers and translators.
We're honored to announce the longlist for the 2023 PEN/DIAMONSTEIN-SPIELVOGEL AWARD FOR THE ART OF THE ESSAY, which recognizes a writer whose collection of essays expands on their corpus of work & preserves the art form of the essay: https://t.co/f47C2ThEO7
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These two ❤️ @UWiscPress publicity-dogs checking in and wishing everyone a good afternoon. @DAupresses
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Year-end fun from @ElectricLit! Love seeing the cover of @earthandstars Girl’s Guide to Leaving on here—art by Ale de la Torre and design by @jackshoegazer!
It’s time to help us decide the best book cover of 2022! Today is round one, and we have 16 book cover battles. Cast your vote in the polls below! 👇
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Mark your calendars! Many thanks to @Malaprops for hosting:
I’m reading with two of my literary heroes 🥹 you do not want to miss this!
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Our spring/summer 2023 catalog is now available! Featuring books by @OthmannRonya (translated by Gary Schmidt), @StephenSchotte2, @BySarahLayden, @joshuaburton23, @racettecampbell, @BernathJulie, and many more . . . plus an audiobook from @PatriciaSkalka!
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Delighted to see Mary Alice Hostetter's PLAIN (out today!) included in @LambdaLiterary's Most Anticipated LGBTQIA+ Books publishing in December!
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Read local! Wisconsin authors published terrific books in 2022. I featured some in @isthmus. @maggieginsberg @iamrrcampbell @MaryWimmer4 @temne @jerryapps @LindsayC608 @PatriciaSkalka @Boldtdog @AlexBledsoe @anna_lardinois @rconniff @rikam99
isthmus.com
Thrillers, biography, comic novels, short stories, we’ve got it all!
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We're excited to host the #AUPresses2022 Traveling Book, Jacket, & Journal Show through the end of January!
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Delighted to see Mary Alice Hostetter's PLAIN: A MEMOIR OF MENNONITE GIRLHOOD included in December's Reads for the Rest of Us @MsMagazine, in such good company. Thanks, @karlajstrand!
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