Lori Ostlund

FOC AWARD Series Editor; author ARE YOU HAPPY? (Astra House, 2025), AFTER THE PARADE (Scribner) & THE BIGNESS OF THE WORLD; adorer of cats 🌈

[Astra House @astrahousebooks]

.@chien0121 interviewed @LoriOstlund about ARE YOU HAPPY? for @zyzzyvamag https://t.co/t27EtpHmG4

[Astra House @astrahousebooks]

The @BookBrowse review of @LoriOstlund's ARE YOU HAPPY? is a Top Book Review on the homepage this week https://t.co/qL7S7hJsfO

[Astra House @astrahousebooks]

"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 https://t.co/AlZBM0ETOm

[Lori Ostlund @LoriOstlund]

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

[Story Literary Magazine @StoryLitMag]

Just Posted: Story Fiction Editor Christopher Lowe’s review of Lori Ostlund’s collection of short stories, Are you Happy? Read it here: https://t.co/Kq5ya41Sfu

[Astra House @astrahousebooks]

.@AltaJournal included @LoriOstlund's "richly conceived, highly anticipated" ARE YOU HAPPY? on their list of new releases for May https://t.co/VD9TFJp0Gq

[Electric Literature @ElectricLit]

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). https://t.co/wkpZhg0aUH

[Publishers Weekly @PublishersWkly]

★ 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 https://t.co/tqT3lQTy1i

[Lori Ostlund @LoriOstlund]

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!
https://t.co/AqbZx488W5

[Astra House @astrahousebooks]

"[A] piercing collection . . . These stories will dazzle readers." —@PublishersWkly's starred review of @LoriOstlund's ARE YOU HAPPY? https://t.co/fVzWeccLBp

[Astra House @astrahousebooks]

ARE YOU HAPPY? by @LoriOstlund was featured in @lavmag https://t.co/FQ2rW0XHHv

[Kristen Arnett @Kristen_Arnett]

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

[Lori Ostlund @LoriOstlund]

@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.

[Astra House @astrahousebooks]

"Ostlund proves herself a master of the form." —@KirkusReviews in their starred review of @LoriOstlund's ARE YOU HAPPY? https://t.co/3IpbNmS8jP

[Andrew Porter @AndrewPorter01]

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

[Lori Ostlund @LoriOstlund]

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

[Astra House @astrahousebooks]

B&N pre-order sale February 5–7! First up: @LoriOstlund's ARE YOU HAPPY? https://t.co/vfT6U44FBK

[Astra House @astrahousebooks]

ARE YOU HAPPY? by @LoriOstlund is one of @ElectricLit's most anticipated queer books of spring 2025 https://t.co/hWfspMsX0U

[Lori Ostlund @LoriOstlund]

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

[Lori Ostlund @LoriOstlund]

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

https://t.co/LNPnYjonFv

[Lori Ostlund @LoriOstlund]

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

[Lori Ostlund @LoriOstlund]

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.
https://t.co/9LJVLVVT0E