Catapult Extra | Excerpts
A Conversation with PEN America Best Debut Short Story Author Amber Caron

“I was fascinated by the isolation of musher life, and the loneliness that often accompanies it.”

Jul 19, 2017
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A Conversation with PEN America Best Debut Short Story Author Laura Chow Reeve

“I wanted to explore why someone would choose forgetting over remembering, and how it would affect those who loved them.”

Jul 13, 2017
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Break Out the Accordions: DIRT ROAD is here!

James Kelman’s new novel is on sale today, and we have the perfect music to go along with it.

Jul 11, 2017
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A Conversation with PEN America Best Debut Short Story Author Amy Sauber

“The pleasure and tension in rooting for an underdog is that you are unsure how or if they can pull through.”

Jul 7, 2017
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A Conversation with PEN America Best Debut Short Story Author Katherine Magyarody

“Dinara has chosen to relocate to a country and to work at a place where she can cultivate certain identities and ambiguities.”

Jun 29, 2017
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A Conversation with PEN America Best Debut Short Story Author Ruth Serven

In Ruth Serven’s brief, haunting “A Message,” two friends discuss a missing father.

Jun 26, 2017
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“Under the sheets I was beside myself”: First Lines from LARGE ANIMALS

Jess Arndt’s debut collection (out today!) features stunning writing—down to the first sentences.

May 9, 2017
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Happy Pub Day to GUESSWORK

Meet the memoir that Kirkus deemed “subtle, artful, and piercing.”

Apr 25, 2017
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“Every story is a ghost story”: An Interview with Max Winter, Author of EXES

“Human time is neither straight nor shapeless; it is instead like coral: whorled, fragile, and, in the end, ordered. And made out of skeletons.”

Apr 12, 2017
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Come Intern With Us in Portland!

You’ll get to work with our Portland Dream Team.

Mar 16, 2017