THE
SWANK
HOTEL
A devastating, enthralling, and mysteriously hopeful adventure
— Renee Gladman
Lucy Corin is the author of the novel The Swank Hotel, as well as the story collections One Hundred Apocalypses and Other Apocalypses and The Entire Predicament, and the novel Everyday Psychokillers: A History for Girls. Her work has appeared in American Short Fiction, Conjunctions, Harper’s Magazine, Ploughshares, Bomb, Tin House Magazine, and the New American Stories anthology from Vintage Contemporaries. She is the recipient of an American Academy of Arts and Letters Rome Prize and a literature fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. She teaches at the University of California at Davis and lives in Berkeley.
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Interview @ West Trade Review
Thoughtful interview with D.W. White about The Swank Hotel here.
Chicago Review of Books
On their October “must read” list with some nice words. (Pls take “must” with a grain of salt, readers, no one can read this much.)
Lit Hub Excerpt
Here’s an excerpt of The Swank Hotel up at LitHub.
Nervous Breakdown Bookclub
The Swank Hotel is the pick for October, 2021.
City Arts and Lectures
Podcast interview with Daniel Handler available here.
Oral Florist, Rita Bullwinkle
My contribution to Rita Bullwinkle’s gorgeous Oral Florist project is called Coral Castle. I listen to these to help me calm down for sleep.