Published by Dzanc Books, Westland, MI, 2012
ISBN 10: 1938103564 ISBN 13: 9781938103568
Seller: Abacus Bookshop, Pittsford, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
softcover. Condition: Fine copy. 1st edition. 8vo, 158 pp.
Published by Dzanc Books, United States, Westland, 2015
ISBN 10: 1936873621 ISBN 13: 9781936873623
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. From ghosts to pink dolphins to a fight club of young women who practice beneath the Alaskan aurora borealis, By Light We Knew Our Names examines the beauty and heartbreak of the world we live in. Across 13 stories, this collection explores the thin border between magic and grief. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Dzanc Books, Westland, Michigan, 2011
ISBN 10: 0982631820 ISBN 13: 9780982631829
Seller: Ziebarth Books, Coal Valley, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First edition, first printing, hardcover. Green cloth with gilt titles. 531 pages. Fine in a fine, mylar-covered dust jacket.
Published by Dzanc Books, Westland, Michigan, 2012
ISBN 10: 1936873079 ISBN 13: 9781936873074
Seller: MLC Books, Northfield, MN, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. A collection of twelve short stories. Lightly rubbed at the edges with a number "2" written on the upper edge of the text block. Incribed to the previous owner and signed by Cross on the title page. Inscribed By the Author.
Published by Dzanc Books, Westland, MI, 2010
ISBN 10: 0982631804 ISBN 13: 9780982631805
Seller: Pegasus Books, Farmington Hills, MI, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: New. 7.90 X 6 X 0.70 inches; 156 pages; Soft cover has black spine with white and red lettering. Self flaps. Pages are clean and tight, NEW book. "The story, told in dialogue, of two brothers who fall into piracy, meet a mermaid, and end up in the Arctic. "Told entirely through dialogue, this quirky tale of period pirate wannabees make a 'jeu d'esprit' of the prirvateer life even as it baldly de-romanticizes it.".
Published by Dzanc Books, Westland, 2015
ISBN 10: 1941531822 ISBN 13: 9781941531822
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Originally published in 2005, Between Here and the Yellow Sea thrust Nic Pizzolatto into the literary spotlight, earning mention as one of Poets & Writers' top five fiction debuts of the year as well as a spont on the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award shortlist. This updated edition features two previously uncollected stories--Wanted Man and Graves of Light--and showcases a modern-day master of the short story at the top of his game. Showcases the short stories of the creator of HBO's True detective, Nic Pizzolatto. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Published by Dzanc Books, United States, Westland, 2018
ISBN 10: 1945814500 ISBN 13: 9781945814501
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. "Its not romantic," Torrey says. "Its physics. For every letter there is an equal and opposite, you knowletter." Sheilas life is built of little thievings. Adrift in her mid-thirties, she sleeps in fragments, ditches her temp jobs, eavesdrops on her neighbors Skype calls, and keeps a stolen letter in her nightstand, penned by a UPS driver she barely knows. Her mother is stifling and her father is a bad memory. Her only friends are her mysterious, slovenly neighbor Vinnie and his daughter Torrey, a quirky twelve-year-old coping with a recent tragedy. When her grandmother Rosamond dies, Sheila inherits a box of secret love letters from Harold C. Carra man who is not her grandfather. In spite of herself, Sheila gets caught up in the legacy of the affair, piecing together her grandmothers past and forging bonds with Torrey and Vinnie as intense and fragile as the crumbling pages in Rosamonds shoebox. As they get closer to unraveling the truth, Sheila grows almost as obsessed with the letters as the man who wrote them. Somewhere, theres an answering stack of letterswritten in Rosamonds handand Sheila cant stop until she uncovers the rest of the story. Threaded with wry humor and the ache of love lost or left behind, How to Set Yourself on Fire establishes Julia Dixon Evans as a rising talent in the vein of Shirley Jackson and Lindsay Hunter. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Dzanc Books, Westland, 2023
ISBN 10: 1950539776 ISBN 13: 9781950539772
