Mary Finnegan

Writer and editor, MFA in Poetry @stthomashouston, Deputy Editor @WisebloodBooks, social media editor @DappledThings1

[Mary Finnegan @maryraphaela]

In just a few weeks, Here It Snows in June, @EricMichaelCyr's debut collection of short stories from @WisebloodBooks will make its way into the world, and the book has seen a remarkable early reception. While most often the reviews come in a few weeks or months after the book’s release, Here It Snows in June is already yielding a harvest, including this review from @NadyaWilliams81 that came out just a few days ago in @ubookman. Read more in our newsletter:
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[Mary Finnegan @maryraphaela]

@BainbridgePress One of my favorite Steve Knepper poems!

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@tamrmint Congratulations!

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@tamrmint done!

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@amjuster that's an incredible poem!

[Mary Finnegan @maryraphaela]

While it is true for a small house like @WisebloodBooks that “there’s no such thing as bad press,” we prefer good press—because we believe our books deserve it. And while we are truly grateful for any and all reviews of the books we publish, we are especially thankful when a reviewer “gets” the book and brings its merits to the forefront by highlighting the depth and richness of the work in a new way.
Recently, our books have gotten quite a bit of “good press” and we want to share some of it with you today.
Read more in our newsletter:
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[Shemaiah Gonzalez @shemaiahng]

Have you picked a novel with the hope that it would quell the desire within? Or have you read a book that made you want to be a better person? Or gave clarity to a real life scenario? Or simply stayed with you in a way you could not explain? Joshua Hren from @WisebloodBooks new book More Than a Matter of Taste: The Moral Imagination and the Spirit of Literature from @WordOnFire new Luminor imprint speaks straight to this. Get lost in these pages about the role of literature in our moral and spiritual life.

Order yours : https://t.co/3GOoJOrue0
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[Mary Finnegan @maryraphaela]

A treat today in Talk to Me in Long Line: And excerpt for @je_suis_liv's released-today book, The Blackbird Ballad.
https://t.co/bpjQ0c1U7V

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These stories are, indeed, brilliant!

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Excellent. The angel on the cover shared our prayers and A. A. Kostas delivered.  “ . . . many of Smith’s brilliant pieces of fiction are haunted by characters with desperate desires for the transcendent in a world shaped by demeaning systems.” Thank you, A. A. Kostas, for holding Lucas Smith’s work into the light.

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[Mary Finnegan @maryraphaela]

@LindsaySchlegel with another excellent review! The same could be said for the fifteen short stories in Minnesotan @EricMichaelCyr 's debut collection, Here It Snows in June and Other Stories (from @WisebloodBooks). In each piece, readers witness boys and men striving to determine the kind of people they want to be and endeavoring to achieve that maturity, their conflicts and challenges highlighted by the course of the sun, the rise of the moon, the threat of a bear, the call of a loon, and in one instance, the humorous possibility of ninja beavers.
https://t.co/JtgXXk0fTT

[Mary Finnegan @maryraphaela]

@amywelborn2 haha! Well, I think your post is a fair one so I would not call it click-baiting;-)

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@EricMichaelCyr @WisebloodBooks delete that first what!

[Mary Finnegan @maryraphaela]

“Welcome to the world of reality—there is no audience. No one to applaud, to admire. No one to see you. Do you understand? Here is the truth—actual heroism receives no ovation, entertains no one. No one queues up to see it. No one is interested….True heroism is minutes, hours, weeks, year upon year of the quiet, precise, judicious exercise of probity and care—with no one there to see or cheer. This is the world.”David Foster Wallace

[Mary Finnegan @maryraphaela]

It comes out in June, but you can order your copy now at the pre-order price. Here It Snows in June by @EricMichaelCyr from @WisebloodBooks - mythically strange, comic, startling. This one is not to be missed!
https://t.co/qo375RLQBa

[Mary Finnegan @maryraphaela]

@EricMichaelCyr @WisebloodBooks I think you captured what some of what happens in those "minutes, hours, weeks, year upon year of the quiet, precise, judicious exercise of probity and care"

[Mary Finnegan @maryraphaela]

@EricMichaelCyr @WisebloodBooks So do I. I'd forgotten about it, but @tedgioia posted it (along with 64 others) today on his Substack.

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@shemaiahng @EricMichaelCyr @WisebloodBooks it's a great story!

[Mary Finnegan @maryraphaela]

It comes out in June, but you can order your copy now at the pre-order price. Here It Snows in June by @EricMichaelCyr from @WisebloodBooks - mythically strange, comic, startling. This one is not to be missed!
https://t.co/qo375RLQBa

[Mary Finnegan @maryraphaela]

@EricMichaelCyr @WisebloodBooks

[Mary Finnegan @maryraphaela]

In his collection of short stories, Here It Snows in June, Eric Cyr has written about those people who don’t get all the attention, applause, and admiration, those who don’t swirl around saying, “See me, pay attention to me, me, me…” And he has shown us that even the most ordinary of lives is difficult, challenging, and full of opportunities for grace and goodness. Read more in our newsletter and pick up a copy of these excellent stories: