Elephant Rock Books

A Vacation
on the Island of Ex-Boyfriends

Stories
Stacy Bierlein

Stellar Reviews!

“Stellar Collection of Heady and Affecting Stories.”
– Donna Seaman, Booklist

“Memorable and engaging collection--a trip readers will want to take again and again.” – Publishers Weekly

From the mysterious island in the Atlantic to the crowded highways of Los Angeles; from the Charles Bridge in Prague, to the temples in Luxor and the most remote regions of the Myanmar peninsula, Bierlein's characters are women of dazzling ironies and introspections, always in motion and trusting in love, even when it remains out of reach.

The Temple of Air

Stories
Patricia Ann McNair

Society of Midland Author's Fiction Finalist
Award Winner

“The stories in The Temple of Air navigate deftly between the everyday and the disturbing, the prosaic and the poetic.” —New City

"This is a beautiful book, intense and original." — Audrey Niffenegger

From the teenagers who witness a tragedy at a carnival to the twins who run the local ice cream parlor, each of the eleven linked stories in Patricia Ann McNair’s debut collection gives you a glimpse of life in the small town of New Hope.

College Acceleration:
Innovating Through The New American Research High School

Eric J. Ban Ed.D.

"A Book On Education Worth Reading." —Morton J. Marcus, Reporter-Times.com

New Nonfiction for High School Transformation. A co-publication with the Forum on Education at Indiana University.

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Author Events

Saturday, May 26
Stacy Bierlein & Pam Houston
Book People
Austin, TX

Saturday, June 2, 6:30 p.m.
Patricia Ann McNair
Arcadia Books
Spring Green, WI

Tuesday, June 5
Stacy Bierlein
Pen On Fire at Scape Gallery
Corona Del Mar, CA

Friday, Saturday, June 9 & 10
Patricia Ann McNair
Printers Row Lit Fest
Chicago, IL

Saturday, June 16, 1-3 p.m.
Patricia Ann McNair
McLean & Eakin In-Store Signing
Petoskey, MI

Friday, June 15, 7:00 p.m.
Patricia Ann McNair
Brilliant Books
Traverse City, MI

Wednesday, June 19, 7:30 p.m.
Patricia Ann McNair
(with Jaimy Gordon
and Philip Hartigan)
Interlochen College of Creative Arts
Interlochen, MI

Saturday, July 28, 3:00 p.m.
Patricia Ann McNair
Webster Place Barnes and Noble
Chicago, IL

Tuesday, August 7, 7:00 p.m.
Stacy Bierlein
Tuesday Funk Reading Series
Hopleaf Bar
Chicago, IL

Thursday, August 9, 1-3 p.m.
Stacy Bierlein
McLean & Eakin In-Store Signing
Petoskey, MI

Saturday, August 11
Stacy Bierlein
Horizons Bookstore
Traverse City, MI

Sunday, September 23
Meet ERB Publisher and Writers
Brooklyn Book Festival
Brooklyn, NY