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Winner of the Dzanc Nonfiction Prize, The Loved Ones presents an intimate portrait of family grief, for fans of Maggie Nelsons Jane: A Murder and Kristin Prevallets I, AfterlifeThere are so many ways to bury the dead. In an autobiographical series of essays, The Loved Ones explores the deaths of four family members across three generations: an inexplicable double murder, a fatal car accident, a long illness, and a conscripted solider killed in action.Piece by piece, each essay explores the death a loved one ina collage of vignettes: the loss, the aftermath, the funerals, and the rituals usedto say goodbye to the body. As the investigation deepens, Davis lines up otherforms of deathcapital punishment and murder; medically-assisted suicide andnatural death from disease; military conscription and freak accidentto seewhat comes to the surface.The Loved Ones is about the intricate reality of grief, the instability of time and memory in the face of loss, and the feeling of being left behind still living. It asks, what does it mean to bury our loved ones when our only desire is to never let them go? Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Published by Dzanc Books, Westland, 2024
ISBN 10: 1950539903 ISBN 13: 9781950539901
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Celebrated and award-winning poet who's been an NEA fellow, won the International Centre for Writers and Translators residency, and been honored with the Michigan Notable Book Award and Independent Publishers AwardTaylor formerly worked as a bookseller (original Borders, Shaman drum Bookstore) and taught at the University of Michigan for twenty years and has strong connections to universities throughout MichiganThe coverpainting, The Dress of the Poem by Syrian artist Khaled Al-Saai, wascommissioned by the University of Michigan Museum of Art for its 2022exhibition Watershed , which was curated by Jennifer M. Friess. Al-Saaifound my poem Sea and Rain: Lake Michigan, which is included in thiscollection, translated it into Arabic, then used the words and letters from thetranslation to create the swirl at the center of his painting. My poem is anekphrastic reaction to James Abbott McNeil Whistlers Sea and Rain (1865)from UMMAs collection.Mass galley mailing with a focus on poetry reviews and regional publicationsMichigan festival and writers' conference promotion, including at Kerrytown BookfestUniversity and course adoption pushSpecial outreach to organizations with which the author has connections, including Michigan Poetry Society, Hopwood Room, and University of MichiganBlurbs forthcoming from Thomas Lynch, Laura Kasischke, Richard Tillinghast, Diane Seuss, and Bonnie Jo CampbellFocus on indie bookstore outreach, including organizing events at Literati Bookshop, Totem Books, and Schuler Books to reach Keith's local audienceLocal author push to Horizon Books and The Book Beat, which have a proven record of supporting Michigan authorsRegional and national awards pushE-galleys available on Edelweiss Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Published by Dzanc Books, Westland, 2023
ISBN 10: 1950539768 ISBN 13: 9781950539765
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Winner of the Dzanc Short Story Collection PrizeA near-future farmer battling environmental crises takes ina mysterious girl he finds on the roadside. A bus driver navigates throughtreacherous weather and memories of her tragic past as she races to savechildren from the end of the world. A woman keeps giving birth to children fromdifferent time periods. And a woman struggles with her young daughter mysteriouslytransforming into something wild and unruly, confronting themes of motherhoodand family.In Girl Country, stories range frommedieval Belgium to the near-future of the American Midwest, populated bymothers and monsters, mermaids and milkmaids, nuns and bus driverswomen inevery walk of life, but particularly working-class women, navigating theintersection of the mundane and the magical. Perfect for fans of Orange Worldand Animal Wife, these are stories about women with teethwild andalive. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Published by Dzanc Books, Westland, MI, 2013
ISBN 10: 1938604210 ISBN 13: 9781938604218
Seller: Abacus Bookshop, Pittsford, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
softcover. Condition: Fine copy. 1st edition. 8vo, 312 pp.
