Leigh Newman, Author of Nobody Gets Out Alive

4118 East Madison Street,Seattle WA 98112

01 June, 2022

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Leigh Newman, author of the acclaimed short story collection Nobody Gets Out Alive, discusses and signs her new book Madison Books is proud to host Leigh Newman as she presents her new story collection Nobody Gets Out Alive during an exclusive Seattle appearance. Set in Newman's home state of Alaska, Nobody Gets Out Alive is a collection of dazzling, courageous stories about women struggling to survive not just grizzly bears and charging moose but the raw, exhausting legacy of their marriages and families. In "Howl Palace"--winner of The Paris Review's Terry Southern Prize, a Best American Short Story, and Pushcart Prize selection--an aging widow struggles with a rogue hunting dog and the memories of her five ex-husbands while selling her house after bankruptcy. In the title story, "Nobody Gets Out Alive," newly married Katrina visits her hometown of Anchorage and blows up her own wedding reception by flirting with the host and running off with an enormous mastodon tusk. Alongside stories set in today's Last Frontier--rife with suburban sprawl, global warming, and opioid addiction--Newman delves into remote wilderness of the 1970s and 80s, bringing to life young girls and single moms in search of a wilder, freer, more adventurous America. The final story takes place in a railroad camp in 1915, where an outspoken heiress stages an elaborate theatrical in order to seduce the wife of her husband's employer, revealing how this masterful storyteller is "not only writing unforgettable, brilliantly complex characters, she's somehow inventing souls" (Kimberly King Parsons, author of Black Light). Attendance is free, but space is limited, so we'll be prioritizing seating for those who purchase a book during registration. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Leigh Newman’s debut collection, Nobody Gets Out Alive, was published by Scribner in April 2022 and features stories that have appeared in Harper’s, The Paris Review, The Best American Short Stories, One Story, Tin House, Electric Literature, and McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern. Her memoir about growing up in Alaska, Still Points North, was a finalist for the National Book Critic Circle’s John Leonard prize. In 2020 she was awarded a Pushcart fiction prize and an American Society of Magazine Editor’s fiction prize, as well as received the Paris Review’s Terry Southern Prize for “humor, wit, and sprezzatura.” When not writing, she take cares of her two kids, two dogs, two chickens, and beloved, disgruntled cat.