BuzzfeedNews calls The Grammar of Untold Stories one of
“15 Books From Smaller Presses You Won’t Be Able to Put Down”
Praise for The Grammar of Untold Stories:
“The beauty and precision of the language which stitches together all these seemingly diverse experiences to create a quilt of memory, experience, and social observation makes for a beautiful production. . . . This collection's unified power makes it a highly recommended addition for scholarly to general-interest collections.”
~Diane Donovan, Midwest Book Review
“Melina is talented at writing through uncertainty with an assuredness, and her work expertly blends the lyrical and the journalistic.”
Interviews with Lois Ruskai Melina:
Adoptive Families Magazine:
Johnnie Mazzocco:
Carol Smallwood:
Wilderness House Literary Review
John Clark Vincent:
Essays by Lois Ruskai Melina about the book:
What Protest Changes—It’s Not What You Think
Powell’s Books: How To Write an Essay in Second Person (and when not to)
Readings:
Lois Ruskai Melina reading from The Grammar of Untold Stories:
Annie Bloom’s bookstore, with Oregon Poet Laureate Paulann Petersen
RowingChat Podcast: “The Synchronicity of Healing”
Upcoming Events:
Free! Virtual events
Get Lit! Book Festival, Eastern Washington University
Monday, April 12,
2:00 - 3:00 pm PDT (5:00 - 6:00 pm EDT)
Panel Discussion: Disrupting Stereotypes: Older Women in Contemporary Literature
Wednesday, April 14
2:00 - 3:00 pm PDT (5:00 - 6:00 pm EDT)
Readings: An Afternoon of Praiseworthy Prose