Johanna Skibsrud http://johannaskibsrud.com Johanna Skibsrud is the author of the Giller Prize-winning The Sentimentalists (2010), and two collections of poetry: Late Nights With Wild Cowboys (2008), shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert Award; and I Do Not Think That I Could Love a Human Being (2010). Originally from Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Johanna lives in Tucson, Arizona, where she is working toward the completion of a PhD in English Literature, and on a second novel, to be published in 2013. Thu, 30 May 2013 16:16:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 US Paperback release of This Will Be Difficult to Explain, April 2013! Now available for pre-order http://johannaskibsrud.com/us-paperback-release-of-this-will-be-difficult-to-explain-april-2013-now-available-for-pre-order/ http://johannaskibsrud.com/us-paperback-release-of-this-will-be-difficult-to-explain-april-2013-now-available-for-pre-order/#comments Thu, 30 May 2013 16:16:39 +0000 johanna http://johannaskibsrud.com/?p=452  

 

Nine loosely connected, hypnotic stories about memory and desire showcase one of fiction’s bright new voices.

via This Will Be Difficult to Explain | W. W. Norton & Company.

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Johanna Skibsrud and Shane Rhodes

via Poetry Project Schedule 2013 | Atwater Library and Computer Centre.

]]> http://johannaskibsrud.com/poetry-reading-at-atwater-library-with-shane-rhodes-montreal/feed/ 0 US Paperback release! Reading along with Jamie Quatro at Antigone Books, Tucson http://johannaskibsrud.com/us-paperback-release-reading-along-with-jamie-quatro-at-antigone-books-tucson-march-29th-2013/ http://johannaskibsrud.com/us-paperback-release-reading-along-with-jamie-quatro-at-antigone-books-tucson-march-29th-2013/#comments Sat, 30 Mar 2013 03:59:05 +0000 johanna http://johannaskibsrud.com/?p=447 Johanna Skibsrud & Jamie Quatro

Event Date: Friday, March 29 at 7:00pm

via Johanna Skibsrud & Jamie Quatro | Antigone Books.

]]> http://johannaskibsrud.com/us-paperback-release-reading-along-with-jamie-quatro-at-antigone-books-tucson-march-29th-2013/feed/ 0 Reading at the Trickhouse Live series in Tucson along with Laura Hinton and David Sherman http://johannaskibsrud.com/reading-at-the-trickhouse-live-series-in-tucson-march-26th-2013-along-with-laura-hinton-and-david-sherman/ http://johannaskibsrud.com/reading-at-the-trickhouse-live-series-in-tucson-march-26th-2013-along-with-laura-hinton-and-david-sherman/#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2013 03:59:47 +0000 johanna http://johannaskibsrud.com/?p=445 Trickhouse Live: An Integrative Arts and Performance Series

w/Laura Hinton, Johanna Skibsrud, and David Sherman

via Casa Libre en la Solana.

]]> http://johannaskibsrud.com/reading-at-the-trickhouse-live-series-in-tucson-march-26th-2013-along-with-laura-hinton-and-david-sherman/feed/ 0 What is it about Canada? Review of This Will be Difficult in UK’s Daily Mail http://johannaskibsrud.com/what-is-it-about-canada-review-of-this-will-be-difficult-in-uks-daily-mail/ http://johannaskibsrud.com/what-is-it-about-canada-review-of-this-will-be-difficult-in-uks-daily-mail/#comments Sun, 17 Mar 2013 17:11:20 +0000 johanna http://johannaskibsrud.com/?p=471 What is it about Canada that keeps on producing some of the best short story writers in the world?

via SHORT STORIES | Mail Online.

]]> http://johannaskibsrud.com/what-is-it-about-canada-review-of-this-will-be-difficult-in-uks-daily-mail/feed/ 0 Johanna Skibsrud on the Limits of Thought, Feeling, Knowledge http://johannaskibsrud.com/johanna-skibsrud-on-the-limits-of-thought-feeling-knowledge/ http://johannaskibsrud.com/johanna-skibsrud-on-the-limits-of-thought-feeling-knowledge/#comments Mon, 08 Oct 2012 17:24:10 +0000 johanna http://johannaskibsrud.com/?p=443 Johanna Skibsrud on H.L.Hix’s Poetry Blog,

via inquire.

]]> http://johannaskibsrud.com/johanna-skibsrud-on-the-limits-of-thought-feeling-knowledge/feed/ 0 TSP: Johanna Skibsrud’s Simple Requirements http://johannaskibsrud.com/tsp-johanna-skibsruds-simple-requirements/ http://johannaskibsrud.com/tsp-johanna-skibsruds-simple-requirements/#comments Wed, 03 Oct 2012 01:17:31 +0000 johanna http://johannaskibsrud.com/?p=441 In the eighth in a series of posts on 2012 short story collections entered for The Story Prize, Johanna Skibsrud, author of This Will Be Difficult to Explain (W.W. Norton), discusses origins, inspiration, ideas, and obstacles.

via TSP: Johanna Skibsrud’s Simple Requirements.

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via Johanna Skibsrud.

]]> http://johannaskibsrud.com/glimmertrain/feed/ 0 ‘This Will Be Difficult to Explain,’ by Johanna Skibsrud – NYTimes.com http://johannaskibsrud.com/%e2%80%98this-will-be-difficult-to-explain%e2%80%99-by-johanna-skibsrud-nytimes-com/ http://johannaskibsrud.com/%e2%80%98this-will-be-difficult-to-explain%e2%80%99-by-johanna-skibsrud-nytimes-com/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 22:57:19 +0000 johanna http://johannaskibsrud.com/?p=434 It is this subtle mixture of melancholy and world-­historical resignation that gives Skibsrud’s collection its potency.

via ‘This Will Be Difficult to Explain,’ by Johanna Skibsrud – NYTimes.com.

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via Johanna Skibsrud a finalist for short story prize – Arts & Entertainment – CBC News.

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