Occupy Wall Street Fiction at Salon

Marcy’s short story “Whole Foods Was Around the Corner,” inspired by the Occupy Wall Street Movement, is now online at Salon.com. Marcy is also one of the signatories of occupywriters.org.

Marcy is one of Powell’s “Writers to Watch”

Powell’s Books, the beloved independent bookstore in Portland, Oregon, features Marcy as one of its “Writers to Watch,” along with Joshua Mohr, Sam Lipsyte, and Karen Russell. You can save 30% off the cover price when you order Bad Marie from Powell’s.

Bad Marie eBook Sale">Bad Marie eBook Sale

Bad Marie is part of HarperPerennial’s “20 books for $20” sale — for the month of August, you can pick up the eBook version in all the popular formats (Kindle, Nook, iBooks, and Google ebooks) for only 99 cents! At the same time, the print version is available from Amazon for $5.60. You can also get this amazing deal from a number of great independent bookstores.

“Waiting for Big Bird” at Fictionaut

You can now read Marcy’s new short story “Waiting for Big Bird,” from the anthology Forgotten Borough, on Fictionaut.

Los Angeles Review of Books">Rave Review From Los Angeles Review of Books

“Marcy Dermansky’s work recalls that of Alain Robbe-Grillet, pioneer of the French nouveau roman, as well as that of the Brazilian writer Clarice Lispector, with a soupçon of the films of Jean-Luc Godard thrown in,” writes Shelley Salamensky, reviewing  Bad Marie for the Los Angeles Review of Books.

The Magazine of Yoga Interviews Marcy">On the Lit Mat: The Magazine of Yoga Interviews Marcy

Corinna Barsan of The Magazine of Yoga interviewed Marcy for the “On the Lit Mat” column.

Who or what was your greatest influence in picking up the pen?

I wrote my first short story in elementary school. It was twenty handwritten pages about an African elephant in an American zoo who misses the other elephants. I have always wanted to be a writer.

Read the interview.

Forgotten Borough">“Waiting for Big Bird” in Forgotten Borough

Marcy has a brand-new story set in Astoria, Queens in the anthology Forgotten Borough: Writers Come to Terms with Queens, edited by Nicole Steinberg, along with work by Arthur Nersesian, Ron Hogan, Susan Y. Chi, and Julia Alvarez. You can order Forgotten Borough from Amazon or Indiebound.

Bad Marie Reviews">Fiction Just Got Fun Again: More Bad Marie Reviews

Another round-up of recent reviews:

“Fiction just got fun again. This is an international whirlwind of a story that should land in the annals of cult classics.” –Duluth News Tribune

“Here is a book that is both literary and plot driven, humorous and heartbreaking…  a book you will not want to miss.” –Myfanwy Collins

“A very, very good novel that stars one of the most unforgettable, likable bad characters in American literature since Patrick Bateman.” — James Boice

“Tantalizing… pleasurably dark.” –The Millions

“Quite possibly the single most moving book I’ve read yet this year, and a genuine love story.” –Guerilla Geek