Liz Prato – Baby’s on Fire

Late Night Debut, hosted by Amber Keller

This week we feature Liz Prato’s debut story collection, Baby’s on Fire, published by Press 53. As Laryssa Wirstiuk writes in Atticus Review, “Prato’s prose is widely appealing and many-layered: her language is breezy and deceptively casual, while her content is visceral.”

Act 1: Host Amber Keller covers entertaining book news and cool new debuts

Act 2: Co-host authors Yuvi Zalkow and Suzy Vitello discuss Liz Prato’s debut

Act 3: Yuvi Zalkow speaks with Liz Prato about experimenting with narrative stance,

the joys of revision, and how not to be boring

Listen to the full episode here:

PURCHASE BABY’S ON FIRE HERE

GIVEAWAY: Win a free copy of Baby’s on Fire. Listen to the episode for details, then email your answer to [email protected] by midnight on May 17.

 ABOUT OUR ACT 2 CO-HOST AUTHORS:

Yuvi Zalkow’s first novel, A Brilliant Novel in the Works, was published by MP Publishing. His writing has appeared in Glimmer Train, Narrative Magazine, Carve Magazine, The Poop Report and others. He created the “I’m a Failed Writer” online video series. You can find out too much information about Yuvi at failedwriter.xyz.

Suzy Vitello writes mostly about death and madness. Sometimes sex. Always, love. Her two novels (marketed young adult, but mostly read by grown-ups) are The Moment Before and the first book in The Empress Chronicles series. She has also just completed an adult love triangle-themed novel set in fake Hood River.