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Thistlefoot
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: NPR • The Wall Street Journal • Washington Independent Review of Books • BookPage • Book Riot
In the tradition of modern fairytales comes a sweeping epic rich in Eastern European folklore—a debut novel about the ancestral hauntings that stalk us, and the uncanny power of story.
"This book blooms from a fairy tale to a panoptic story that defies space and time, brimming with creativity, wisdom, and love."
-Kirkus STARRED Review
“Nethercott is a literary trickster god who has crafted a wonderfully imaginative, wholly enchanting novel of witness, survival, memory, and family. Thistlefoot shimmers with magic and mayhem."
—Libba Bray
A genuinely rollicking adventure....skillfully stuffed with startling rollickers. Prepare to be thoroughly, comprehensively, joyfully rollicked.”
—Lemony Snicket
Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart (and other stories)
Fourteen lush, strange, short stories.
“Delectable dark fairy tales which tend to start in worlds that feel almost comfortable—until the shadows thicken and all at once everything has teeth. . . . Fantastic.”
—Publishers Weekly
“A memorable story collection that makes the supernatural personal.”
—Kirkus STARRED Review
“All of you who love that strain of witty, wistful, enigmatic stories that runs from Kafka to Kelly Link: come read this book. GennaRose Nethercott draws from a magic well, bringing us tales that feel as old as time yet marvelously new.”
—Sofia Samatar, author of Tender
The Lumberjack's Dove
Winner of the 2017 National Poetry Series (Ecco/HarperCollins)
A book-length poem in the tenor of a folktale.
“Pithy, magical, its many insights, its cautions and clarifications, unfolding in a chain of brief scenes and koan-like revelations. This is a book of unexpected lightness and buoyancy, as necessary in our tense period as the more urgent confrontations.”
-Louise Glück
Lianna Fled the Cranberry Bog: a story in cootie catchers
A kaleidoscopic tale of cruel beasts, daring thieves, lost sweethearts, and a family on the run-- told through twenty-six fold-up paper fortune tellers. (from Ninepin Press)
Modern Ballads
A collection of narrative ballads by GennaRose Nethercott, set to music by a lineup of America's best contemporary folk bands.
Featuring: Lula Wiles, Jefferson Hamer, Lonely Heartstring Band, Lissa Schneckenburger/Corey DiMario, Peter Mulvey, Dietrich Strause, Arc Iris, and Rose Polenzani
A Ghost of Water
An ekphrastic collaboration with printmaker Susan Osgood of poems and images.
This luscious hardcover art book contains eighteen original poems by GennaRose Nethercott, inspired by eighteen full-color Susan Osgood prints.
"You are the mackerel that slips / from the fisherman’s grasp / and you are the dark haven / into which the fish / silently vanishes"
PHOTOS
Friends & Collaborators
Wooly Mar (Maria Pugnetti)
Shoshana Bass of Sandglass Theater
Director of the Thistlefoot traveling show--and maker of the stunning Baba Yaga puppet, among others
Bobby DiTrani
Illustrator of all fifty beasts within the text of "Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart" -- as well as Lianna Fled the Cranberry Bog
Sophia DiMatteo
Creator of the hand-painted creatures that acted as set dressings during the touring of Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart
The Autumn People
Comprised of Cassandra de Alba, Meagan Masterman, Colin Hinckley, and GennaRose Nethercott, The Autumn People are a quartet of writers that gathers annually to pen scary stories in various old seaside houses. Featured in Poets & Writers magazine, they have been operating under the assumption that four heads are better then one for six years now, and plan to continue sixty more.
