Minnesota Writers Series: Ashley Shelby at ARCC

On April 15th at 7pm in G202 on the Cambridge campus, The Minnesota Writers Series welcomes Ashley Shelby.

More about Ashley Shelby — and some links:

Ashley Shelby is a novelist, short story writer, and former environmental journalist whose work has been praised by The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR, and Publisher's Weekly (to name a few). Her 2024 collection of fiction, Honeymoons in Temporary Locations is described as "Eclectic, experimental, and wildly imaginative climate fictions from a world hauntingly transformed." It contains short stories and fictional Craigslist ads, menus, podcast transcripts, and clinical trials of Climafeel, an experimental pharmaceutical for climate-induced depression.

HERE is a link to an interview with Minnesota Public Radio

HERE is a link to an article by Shelby on Literary Hub on writing and climate grief

HERE is a link to her "Book Proposal Boot Camp" for writers

HERE is a link to an excerpt of her award-winning novelette "Muri," a story of an expedition transporting polar bears from the Arctic to Antarctica that goes awry.