SINGER DISTANCE Events
October 15, 2022: In-person reading at Fresno LitHop “Our Place in the Universe, Our Place in the World.” Labrynth Art Collective, Fresno, CA. 4:00-4:45 p.m. PT
October 22, 2022: In-person event in conversation with Ethan Chatagnier. Book Passage (Ferry Building) San Francisco, CA 3:00 p.m. PT
October 27, 2022: In-person event in conversation with Ana Reyes. Skylight Books, Los Angeles, CA 7:00 p.m. PT
November 2, 2022: Virtual event in conversation with Erika Swyler. Mysterious Galaxy Books, 6:00 p.m. PT
November 14, 2022: Virtual event in conversation with Stephanie Feldman and Aimee Pokwatka. Literati Bookstore. 4-5 p.m. PT
February 16, 2022: In-person event at Reedly College, Reedley, CA, 7 p.m. PT
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-Thank you to Michael Czyzniejewski for this thoughtful look at a few stories from Warnings at his Story366 blog: https://story366blog.wordpress.com/2020/01/10/january-10-2020-as-long-as-the-laughter-by-ethan-chatagnier/ “Chatagnier’s psychic distance feels far and high, as if narrated from a ledge atop a tall mountain at the edge of town… His creativity is as eclectic as any writer I’ve covered, but he’s got this voice down, an original read that challenged and satisfied me at the same time.”
-I really appreciate this deeply engaged and thought review of Warnings from the Future by Joe Sacksteder in the Kenyon Review: https://www.kenyonreview.org/reviews/warnings-from-the-future-by-ethan-chatagnier-738439/
-This essay by Laura Spence-Ash at CRAFT Literary examines two stories fromWarnings from the Future and how they use fragments for their narrative structure
-At Necessary Fiction, Avee Chaudhuri writes in his review that “Warnings from the Future, cover to cover, is a fantastic collection…. Chatagnier’s prose is at once elegant and conversational. More importantly, his characters are recognizable figures attempting to grapple with the world in constructive and thoughtful ways. What Chatagnier ultimately offers are insightful portraits of employees, grieving family members, decent cops, students and neighbors, i.e. real stakeholders in society, searching dearly for the humanity lost in the system. It is an enviable debut.”
-At The Millions, I wrote an essay called “When the Wreckage is in the Writer: On Creating Death and Disaster.” It’s an appreciation of David Means, and a consideration of this strange line from his collection Assorted Fire Events: “I don’t want anyone to die in my stories anymore.”
-I wrote this guest post for the Cincinnati Review blog about difficult-to-play and unplayable piano compositions: https://www.cincinnatireview.com/contributor/ethan-chatagnier-on-unplayable-music/
-Soniah Kamal interviewed me about my story "Every Face Was in the Crowd" for the Five Points blog: http://fivepoints.gsu.edu/confab-contributor-ethan-chatagnier/