Las Vegas-Clark County Library District has been “the recipient of three consecutive ALA Library of the Future Awards in 2022, 2023 & 2024 (the first library system to ever accomplish this)”. In visiting their website, the total vibe I get is this is the Mister Rogers of library personalities. Their tagline and motto? “Free to…
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Smith Memorial Library Collection at Chautauqua
The Chautauqua Institution is a beautiful example of how, when an institution values the work of an artist; they don’t hold back in continued celebration and respect of that artist’s works. My time there was truly remarkable, and continues to be. Smith Memorial Library (Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Library System) has two copies of To Love Like Venus…
The Corner Bookstore, a Trip to Venus
Old jokes used to introduce themselves with “So-and-so [a trio usually] walk into a bar…” Today I walked into a bookstore (leaving two outside to wait for me, so there’s the trio) to pick up a book I preordered a few months ago “Big Nobody” by Alex Kadis. Because the book sounded hysterical, it got…
Book Launch at Korres 3/21/26
Celebrate Venusian beauty with us at Korres for the book launch of Stephanie Nina Pitsirilos’ debut novel To Love Like Venus. Saturday March 21st at 3pm, Korres, NYC. 232 Elizabeth Street. Environmentalism is a focus of To Love Like Venus. So is beauty and pleasure and Greek island settings. What better place to sample Greek wines and launch the book than at…
Venus is here
Happy Publication Day to my debut novel, To Love Like Venus. Dream yourself into a future NYC of whirling roller-discos and sex robots, sunny Greek islands, and a fight for love while the world is on the brink. Trip to Venus included. Maybe you have literary fiction tendencies? Then: To Love Like Venus is a literary…
So you preordered an indie book
This slide deck is more about the “what to do to get your book” than the “why”: just know that “unavailable” on publication day does not mean the book is actually unavailable. Text below. So you preordered an indie book. How actually receiving it sometimes works with online retailers. The Sudden Not-Available It’s publication day…
A Richland Library Staff Pick
Exciting to see To Love Like Venus under the coming-soon-for-adults Staff Pick list at Richland Library in South Carolina. Reserve your copy.
Starred Kirkus Review for To Love Like Venus
“A scintillating modern love story that will leave a lasting impression… Pitsirilos has crafted a compelling exploration of what it means to be human, weaving together themes of artificial intelligence, environmental degradation, mother-son relationships, and the difficulty of modern love.” – Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Honored to have gotten this starred review by Kirkus Reviews for…
Author Proof Arrives
Big, big day. Author copy finally arrived from IngramSpark. Can I tell you how beautiful this book looks? How beautiful a job Baris Sehri did. How beautiful The Cosmic Lion (Lewelin Polanco) ‘s interiors look? We have some jacket and cover alignment issues we will try to tweak for the final (POD is tricky to nail. Plus we are…
Upcoming Titles 2026 and more
image updated 1/7/2026 A debut novel in March and a story with a speculative detective agency (both novel and story about love). Plus a cheat sheet for all the other recent works beneath my wings. This, of course, doesn’t cover the zines and chapbooks I make in-between, when the mood strikes.
