Lori Ostlund

.@chien0121 interviewed @LoriOstlund about ARE YOU HAPPY? for @zyzzyvamag zyzzyva.org/2025/06/05/fin…

The @BookBrowse review of @LoriOstlund's ARE YOU HAPPY? is a Top Book Review on the homepage this week bookbrowse.com

"Don’t let ARE YOU HAPPY? pass you by: There’s not a word out of place in these brilliant Midwestern sketches. They’re lonesome, for sure . . . But they’re also hilarious." —@ArrowsmithUSA on @LoriOstlund's ARE YOU HAPPY? for the @washingtonpost washingtonpost.com/books/2025/06/…

I loved Christopher Lowe's review, and his interview questions were terrific. Thank you, STORY!

.@AltaJournal included @LoriOstlund's "richly conceived, highly anticipated" ARE YOU HAPPY? on their list of new releases for May altaonline.com/books/g6455412…

A story about a couple falling in love, becoming parents together, and coping in the face of unimaginable loss by Lori Ostlund (@LoriOstlund), recommended by Kristen Arnett (@Kristen_Arnett). buff.ly/CDQFBMb

★ Lori Ostlund 'After the Parade' explores queer identity and complex truths in this piercing collection. Her collection coheres with her characters’ shared need for emotional and physical safety and their desire to love and be loved. @AstraHouseBooks buff.ly/YNpW6FU

This year's great screening judges for the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction: @Iheomanwachukwu, @ShandersWrites, @CSK515, Stacie Shannon Denetsosie, Rachel Hall. Check out their books! Submit your ms starting 4/1! ugapress.org/flannery-oconn…

"[A] piercing collection . . . These stories will dazzle readers." —@PublishersWkly's starred review of @LoriOstlund's ARE YOU HAPPY? publishersweekly.com/9781662603020

ARE YOU HAPPY? by @LoriOstlund was featured in @lavmag lavendermagazine.com/our-affairs/bo…

I AM FEELING VERY EXCITED, MY HEART IS A CLOWN CAR

@richardgthomas3 Thank you! I so appreciate this note and that you will be teaching the story! If any questions arise with the students, I am very happy to answer them.

Hey @LoriOstlund loved your story in BASS, "Just Another Family." I'll be teaching it in my workshops all year long. Powerful story, really resonated with me. Congratulations.

"Ostlund proves herself a master of the form." —@KirkusReviews in their starred review of @LoriOstlund's ARE YOU HAPPY? kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/l…

Two months till pub day!! ✨ My new novel, THE IMAGINED LIFE, will be out from @AAKnopf on April 15! Preorder link in replies.

B & N has declared today (and tomorrow! and Friday!) ARE YOU HAPPY? preorder sale day. To celebrate, see below:

ARE YOU HAPPY? by @LoriOstlund is one of @ElectricLit's most anticipated queer books of spring 2025 electricliterature.com/the-most-antic…

@annbauerwriter @AndrewPorter01 @astrahousebooks I was just thinking about you, Ann! Not even a couple of weeks ago, wondering how you were, etc.

@AndrewPorter01 @LoriOstlund @astrahousebooks I loved "After the Parade."

I feel so lucky to have had the chance to read an advanced copy of this beautiful and brilliant collection of stories by one of my very favorite short story writers, @LoriOstlund, out from @astrahousebooks on May 6! Trust me, you’ll want to preorder a copy now!🙂

And one of its inaugural authors is @toniannjohnson, who won the @Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction for her linked collection LIGHT SKIN GONE TO WASTE, & this new book is a follow-up! 2/2 uknow.uky.edu/arts-culture/u…

Great news x2: a new imprint launched by Univ Press of Kentucky: "Dedicated to discovering unique, exceptional, and varied voices within Black literary traditions, the Screen Door Press Imprint will celebrate the very best in fiction across a broad range of categories." 1/2

January is application month at the Money for Women/Barbara Deming Memorial Fund! If you are working on a project in POETRY or NONFICTION, reside in the US or Canada, and write with a feminist lens, consider applying. demingfund.org/apply-pd-11.php