3/7/2023 6pm: The Pittsburgh Novel Book Launch!

Posted on March 4, 2023 by SJW

An event hosted by

the University of Pittsburgh Library System

Tuesday, March 7, 2023

6:00 – 7:30 p.m.

Reading Room, Archives & Special Collections, Third Floor, Hillman Library

Registration is required (free)

On March 7 at 6:00 p.m., the University of Pittsburgh Library System will host an event to celebrate the digital publication of The Pittsburgh Novel: Western Pennsylvania in Fiction and Drama, 1792–2022 by Peter Oresick and Jake Oresick. The Pittsburgh Novel is an annotated bibliography of all known fiction with a significant geographical setting in any of Pennsylvania’s 26 westernmost counties. The event will feature co-author Jake Oresick, and authors whose Pittsburgh-based books are featured in the bibliography, including Stewart O’Nan; Mark Clayton Southers, representing the late August Wilson; and Ellen Prentiss Campbell.
https://pitt.libcal.com/event/10325058

8 Novels About How Work Seeps Into Our Personal Lives

Posted on February 18, 2023 by SJW

Over at Electric Literature, check out 8 Novels About How Work Seeps Into Our Personal Lives – “Kieran Goddard recommends books on how labor shapes, reshapes, and ultimately misshapes our inner emotional world.” Last Night at the Lobster is one of the eight!

3/7/2023: Paperback Release of Ocean State!

Posted on January 13, 2023 by SJW

Paperback Publication Date:
March 7, 2023

b&n / amazon / indiebound / bam
bookshop / hudson booksellers

“Gone Like Enron”?

Posted on November 5, 2022 by SJW

This particular story starts with Stephen King, in response to Elon Musk, but it ends with none other than Stewart. Read on!

p.s. The book that is featured directly behind King’s head in the photo is at the heart of the story. 😊

Happy Halloween, from ScreenRant and The Week

Posted on October 31, 2022 by SJW

The Night Country is listed as one of ten best Halloween books, via ScreenRant and Reddit. In fine company with the likes of Stephen King, Ray Bradbury, and Bram Stoker!

Ghosts and Halloween are a winning combination, and Stewart O’Nan’s The Night Country found a clever new way to blend the two together. Reddit user bittybro gave a great rundown of their favorite Halloween book when writing, “The Night Country by Stuart O’Nan. Ghost story that takes place on Halloween. Told from the POV of the ghosts.”
https://screenrant.com/best-spooky-halloween-books-reddit/

And from The Week, the novelist Elizabeth McCracken lists A Prayer for the Dying as one of her “favorite novels of the past 25 years”:

A Prayer for the Dying by Stewart O’Nan (1999)

This is one of my favorite novels of the past 25 years — about a small Wisconsin town hemmed in by a diphtheria epidemic on one side and wildfire on the other. When I have students who want to write a book in the second person, this is where I steer them: the finest example I know, a tour de force.
https://theweek.com/book-list/1017117/elizabeth-mccracken-6-favorite-books-that-tackle-tough-topics