Local Author Scott Dominic Carpenter reads from his collection of short stories, "This Jealous Earth."

BOOK READING & SIGNING

WHAT
Scott Dominic Carpenter, local author, This Jealous Earth, has a reading and signing coming up at the Apple Valley Barnes & Noble store.

TIME AND PLACE
Thursday, March 7, 2013, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Barnes & Noble Booksellers
14880 Florence Trail
Apple Valley, MN 55124
952-997-8928

EVENT DETAILS
This Jealous Earth is a collection of sixteen stories with a distinctly Midwestern flavor. Each begins with a simple setting, but soon turns unsettling: a man puts his beloved pets to the knife, a family prepares for the Rapture, and a young student starts selling body parts to make ends meet. Though often touched with humor, the tales range from poignant to deeply troubling.

This Jealous Earth was featured on Minnesota Public Radio and has been described as “charmingly nostalgic” (Publisher’s Weekly) and “incredibly moving” (The Rumpus). Author Siri Hustvedt called the collection “psychologically acute and elegantly written… By turns sad, funny, tender, and alarming.”

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Scott Dominic Carpenter is a professor of literature at Carleton College (MN). A Pushcart Prize nominee, he has published broadly in literary journals, and his work has been included in Best Indie Lit New England 2012. He will release a debut novel, Theory of Remainders, in May of this year. His website is at http://www.sdcarpenter.com.

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