Published by Dzanc Books, Westland, 2023
ISBN 10: 1950539784 ISBN 13: 9781950539789
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Tulsi Gurung arrives in Pennsylvania on a day so impossiblydamp and gray he wonders if hes landed on the underside of the world. He issixteen and brimming with wonder and fear. Born and raised in Refugee CampGoldhap, Tulsi is technically a refugee from Bhutan, a land hes never set eyeson.Reunited with his grandfather, Tulsi struggles to navigatehis new life, his new country, and a raw separation from his beloved sister,Susmita, the one person who truly tethers him to the world.Haunted by the uncertainty of her fate, Tulsi attempts tomove on, forging relationships with the unfamiliar characters he encounters: ayouth pastors wife suffering a crisis of faith, a guarded transfer studentwith a mysterious past, a single mother with whom Tulsi glimpses a futurebrighter than hed ever imagined. But the past will not rest, and Tulsi findshe must heal the wound of Susmitas loss and track down the sister he leftbehind. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Published by Dzanc Books, Westland, 2023
ISBN 10: 1950539873 ISBN 13: 9781950539871
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A stunning anthology of fierce and dangerous women, featuring stories from Lauren Groff, Deesha Philyaw, K-Ming Chang, and thirteen other award-winning and bestselling authors.A middle-aged Black woman exacts revenge on the aggressively average men she meets on dating sites. A girl buries pieces of herself in a hole beneath an apple tree, hoping to escape her mother's life of struggle and servitude. A group of teenage girls compete for the title of 'Worst Girl in America.' A young woman in Taiwan becomes infatuated with a female scam caller, a fleeting ghost of a love that blossoms from strangeness. And a wealthy woman goes to unconventional, and perhaps not entirely ethical, lengths to find her dream man.In these sixteen stories, we see women at their most monstrous - as con artists and murderers, cutthroats and scalpers, ruled by ambition and grief and spite. Characters for those tired of being told to play nice. Dressed to the nines in morally gray, the stories in this anthology comprise an envelope full of teeth: each one distinct, unsettling, and sharp enough to rip out a throat.List of contributors: Alice Ash, Alicia Elliott, Alison Rumfitt, Aliya Whiteley, Amanda Leduc, Chana Porter, Chantal V. Johnson, Chaya Bhuvaneswar, Deesha Philyaw, K-Ming Chang, Lauren Groff, Maisy Card, Megan Giddings, Sarah Rose Etter, Vanessa Chan, Yah Yah Scholfield Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Published by Dzanc Books, Westland, 2023
ISBN 10: 195053975X ISBN 13: 9781950539758
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. In this hybrid novel-part essay, part prose poem, part travel narrative-Blair Austin brings us nose to the glass with our own vanishing world, what we preserve and at what cost.In a city far in the future, in a society that has come through a great upheaval, retired lecturer Wiggins moves from window to window in a museum, intricately describing each scene. Whales gliding above a shipwreck and a lost cup and saucer. An animatronic forest twenty stories tall. urban wolves in the light of an apartment building. A line of mosquitoes in uniforms and regalia, honored as heroes of the last great war.Bit by bit, Wiggins unspools the secrets of his world-the conflict that brought it to the brink, and the great thinker, Michaux, who led the diorama revolution, himself now preserved under glass.After a phone call in the middle of the night, Wiggins sets out to visit the Diorama of the Town: an entire, dioramic world, hundreds of miles across, where people are objects of curiosity, taxidermied and posed. All his life, Wiggins has longed to see it. But in the Town, he comes face to face with the diorama's contradictions. Its legacy of political violence. Its manipulation by those with power and money. And its paper-thin promise of immortality. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Published by Dzanc Books, Westland, 2024
ISBN 10: 1950539970 ISBN 13: 9781950539970
