Marguerite Sheffer
@mlensheffer
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BlueSky now: https://t.co/0OVCRK52MX THE MAN IN THE BANANA TREES (Nov 2024, Iowa Short Fiction Award from @UIowaPress) Cofounder @thirdlanternlit
New Orleans, LA
Joined November 2014
“The fog is unreasonable—thick and too chilly for summer—on my morning bike ride to Bertha’s Breakfast Buffet, where I’m lead server and manager.“ Read from @mlensheffer’s new story collection, The Man in the Banana Trees. https://t.co/cpllxkagHe
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The fog is unreasonable—thick and too chilly for summer—on my morning bike ride to Bertha’s Breakfast Buffet, where I’m lead server and manager. When I cross the bridge to town, it feels like I’m a…
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.@CECordasco interviewed @mlensheffer on Rejection, Experimentation, the Power of Short Stories, and Her Debut Collection, “The Man in the Banana Trees” 🌴 Read here ↓ https://t.co/ox4rCho6Nu
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Pete is thrilled to share these episodes with the stellar @mlensheffer, @carvellwallace, @lydiakiesling, @KeithOB, @daxdev, @DanGutmanBooks, and David Ebenbach! All episodes: https://t.co/BquYoD4A37 Listen to this wk's episode, w/ Fernanda Trías: https://t.co/L4eiQXvb3Y
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I loved talking to Vanessa about her weird, smart, funny, feminist climate novel. Go read The Flat Woman.
Vanessa Saunders (@postcardsfrmv) on why we need new ways to think and talk about stories of violence against women (interview by @RachelTaube)
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Short story collections are too often overlooked, so we’re highlighting some of our favorite debut collections of the year!
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When @JamilJanKochai talks, Pete is listening! Re: @mlensheffer The Man in the Banana Trees, Jamil wrote: “[It] kicks ass. Every story is a surprise.” What a dynamite collection-the skill, varied storylines, and endings left Pete reeling & still reflecting. Episode up Dec 3!
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Due to things getting all Nazi-lite on this site, we have gone ahead and moved somewhere, where the skies are bluer :)
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But while we are here... Our next event is this Friday 11/22 at Sports Drink! We will be there from 12 PM to 2 PM, getting some words on the page and socializing with peers. We hope to see you there :)
Due to things getting all Nazi-lite on this site, we have gone ahead and moved somewhere, where the skies are bluer :)
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"That’s the question Damon (Earth-X) and Marissa (Earth-Y) were tasked with answering, but they were busy eye-fucking each other." New short fiction today by @DeeCherryWriter : "What Happens What Happens When a Planet Falls From the Sky?" ☄️ https://t.co/2j05ZPO1av
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Here are The Best Debut Books of 2024 (So Far) according to @vitcavage. Ft. @christinajcooke, @andymintan, @vanjchan, @alex___tanner, @borywrites, @pulomeow, @frumpenberg, @JessieRenM, @laurachowfun, @melmogollon, @temim, and more! https://t.co/OdkOFkon3r
debutiful.net
Read Debutiful’s Best Debut Books of 2024 end-of-year list here. Debutiful has covered more books than ever before in a six-month period. Coverage for 2024 started almost a year ago when PDFs…
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For her @lithub column, NBCC Co-Vice President/Events @janeciab talked craft with @mlensheffer, whose "The Man in the Banana Trees" won the Iowa Short Fiction Award:
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Book two coming Feb 2026. Novella debut. First Publishers Marketplace announcement. Dumbfounded. Thank you @splitlippress 📹👻🐙🧜♀️🧛🧟
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Add a November new release to your TBR list! https://t.co/lQBHxN6OYU
southernreviewofbooks.com
A roundup of books with Southern connections released in November 2024.
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Today the @randolphmfa is thrilled to welcome poet and artist Shira Erlichman as a guest faculty member for the coming winter residency and spring term. Welcome to Randolph MFA, @sheer_awe !!!
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.@mlensheffer 's #IowaShortFiction award winner is a continuous speculative surprise with ghosts, a love triangle among scientific researchers, Unicorn tapestries, an artists’ colony in the Gulf South, a tiger, and a yellow ball python. https://t.co/2aXg4RAwUN via @lithub
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“Where were you when you learned you had won this year’s Iowa Short Fiction award?” was my first question for Marguerite Sheffer. “I was at work, in a team meeting at my day-job, at Tulane Universi…
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.@mlensheffer talks to @janeciab about symbolism, writing across time, and crafting the short story. https://t.co/vqFAr1hsoH
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“Where were you when you learned you had won this year’s Iowa Short Fiction award?” was my first question for Marguerite Sheffer. “I was at work, in a team meeting at my day-job, at Tulane Universi…
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Full cover reveal and TOC for Issue 147! Original fiction by @RaeBolt, Rachael Severino, @DeeCherryWriter, @avramargariti, @GAAshley1. Flash fiction winners @parkeriswriting and @JuneWhiteWrites. https://t.co/pmOwh2fd2w 1/2🧵
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I’ve been selected to read from “French Quarter Saints” at this event. Come on by!
Next TLL event coming up: Performing your prose! Our community outreach director, Daphne, will be hosting a live reading and open mic workshop on Saturday at Beanlandia from 2 to 4. We hope to see y’all there :)
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We deserve great books by great writers. Here are our favorite November debut books! Ft. @wheatfu, @_patriciacoral_, @mlensheffer, @JZabalbeascoa, @postcardsfrmv, @CherryLouSy, and more! https://t.co/t7OaSCsGO0
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