Other books I enjoyed this past month: THE DEEP DARK by Molly Knox Ostertag THE QUIET INVASION and PLAYING GOD by Sarah Zettel ANNE FRANK REMEMBERED by Miep Gies FULL SHIFT by Jennifer Dugan and Kit Seaton MAGIC ENUFF by Tara M. Stringfellow INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT SPACE by Emily Austin.
My absolute favorite books from September were: MASIE VS ANTARCTICA by Jack Jackman, and RULES FOR VANISHING by Kate Alice Marshall ryhermanwrites.wordpress.com/2024/10/01/f...
Before anything else, I wanted to give a shout-out to a middle-grade book written by a friend of mine, which I think in genuinely amazing: MAISIE VS ANTARCTICA by Jack Jackman Maisie thinks her dad…
My favorite books from August. No pick of the month this time around, but I very much enjoyed: ALL THE DEAD LIE DOWN, Kyrie McCauley INSTRUCTIONS FOR TRAVELING WEST, Joy Sullivan LIBERTY’S DAUGHTER, Naomi Kritzer THE HUSBANDS, Holly Gramazio IN THE LIVES OF PUPPETS, T. J. Klune KINDLING, Traci Chee
And finally, the major awards! BEST MUSIC Riki Lindholme: Dead Inside BEST PLAY Cyrano BEST COMEDY Elf Lyons: Horses BEST DANCE Palingenesis BEST MUSICAL Kafka’s Metamorphosis: The Musical! With Puppets! BEST CIRCUS PERFORMANCE N. Ormes
BEST DANCE RESEMBLING THE LIFECYCLE OF AN ALIEN CREATURE Palingenesis BEST DYSTOPIA Recirquel: Paradisum
BEST TOILET PAPER SET Luke Rollason, Luke Rollason, Let Down Your Hair BEST POLE DANCING Jay Lafferty: Bahookie BEST SHIRT DANCING Lost Connection BEST INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE OF GENDER ROLES N. Ormes
BEST HULA HOOPING OF A CYR WHEEL IIIII – About the Art of Letting Go BEST PLAY PERFORMED ENTIRELY IN ITALIAN BY GUMMY BEARS ON A SMALL TABLE The Gummy Bears’ Great War MOST CONFLICTED PERFORMER Hannah Gadsby: Woof
BEST NUDITY (FULL OR PARTIAL) N. Ormes BEST WTF WAS THAT The Passion of Andrea 2 BEST JUGGLING Rollercoaster LONGEST ARMS Elf Lyons: Horses BEST DEAD CHARACTERS Ghost Light: Between Fall and Flight
It's been a busy week, so I'm a little late posting the annual Ry Fringe Awards for the best shows seen by Ry at the Edinburgh Fringe, but better late than never. So first, the minor awards: BEST SHOW WHOSE NAME I HAD TO LOOK UP Apricity BEST DECONSTRUCTION Cyrano