RIVER ADAMS
author
"THERE ARE NO UNSACRED SPACES.
THERE ARE ONLY SACRED SPACES AND DESECRATED SPACES."
WENDELL BERRY
A LITTLE ABOUT ME:
I am an American author of fiction and creative nonfiction who lives in a small Massachusetts town with their noisy family that consists of eight humans, two dogs, and a cat. I grew up in the USSR and came to America when I was nineteen years old, so I have two hometowns I love: Leningrad, Russia, and Media, Pennsylvania. I haven't seen the first in many years, and I try to visit the second as often as I can.
CURRENT PROJECTS / UPDATES
Exciting news! My debut novel, THE LIGHT OF SEVEN DAYS, has been chosen one of the "Books to Read This Fall" by an NPR radio station WBUR. See the literary critic Katherine Ouellette's list:
THE LIGHT OF SEVEN DAYS goes on sale on October 10, 2023. Preorders are available now from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Target, and independent booksellers like Belmont Books, ThriftBooks, Bookshop.org, and others. The novel is about a Russian Jewish ballerina who comes to America in search of her place in the world.
The following author events are now scheduled:
My latest stories are out and available to read online.
"Whence We Sprang" is out in BOMB magazine.
"Lucky" is out in Post Road issue 40.
"I Am Cunigunde" is forthcoming in New Ohio Review this fall.
To read these (and other stories), follow the links on MY WORK page.
The following author events are now scheduled:
- 10/12/2023, 7 pm: Book launch and Q&A with novelist and professor of literature Mako Yoshikawa. Belmont Books, 79 Leonard Street, Belmont, MA 02478. belmontbooks.com.
- 10/21/2023, 1 pm: Tatnuck Bookseller, 18 Lyman St., Westborough, MA 01581. tatnuck.com
- 10/28/2023, 3 pm: Big Blue Marble Bookstore, 551 Carpenter Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19119. bigbluemarblebooks.com
My latest stories are out and available to read online.
"Whence We Sprang" is out in BOMB magazine.
"Lucky" is out in Post Road issue 40.
"I Am Cunigunde" is forthcoming in New Ohio Review this fall.
To read these (and other stories), follow the links on MY WORK page.
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