Limited Edition Now Available
Small Beer Press is publishing a limited edition of The Book of Love in 3 states.
PW Top 10, Time 100 Best
Updated: NYT Notable Book. Vulture Best Books of the Year. NPR: Books We Love. Time included The Book of Love in their 100 Must Read Books and Publishers Weekly included it in their Top 10 Books of the Year.
The Book of Love Limited Edition
Small Beer Press is publishing a 4-volume limited edition of The Book of Love. More information here.
How Women Made Music
Kelly has a short essay, “Silly Sisters: Acid and Honey,” in NPR Music’s huge new book, How Women Made Music: A Revolutionary History from NPR Music, edited by Alison Fensterstock with a foreword from Ann Powers.
Drawn from NPR Music’s acclaimed, groundbreaking series Turning the Tables, the definitive book on the vital role of Women in Music—from Beyoncé to Odetta, Taylor Swift to Joan Baez, Joan Jett to Dolly Parton—featuring archival interviews, essays, photographs, and illustrations.
Turning the Tables, launched in 2017, has revolutionized recognition of female artists, whether it be in best album lists or in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
How Women Made Music: A Revolutionary History from NPR Music brings this impressive reshaping to the page and includes material from more than fifty years of NPR’s coverage plus newly commissioned work. A must-have for music fans, songwriters, feminist historians, and those interested in how artists think and work. . . . This incomparable hardcover volume is a vital record of history destined to become a classic and a great gift for any music fan or creative thinker.
Fall Events
Added some upcoming events to the calendar.
White Cat, Black Dog on the Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award Shortlist
White Cat, Black Dog was shortlisted for the Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award:
Bomb interview with Kevin Brockmeier
Kevin Brockmeier interviewed Kelly in the Winter 2024 issue of Bomb and an expanded version has been posted online.
Seven Finalists Named for 2024 Chautauqua Prize
The Chautauqua Institute announced that White Cat, Black Dog is one of seven finalists for this year’s Chautauqua Prize.
New Yorker Interview: Kelly Link is Committed to the Fantastic
Katy Waldman interviewed Kelly for The New Yorker:
The MacArthur-winning author on the worthwhile frivolity of the fantasy genre, how magic is and is not like a credit card, and why she hates to write but does it anyway.
Illustration by Nicholas Konrad / The New Yorker; Source photographs by Gary Doak / Alamy and Getty
Kelly in the Guardian: “The Books of My Life”
“The US author on Georgette Heyer, Bora Chung – and reciting Diana Wynne Jones by heart.”