River Weather:
Stories
"Resonant, spare, intense, and perfectly voiced..."
-Jeanne Larsen
"...raw and vital..."
-Booklife Review:
Editor's Pick
"...primal...elemental.
Close always."
-Cleveland Review of Books
"Riveting."
-The Rumpus
"...original, poignant, brutal and beautiful..."
-Kirkus Reviews
The Author
Cameron MacKenzie's work has appeared in Salmagundi, Plume, and The Michigan Quarterly Review, among other places. His novel The Beginning of His Excellent and Eventful Career, and monograph Badiou and American Modernist Poetics, both appeared in 2018. His collection of stories, River Weather, was published in 2021. He lives in Roanoke, VA with his two children. Follow him on Facebook.
Past Appearances:
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8/27/22
4 on 4th
Bookmarks
Winston-Salem, NC
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3/27/22
Reston Used Books
Reston, VA
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3/23/22 7pm
Rosenbach Museum
Philadelphia, PA
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3/19/22 7pm
Blacksburg Books
Blacksburg, VA
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3/10/22, 7pm
Readings On the Pike
Arlington, VA
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1/7/21 7pm
Taubman Museum of Art
Roanoke, VA
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12/18/21, 12pm
Booksigning
Book No Further
Roanoke, VA
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12/8/21, 7pm
E-Verse Radio Equinox
With Eduardo C. Corral and Spencer Short
Fergie's Pub, Philadelphia, PA
10/16/21
Eat and Read Local
Loudoun County Library, Cascades, VA
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2/18/20
With Clifford Gargstang
Scuppernong Books, Greensboro, NC
1/16/20
Hoot and Holler
Grandin Theater, Roanoke, VA
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9/10/19
Writers and Words
Charmington’s, Baltimore, MD
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7/16/19
Readings On the Pike,
Arlington, VA
4/18/19
Inner Loop Reading Series
Washington DC
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11/11/19
Painted Bride Quarterly
Black Sheep Pub, Philadelphia, PA
BIG LIT:
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A monthly gathering of the best writers in the Roanoke Valley at Big Lick Brewing in Roanoke, VA
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Follow the series on Facebook @biglitreadingseries
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4/28/22
Matthew Vollmer, Angelo Colavita, Bessie Flores Zaldivar
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3/9/22
Jim Peterson, Grant Kittrell, Meghana Mysore, Jasey Roberts
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1/27/22
Annie Woodard, Catherine Backus, Erika Joyner
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2/20/20:
Jeanne Larsen, Adriana Rewald, Evan Massey
11/22/19:
Cathryn Hankla, Sydney Tammerlane, Bryan Hancock
10/17/19:
Evan Lavender-Smith, Keith Ferrell, Betsy Singleton Kalderhouse
9/19/19:
Clifford Garstang, Laura Garrison, Johnny Camacho
5/2/19:
Matthew Vollmer, Cynthia Atkins
4/4/19:
Ed Falco, Grant Kittrell, Bailey Mann
2/26/19:
Mary Crockett Hill, Angie Smibert, Dan Kennedy, Leslie Jernegan
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