The news cycle since my last post has been so fast and furious, it’s been difficult to find the mental space to try to write anything new lately. That’s why I’m so happy that something else furious is about to explode into the world now: a brand-spanking-new anthology, Furious Gravity, set to launch next month. There will be a virtual launch event through Politics and Prose bookstore on May 10 at 3:00 PM ET. Want to join us? Register here!
“Furious Gravity is the long-awaited ninth volume of the “Grace and Gravity” series, a literary journal devoted to women writers in the DC region. This volume will be the second edited by Melissa Scholes Young, a DC writer and associate professor at American University, who has taken over from founder Richard Peabody (Gargoyle and Paycock Press). Scholes Young delivers a gorgeous and vivid volume of fifty vibrant voices. Her vision for the ninth volume is a platform in which women write about the gravitational forces that bind them together or push them apart. Fury is useful fuel as they respond to a world they wish was more just. Amidst the darkness provided in generous and unrelenting doses by the current political climate, this collection delivers a compilation of stories and essays with undeniable pull – and, of course, grace.”
And for some miraculous reason, they’ve decided to include my short story, “Control,” in this collection! I am beyond grateful and excited–I’m actually careening straight into Sally Field territory. I’m so humbled to be considered part of this community of fierce, brilliant, passionate women writers. It feels just about as unreal to me as our continuing quarantine does at times, so I can’t wait–CANNOT WAIT–to get my hot, little, disbelieving hands on my copy, just to prove to myself that yes, it’s real, this is really happening.
Many thanks to our editor, Melissa Scholes Young, for making this beautiful collection a reality. You are a bright, furious star to so many of us; I’m utterly beholden to you for your faith in my work.
WATCH THE FURIOUS GRAVITY TRAILER HERE
REGISTER TO ATTEND THE FURIOUS GRAVITY (VIRTUAL) LAUNCH PARTY HERE
PRE-ORDER/ORDER YOUR COPY HERE
Dear Julia:
Congratulations for publication of “Control” to appear in Grace and Gravity!
That is wonderful and I intend to buy the 9th volume of Grace and Gravity.
Stay safe and all my best,
Jane Hegstrom
Thank you so much, Jane! I’ve just started reading my copy and it is stunning. Hope you enjoy it! There will be some virtual readings coming up this week, one through Politics & Prose and another through Readings on the Pike. They should be wonderful! Stay well! Julia