Vanessa Blakeslee

Vanessa Blakeslee

Buzz and acclaim

for Perfect Conditions:

Perfect Conditions is a Chicago Tribune "Summer Reads" pick!

Interview with Moving Forward (Progressive Radio Network)

Last Born in the Wilderness podcast interview

Rave review of Perfect Conditions from American Microreviews

Great Fall Book Preview 2018 & Book Addict's Guide to Good Books

Listen to the Perfect Conditions playlist at Largehearted Boy

Read my "8 Most Anticipated Story Collections of 2018" at The Story Prize blog

A lively, in-depth interview at The Drunken Odyssey podcast

Book Q&A with Deborah Kalb

Praise for Juventud:

Juventud receives glowing praise in "Trafficking Fiction: US Novelists on Mexico and Colombia" at the LA Progressive

Publisher's Weekly loves Juventud! Read the review here

Juventud Research Notes & Book Trailer at Necessary Fiction

Watch a brief clip from the Sunday Salon reading and Juventud's NYC debut!

News & Reviews

Juventud Book Club Reading Guide available at LitLovers

Train Shots included as one of "10 Innovative Short Story Collections To Expand Your Mind"

A glowing review of Perfect Conditions from the Tampa Bay Times!

Orlando Weekly names the Perfect Conditions Book Launch Party one of the best upcoming fall events!

Interview with the Empty Mirror, June 2019

Interview at This Podcast Will Change Your Life

Interview on 100.7 BOSS FM as about my stay as a writer-in-residence at the Sikta Center for Art & Ecology, Dec. 2018

A thoughtful and stellar review of Perfect Conditions by Grist Journal -- original publisher of the title story

Check out Sinkhole magazine's review of Perfect Conditions and my follow-up author interview here

"'Perfect Conditions' for Collapse" and my interview with Nature Bats Last, September, 2018

I wrote about "Crowdfunding a Book Tour" for Publisher's Weekly, which you may read here

My essay on the story-behind-the-stories is up at Necessary Fiction

Short and sweet review of the book over at Saw Palm