The Longest Way to Eat a Melon (Paperback)

Jacquelyn Zong-Li Ross

ISBN 10: 1956046410 / ISBN 13: 9781956046410

Published by Sarabande Books, Incorporated, Louisville, 2025

About this Item

Paperback. A cheeky debut of short fictions exploring the pitfalls and minor triumphs of the creative process.Equal parts melody and malaise, The Longest Way to Eat a Melon charts the activities of a cast of speakers who all grapple in their own ways with what it takes to conjure a self in the midst of discordance. A brain argues with a non-brain about how to remain productive from a place of exhaustion; two supernaturally inclined twins named Han are separated at birth; and an emerging artist paralyzed by possibility considers how best to transform a melon into a breakthrough work of art. Incorporating elements of fable, surrealism, satire, and art and cultural criticism, these stories have a playful peculiarity to them, an interweaving of self-deprecation and curiosity, of woe and hope, of absurdity and humanity. Reader, you will want to savor every bite. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Longest Way to Eat a Melon (Paperback)
• Publisher: Sarabande Books, Incorporated, Louisville
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1956046410
• ISBN 13: 9781956046410
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

A cheeky debut of short fictions exploring the pitfalls and minor triumphs of the creative process.

Equal parts melody and malaise, The Longest Way to Eat a Melon charts the activities of a cast of speakers who all grapple in their own ways with what it takes to conjure a self in the midst of discordance. A brain argues with a non-brain about how to remain productive from a place of exhaustion; two supernaturally inclined twins named Han are separated at birth; and an emerging artist paralyzed by possibility considers how best to transform a melon into a breakthrough work of art. Incorporating elements of fable, surrealism, satire, and art and cultural criticism, these stories have a playful peculiarity to them, an interweaving of self-deprecation and curiosity, of woe and hope, of absurdity and humanity. Reader, you will want to savor every bite. 

About the Author

Jacquelyn Zong-Li Ross is a writer and editor based in Vancouver, the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səlilwətaɬ nations. Her fiction, poetry, essays, and art criticism have appeared in BOMB, C Mag, The Ex-Puritan, Fence, Mousse, and elsewhere. She holds a BFA in Studio Art from Simon Fraser University and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Guelph. The Longest Way to Eat a Melon is her first book.