03/07/2023
Elizabeth Ellen | Tadpoles
Tadpoles by Elizabeth Ellen
A poem about an unstable relationship.
Tadpoles by Elizabeth Ellen
A poem about an unstable relationship.
from "Poems from the Dutch"
Excerpts from Poems from the Dutch.
"Heated Political Debate Between Two Friends"
A story about bickering at a barbeque.
"Ronnie" by Clancy Martin
A story about family and conflict and anger and violence from the 2002 issue of NOON.
http://muumuuhouse.com/rb.01dec2022.html
A story about a boy named Daniel.
https://muumuuhouse.com/wlt.23nov2022.html
A story about the future, and a story about a conversation among friends.
http://muumuuhouse.com/eoc.17nov2022.html
A story about grinning, jealousy, a relationship, a convenience store, and city-life.
http://muumuuhouse.com/md.10nov2022.html
A novella excerpt about a relationship between Max, Information-Technology specialist, and Linh, an actress and the co-host of a podcast called Asian Hate.
http://muumuuhouse.com/zbm.07nov2022.html
A story about soup, salt, intentionality, effort, and breaking up.
two stories by Sam McAlilly
Stories about su***de, shotguns, school, computers, the internet, singing, a library, and a garden.
"Sky Burial" by Katie Frank
A story set at a Tibetan Buddhist meditation center in Vermont and five years later in New York City.
an excerpt of Alan Rossi's novel "Our Last Year"
An excerpt from Alan Rossi's second novel, Our Last Year, published in 2022 by Prototype Publishing.
"Liver" by Jordan Castro
A story about two people eating beef liver together while discussing their experience of it.
"Flowers" by Anika Jade
A story set in Manhattan that includes a second date, a loft, a play, and InfoWars.
"Karen's Tote Bag" by Zoe Dubno
A story about s*x, s*x technology, a Moomin tote bag, and a dog.
"Gloria Naylor's Island" by Robert McCready
A story containing investigative journalism into Gloria Naylor's last book, a novel titled 1996.
two poems by Elizabeth Ellen
Poems about lies, codependency, addicts, Jesus' Son, the New Yorker, and poetry.
a story by Myles Zavelo
A story about Adderall, parents, school, relationships, and change.
six poems by Katie Frank
Poems about a brother, babysitting, a pothead, a Jesus year, and laughter.
A review of Everything Is Totally Fine at Full Stop.
If there is one thing Smith’s time capsule of Americana can teach us is to listen to our dreams and nightmares and allow them to prompt new ways of living.
An excerpt of The Novelist by Jordan Castro.
An excerpt from Jordan Castro's succulent first novel, The Novelist, out June 14, 2022 from Soft Skull Press.
three stories by Nathan Dragon
Stories about a phone number, pet fences, juice, and rainy days.
Zac Smith on the Otherppl podcast.
Zac Smith is the author of the debut story collection Everything is Totally Fine, available from Muumuu House.
Sponge Cake by Madeline Cash
A story about a Mom, birdwatching, eggshells, rapists, Connecticut, a landscaper, a daughter, and a dog.
Everything is Totally Fine is back in stock at Small Press Distribution in a second printing. Also, it is the second-best-selling fiction at SPD for February/March.
Everything Is Totally Fine An exciting and surreal book of refreshingly weird stories about depression, sadness, ennui, and confusion.EVERYTHING IS TOTALLY FINE is a collection of surreal and inventive stories ranging from six sentences to eight pages. Even though its mai...
"[Zac] Smith may well be our catcher in the rye, or Miss Lonelyhearts, that body out there to prevent the wayward from falling off the ledge of the figurative cornfield and/or personals page."
Two offbeat talents who capture the pulsing crux of living in our capitalist wasteland....
Zac Smith on KCRW's Bookworm with Michael Silverblatt.
Zac Smith’s “Everything is Totally Fine” creates intense emotions in small space — and inspired special guest Tao Lin to awaken his Muumuu House imprint after a ten year slumber.
https://bombmagazine.org/articles/zac-smith-interviewed/
On the limits of storytelling, discussed via Google docs.
https://litreactor.com/interviews/zac-smith-maybe-i-think-it-just-feels-fun
Gabriel Hart interviews Zac Smith about his new collection,
Normal/Fine/F**ked: Zac Smith Interviewed by Crow Jonah Norlander - BOMB Magazine
On the limits of storytelling, discussed via Google docs.
Everything Is Totally Fine by Zac Smith is officially out today! It's our first book in 10.25 years. It's a collection of 69 stories that have been called "Kmart realism at its weirdest," "fun, fu**ed, fine," and "refreshingly bold and insane."
http://muumuuhouse.com/zacsmith.html
"Agree" by Zac Smith
A story from Everything Is Totally Fine (2022) about voting, confusion, and the president.
three poems by Rachel B. Glaser
Poems about romance, friends, an alien, and a party.
We published 17 things in 2021:
Ghosts by Brad Phillips The Dog by Stacey Levine two stories by W***y Miwa Genesis by Lily Arnell I'm Not Here to Commit Any Crimes by Zac Smith Rainbow by Precious Okoyomon Omens, Portents, Comets by...
A review of Everything Is Totally Fine at New Pages.
Book Review by Katy Haas. Zac Smith wants you to know that everything is totally fine. Or maybe it’s totally fu**ed. Or maybe it’s totally normal. Or maybe it’s somehow all three at once. Forthcoming Everything Is Totally Fine is a collection of flash fiction presented in three sections: “Ev...
Ghosts by Brad Phillips
A story about a fire, a friend, two murders, the Buddha, and the spirit world.
An interview with Zac Smith re Everything Is Totally Fine.
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