08/24: Brooklyn Magazine interviewed me for their 100 Most Influential People in Brooklyn Culture series about editing and being "a master of where literary culture and the internet meet."
07/18: I interviewed one of my favorite writers, Joy Williams, for VICE.
07/06: A very nice and smart review from Kenyon Review for Upright Beasts: "In their omnivorous approach to genre and form, these twenty-four stories testify to literary fiction’s continued shift into the strange."
07/05: The Colorado Review says Upright Beasts is "a debut whose great strength is a changeability that keeps the pages turning as it veers from lucidity to madness and back again."
6/30: I wrote three book list essays recently. One on fictional cities in literature at The Towner, one on novels you should read based on your favorite Game of Thrones character at Men's Journal, and summer reading suggestions at The Thrillest.
5/26: A story from Upright Beasts was chosen for 17 Stellar Short Stories By Contemporary Writers at Huffington Post.
05/17: I wrote about cafe writing and cafe procrastination for Catapult
4/13: I wrote about literary fairy tales and the power of non-realist writing for The Guardian
3/15: The Collagist says Upright Beasts is "a lovely, finally genreless, collection, and one that is sure to continue finding an eager audience."
3/01: Named one of the 100 Most Influential People in Brooklyn Culture by Brooklyn Magazine: "Lincoln Michel is a master of where literary culture and the internet meet."
1/25: An insightful and nice
review from Strange Horizons: "If sometimes you sit and think about "The School" by Donald Barthelme and wish more stories were like that, then this is probably the book you've been waiting for.
1/05: Roxane Gay says Upright Beasts "reminded me of the absolute wonder great fiction creates"!
12/31: I've got a new science fiction story about dystopia and Donald Trump up at Vice's Motherboard.
12/27: Upright Beasts named one of the best literary debuts of 2015 by Buzzfeed Books and new reviews from Entropy Mag and the Minnesota Star Tribune.
12/15: It's end-of-year list time. So far, Upright Beasts has been named a best book by Buzzfeed, The Fader, and Entropy among some very fine company.
12/14: I talk about Kobo Abe and Italo Calvino at The Millions.
11/30: You can read the archive of my Reddit AMA.
11/13: My list of great genre-bending books for Publisher's Weekly.
11/12: I wrote about the processes of writing and publishing a collection for Blunderbuss.
11/10: I have an in-depth and wide-ranging interview about genre, diversity, and writing at The Believer Logger.
10/30: A comic strip review of Upright Beasts!
10/28: "Colony" published at The Literary Hub, and a nice review from KGB Bar Lit Journal: "A praiseworthy debut collection. It will haunt you long after the beasts have returned to the shadows."
10/26: Fiction Advocate has a very nice review that uses the phrase "megadose of bonafide classics" and says the stories "move along with a straightforward feel, until they begin to subtly lop, distort, and shift (think of a Steve Reich tape-loop composition); and the cumulative effect leaves you either heartbroken or cracking with laughter."
10/26: I have an short story called "Things Left Outside" at Weird Fiction Review, as well as a corresponding interview about writing the weird.
10/19: A nice write-up of my book launch party
10/16: A very generous and genre-focused review at Tor: "To do this once in your life—write a killer short story—is a total miracle. But if you’re some kind deranged monster like Lincoln Michel, you can churn these puppies out in your sleep."
10/13: Pub day! and I wrote a beastly book list for Lit Hub
10/12: Vanity Fair includes Upright Beasts in October round-up: “The stories are full of monstrous surprises and eerie silences. But who is the real beast? Michel quietly, but unequivocally, leads readers to the answer as he navigates weird tragicomedy of daily life. With zombies.”
10/08: Guernica: Writing In The Bellies Of Beasts: An Interview with Lincoln Michel
10/04: New York Times Sunday Book Review on Upright Beasts: “Weird, darkly funny stories…Michel ably handles modes from lyrical to ironic.”
