“Beautyland is a monumental accomplishment, a shimmering masterpiece from an author with talent to spare.” — Michael Schaub for The Boston Globe
Beautyland EVENTS SPRING 2024
Event requests may be sent to marie@mariehelenebertino.com
April 17th, 5pm EST: The Study at Yale, reading and signing, New Haven, CT
April 23rd, 7pm EST: Harvard Bookstore, in conversation with Laura van den Berg, Boston, MA
May 4th, 6pm EST: Back Cove Books, in conversation with Meghan Gilliss, Portland, ME
May 7th, time TK: Tables of Contents, reading, with Terrance Hayes, Chelsea Market, NYC
May 26th, 2pm EST: Graveside Variety for The Golden Notebook, launch of IN TONGUES by Thomas Grattan, Woodstock, NY
June 1st, all day: Electric Literature’s Hudson Valley Craft Camp, with Francine Prose, Kingston, NY
July 13th to 21st: Tin House Summer Workshop, faculty, Portland, OR
August 14th to 24th: Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, faculty, Middlebury, VT
NEWS
The author wishes to thank those who continue to take a chance on her work.
“In Beautyland, an Alien Shows Us What it Means To Be Human,” Bustle Magazine, by Charlotte Owens
“In Beautyland, an Italian American Extraterrestrial is Humanity’s Sharpest Scribe,” Electric Literature Magazine, by Lucie Shelley
The New York Times, Alexandra Jacobs for the Arts section
The Chicago Review of Books, Shayne Terry
The Boston Globe, Michael Schaub
BOMB Magazine, Hilary Leichter
The Brooklyn Rail, Madison Ford
Booklist, starred review, Annie Bostrom
Kirkus, starred review
Publisher’s Weekly, starred review
Beautyland has been excerpted in Recommended Reading, with an introduction by Thomas Morris
Beautyland has been included in the approval matrix in New York Magazine