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BOOKS INCLUDED
JOY by Francis Daulerio: a lyric meditation on tenderness, masculinity, and care.
JOY is the new full-length collection of poetry by Francis Daulerio, author of If & When We Wake, Please Plant This Book, and With a Difference. Beginning with one pregnancy and ending with another, JOY examines the ways in which we keep ourselves alive, centering around the birth of Daulerio’s first child while coping with the loss of friend and collaborator, Scott Hutchison. With a foreword by acclaimed author Maggie Smith (Good Bones, Keep Moving), and cover art by UK artist Helen Ahpornsiri, this life-affirming collection highlights what Bon Iver’s Sean Carey describes as “Daulerio’s relentless hope and love,” encouraging readers to push through hardships to find their own sense of meaning.
The Truth About Unringing Phones by Lara Lillibridge: essays on silence, grief, and communication.
When Lara was four years old, her father moved from Rochester, New York, to Anchorage, Alaska, a distance of over 4,000 miles. She spent her childhood chasing after him, flying a quarter of the way around the world to tug at the hem of his jacket. Now that he is in his eighties, she contemplates her obligation to an absentee father. THE TRUTH ABOUT UNRINGING PHONES: ESSAYS ON YEARNING is an exploration of responsibility and culpability told in experimental and fragmented essays.
Animal Husbandry by Taylor Garcia: fiction exploring control, care, and survival
The men in ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, Taylor García’s new short story collection, are in the midst of their own personal apocalypses as the real and artificial world decays around them. Struggling to find the future versions of themselves, the husbands, fathers, bachelors, lovers, influencers, and healers in these stories learn to stop fighting and start transforming. As Mario's job is eliminated due to AI, he begins mixing with his polyamorous neighbors, while his wife falls for a chat bot, sending their marriage to the breaking point in the title story, Animal Husbandry. In “Journey to the Edge of the Earth,” TikTok-famous flat earther, Carl "Flat Manly" Bonifacio, realizes his theories are bogus and that he must shut down his platform, plus, cancel a fraught cruise to the so-called edge of the earth. Circus strong man and ladies man Dominic sustains a career-ending shoulder injury that forces him to rethink his life choices in this circus melodrama, "Circle of Death.” Inspired by Margaret Atwood’s, The Handmaid's Tale, what happens when men's bodies are legislated? “Medicine Box” is told in retrospect by an ayahuasca shaman's son far into the future.
