• Interconnected vignettes paint the picture of strange, unforgettable Henrytown in this debut that emerged from a radio show, perfect for fans of George Saunders and Deb Olin Unferth
• Originally published serially in three issues of The American Reader
• A natural performer, Erickson has created over a dozen short, 30-second films with Henrytown excerpts, including for a few favorite chapters: "John Dinger on a Davenport," "Out Fort Daniel Conservation Area," and "Dear Crier Staff: Sorry"
• An entertaining, performative work of art, Erickson is planning an extensive tour around release and will also give live performances related to the work. True to the spirit of Henrytown, Erickson plans to promote it more like an album than a book, including designing a line of T-shirts to be sold on tour.
• Extensive tour planned, with stops including New York City, Ann Arbor, MI, Chicago and Decatur, IL, Austin and Houston, TX, Santa Fe, NM, and Sacramento, Davis, and Los Angeles, CA
• New York readings being planned in collaboration with Zans Brady Krohn, an editor at Byline
• Blurb outreach to Joe Wenderoth, Tim Robinson, Okkyung Lee, George Saunders, and many others
• Indie bookstore push to Erickson's local and hometown indies: Avid Reader (Davis, CA); Beers Books (Sacramento, CA); Time Tested Books (Sacramento, CA); Prairie Archives (Springfield, IL); Old Book Barn (Forsyth, IL)
• Focused push to independent radio stations and podcasts
• Mass galley mailing
• E-ARCs available on Edelweiss
• Co-op budget available

Chris Erickson is from Decatur, Illinois. His debut novella Henrytown is forthcoming on Graver Goods Press, an imprint of Dzanc Books, in 2025. His writing has appeared in The American Reader, Gigantic, Action Spectacle, Capilano Review, Seneca Review, PANK, benmarcus.com, and The Hobo-Tramp Voice. He has performed in a number of venues, including E. Claire Raley Studios for the Performing Arts, Third Space Art Collective, Literary Death Match - Los Angeles, John Natsoulas Center for the Arts, Sacramento Poetry Center, and Slatter's Court. He is a graduate of the UC Davis Creative Writing Program, and still lives in Davis, CA.