Stranged Writing Reviews in 2022

"[Stranged Writing] asks for us to engage, not scroll, to think, not just document: it insists on our humanity." Reviews of our first anthology, Stranged Writing: A Literary Taxonomy, are emerging in the literary community.

2022 Nominations: Best of the Net, Best Small Fictions, and More

The Gravity of the Thing's editors are pleased to share our 2022 nominations for the Best of the Net anthology, the Best Small Fictions anthology, the Best American anthologies, and more.

Joshua James Amberson, author of How to Forget Almost Everything (Korza Books)

Joshua James Amberson is the author of the debut novel, How to Forget Almost Everything, which releases on November 11th, 2022 from Korza Books. Joshua is also the author of "Contact: A Catalog", which appeared in our Stranged Writing anthology.

The Gravity of the Thing at the 2022 Portland Book Festival

The Gravity of the Thing is participating in the Virtual Marketplace at the 2022 Portland Book Festival, hosted by Literary Arts. The festival culminates on November 5th at the Portland Art Museum in downtown Portland, Oregon.

Stranged Writing Release Reading

The Gravity of the Thing celebrates the release of Stranged Writing: A Literary Taxonomy on October 13th. Join us at The Stacks Coffeehouse to hear contributors Joshua James Amberson, Alex Behr, Lucie Bonvalet, Benjamin Kessler, Matt Rebholz, and Eli Ronick read their defamiliarized works.

Janice Lee, author of Separation Anxiety (CLASH Books)

Janice Lee is the author of the forthcoming poetry collection, Separation Anxiety (CLASH Books, 2022). Janice (she/they) is the author of seven books of fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry, most recently, Imagine a Death (Texas Review Press, 2021).