Flashback Friday! "I began w/the idea that there might be a weather event—a mist from the clouds—that created a temporary cancellation, a dreamless sleep...Weather as metaphor—for loss, absence, cancellation, race—all that grew around the original idea."
@kevinprufer.bsky.social on SLEEPAWAY #novel
26.09.2025 18:18 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
We're seeking proposals for future Unsung Masters volumes!
Send your proposal to unsung.masters.series[at]gmail[dot]com by October 15.
For more info, visit unsungmasters.org or reach out to series editors @kevinprufer.bsky.social, @infinite-scroll.bsky.social, or @waynemillerpoet.bsky.social.
05.09.2025 20:34 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
Kevin Prufer's novel, SLEEPAWAY, on a bookshelf.
Spotted on the shelves at @politicsprose.bsky.social in D.C.: Acre author @kevinprufer.bsky.social's award-winning novel, SLEEPAWAY! 🎉🎉🎉
19.07.2025 14:28 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Hey cool!
19.07.2025 15:04 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
We're counting down until the big reveal at the awards ceremony this June! Fingers crossed for our 2025 Foreword INDIES Finalists @kevinprufer.bsky.social (SLEEPAWAY) and @amitmajmudar.bsky.social (THE GREAT GAME). 🎉🎉🎉
14.05.2025 18:02 — 👍 3 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Cover image for Kevin Prufer's novel SLEEPAWAY. Menacing white cloud in clear blue sky hangs over field.
Congrats to Acre author @kevinprufer.bsky.social whose novel, SLEEPAWAY, is a finalist for the 2025 Midwest Book Awards! 🎉🎉🎉 mipa.org/midwest-book... #fiction #booksky
07.05.2025 18:22 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Cover for Kevin Prufer's novel SLEEPAWAY. Eerie white cloud hangs over open field in clear blue sky.
Congrats to Acre author @kevinprufer.bsky.social, whose novel, SLEEPAWAY, is runner-up for The Society of Midland Authors Award in the category of #fiction! 🎉🎉🎉
21.04.2025 18:50 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Author Talk & Book Launch: Wayne Miller's The End of Childhood
Join us to celebrate the launch of Wayne Miller's The End of Childhood. Wayne will be joined by Juan Morales and Kevin Prufer.
Denver folks! I'll be launching THE END OF CHILDHOOD at MATTER (2114 Market St) this Thursday (Apr 3) at 6:30pm. Juan Morales and @kevinprufer.bsky.social will also read from their work. It should be super fun! We'll grab a drink afterward somewhere nearby. Come say hi!
01.04.2025 19:35 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Kevin Prufer signing copies of his novel, SLEEPAWAY, at the AWP bookfair.
Acre authors in action! @kevinprufer.bsky.social signing copies of his #novel, SLEEPAWAY, at the AWP bookfair! 🎉📚🖊️
29.03.2025 21:13 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Cover image for Kevin Prufer's novel SLEEPAWAY. Eerie white cloud drifts in clear blue sky over field.
"I began with the idea that there might be a...mist from the clouds—that created a temporary cancellation, a dreamless sleep...Weather as a metaphor—for loss, absence, cancellation, race—all that grew around
the original idea." @kevinprufer.bsky.social on the origins of SLEEPAWAY (Rain Taxi) #novel
25.03.2025 14:53 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
YouTube video by Acre Books – OFFICIAL
Sleepaway by Kevin Prufer
Hopefully they’re also mentioning @kevinprufer.bsky.social’s new book SLEEPAWAY from @acrebooks.bsky.social.
02.01.2025 03:23 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Sleepaway
A haunting debut novel from celebrated poet Kevin Prufer. It’s 1984, and the invisible mists are falling, mists that cause people to slip into dreamless slumber—sleeps from which most, but not all, aw...
Because of the really nice buzz around my little apocalyptic novel Sleepaway, Amazon has sold out. But copies available directly through the distributor, linked below. And if you use this discount code, you'll get 15% off: HOHOACRE15.
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
28.12.2024 19:23 — 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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