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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.
Read MoreMarcy 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...
Read MoreBad Marie in the 2011 Tournament of Books
Bad Marie was selected by The Morning News as one of the sixteen books competing in the 2011 Tournament of Books, along with Jonathan Franzen’s Freedom, Jennifer Egan’s A Visit from the Goon Squad, and Emma Donoghue’s Room. The seventh annual tournament begins on Monday, March 7. The Morning News has the complete list of contenders. Update: The results are in — judge Jennifer Weiner picked Emma Donoghue’s Room over Bad Marie. In the official commentary, John Warner says, “I couldn’t put Bad Marie down. It was the most fun I had reading all year.” Jen and the Pen provides an alternate...
Read MoreMcSweeney’s Recommends Bad Marie
Timothy McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, the online outlet of Dave Eggers’ literary journal McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, added Bad Marie to their ongoing list of “recommended things.” Marcy’s story “Cow Juice” appeared in McSweeney’s issue 4. Here’s what they had to say about Bad Marie: When you pick up this book, make sure you’ve left yourself enough time to read it in its entirety because there’s no putting it down. The most seductive first person narration we’ve read in a long...
Read MoreEsquire is Thankful for Bad Marie
For their latest issue, Esquire collects cultural offerings “that make this glorious season more bearable than it otherwise would be.” Bad Marie made the list. Dermansky is funny and fearless. I like Marie so much because she seems to care so little whether I like her or not. That’s a working definition of badass. Bad Marie is one. Read the...
Read MoreBad Marie Review at HTMLGIANT
At the “Internet literature magazine of the future,” Roxane Gay reviews Bad Marie: One of the most witty, twisted, and even heartbreaking stories I’ve read in a long time… The book is tragic and sexy and hilarious and the story itself is expertly paced–I read the book in one sitting and did not want it to end. Bad Marie is about many things but at the heart of the novel, for me, was the story of a woman trying to find a home for herself no matter the...
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