About the Editors

Blake Butler is the author of the novella, Ever (Calamari Press, 2009), the short story collection, Scorch Atlas (Featherproof Books, 2009), and the new novel, There is No Year (Harper Pernnial, 2011). He edits the literary journal, Lamination Colony, and co-edits, No Colony. He also co-runs the independent publishing house, Year of the Liquidator, and is the editor of the contemporary literature blog, HTMLGiant. He lives in Atlanta.

Lily Hoang was born in San Antonio, Texas, to parents who had fled Vietnam in 1975. Her first book, Parabola (2008), won the Chiasmus Press Un-Doing the Novel Contest. She is also the author of the novels Changing (Fairy Tale Review Press, 2008), The Evolutionary Revolution (Les Figues Press, 2010), and Unfinished: Stories Finished by Lily Hoang (Jaded Ibis, 2011), a collection of stories begun by other contemporary authors.

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30 Under 30: an anthology of innovative fiction by younger writers

edited by Lily Hoang
and Blake Butler

Release Date: June 1, 2011

ISBN: 978-0984213337

Price: $20.00

 

 DESCRIPTION

30 Under 30 is an anthology of thirty of the top young writers publishing fiction today, as chosen by two of our hottest young talents in fiction. Editors Blake Butler and Lily Hoang have compiled a collection of thirty stories from these thirty writers— all creating work that challenges the prevailing norms of contemporary writing. In all, 30 Under 30 gives readers a superb introduction to authors and forms that show the future of fiction.

30 Under 30 includes work from authors such as Shane Jones (Light Boxes), Matt Bell (How They Were Found), Joshua Cohen (Witz and A Heaven of Others), Joanna Ruocco (The Mothering Coven), and Kathleen Rooney (Live Nude Girl) and twenty-five others breaking ground, many publishing with smaller publishers.

 

CONTRIBUTORS

Danielle Adair, Matt Bell, Kristina Born, Ryan Call, Joshua Cohen, Beth Couture, Zach Dodson, Ryan Downey & Ian Davisson, Jaclyn Dwyer, Andrew Farkas, Rachel Glaser, Adam Good, Devin Gribbons, Evelyn Hampton, Shane Jones, Sean Kilpatrick, Christina Kloess, Andrea Kneeland, Rebecca Jean Kraft, Michael J. Lee, Conor Madigan, Megan Milks, Brian Oliu, Kathleen Rooney & Elisa Gabbert, Joanna Ruocco, Todd Seabrook, Angi Becker Stevens, Michael Stewart, James Yeh, and Mike Young.