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Lindsey is one of Dzanc's veteran authors with a wealth of connections and is raring to go on promoting her own book. She's already reached out to many authors about blurbs, including Lauren Groff, Laura van den Berg, and George SaundersReview and feature outreach to publications that have published and reviewed Lindsey's work previously: The Southern Review, Iowa Review, Conjunctions, Alaska Quarterly Review, Cincinnati Review, Colorado Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, TriQuarterly,Brooklyn Rail, Library Journal, The Rumpus, NPR, and othersIndie bookstore push to Lindsey's local and regional indies: King's English bookstore (Salt Lake City), Weller's Books (Salt Lake City), and others. Lindsey will also be doing a joint event at King's English with Dzanc author Lance Olsen in August, shortly after publication.Outreach to Lindsey's local and regional publications: Toledo Blade (Ohio), Monroe Evening News (Michigan), Detroit Free Press (Michigan), Salt Lake Tribune (Utah), Deseret News (Utah)Big awards push: Joyce Carol Oates Award, St. Francis Literary Prize, Philip K. Dick Award, PEN/Faulkner Award, Neukom Literary Arts Award For Speculative Fiction, National Book Award, William Saroyan Prize, Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize, The Shirley Jackson Award, LA Festival of Books Fiction Book Prize, and othersMass galley mailingEmphasis on course adoption and award submissionsE-ARCs available on EdelweissCo-op budget available Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Published by Dzanc Books, Westland, 2024
ISBN 10: 1950539954 ISBN 13: 9781950539956
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. With Lance Olsen's signature flair, Absolute Away is an innovative narrative triptych, a story of one life reimagined.The first movement tells the story of Edie Metzger, a little Jewish girl who bit Hermann Gring's lip so hard it bled at a Nazi book-burning rally in 1933. In the second, in 1956, grown Edie is the passenger clinging to the backseat of the Oldsmobile 88 convertible driven by Jackson Pollock, moments before it plunges off the road. In the third, the narrative embarks into an ever-unspooling universe of Edies that might have lived-Edie's gender, past, and consciousness flying forever farther apart.Absolute Away is a novel about travel in its largest sense-about the self, the past, the future, aging, ideas, relationships, our own mortal being(s) as transitive verbs, and how what and who we are connects to everything else. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Published by Dzanc Books, Westland, 2024
ISBN 10: 1950539962 ISBN 13: 9781950539963
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. From a celebrated master of the Southern Gothic comes a last collectionof hard-hitting short fiction, his final posthumous workBeloved for his novelsTwilight, The Long Home,andThe Lost Country,and his groundbreaking collection I Hate to See That Evening Sun Go Down,William Gay returns with one final posthumous collection of short stories, adaptedfrom the archive found after his death in February 2012. In addition to previouslyunpublished short stories, Stories from the Atticincludes fragmentsfrom two of the unpublished novels that were works in progress at the time ofhis death.Marked by his signature skill and bare-knuckled insight, this collection isa must-read for William Gay devotees and fans of Southern short fiction. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Published by Dzanc Books, Westland, 2024
ISBN 10: 1950539938 ISBN 13: 9781950539932
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. In prose that is both unflinching and lyrical, Suzi Ehtesham-Zadeh presents Zan, a collection of stories that provide a deep and nuanced view of contemporary Iranian women as they navigate a crucial moment in their nation's history.A university student strips off her hijab in the streets of Tehran and films herself as part of a daring protest movement. A wealthy Iranian woman living in Atlanta maintains a secret life as a burlesque dancer. A teenager slips out of a hotel room at night to skinny dip in the toxic Caspian Sea. An Iranian lesbian agonises over her coming out and her father's subsequent attempts to re-educate her. These are some of the many windows Zan opens into the complex lives of Iranian women today those who continue to suffer oppression under the Islamic Republic, those who are crafting new identities in America, and those who hover somewhere in between.Against the backdrops of the Islamic Republic and the American empire, these women grapple with the rigid standards foisted upon them and struggle to forge meaningful relationships with people who misunderstand and otherise them. Winner of the 2022 Dzanc Short Collection Prize, Zan explores feelings familiar to anyone who has ever felt marginalised or who has sought a home in a world where cultures collide and conflict. In prose that is both unflinching and lyrical, Suzi Ehtesham-Zadeh presents Zan, a collection of stories that provide a deep and nuanced view of contemporary Iranian women as they navigate a crucial moment in their nation's history. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Published by Dzanc Books, Westland, 2024
ISBN 10: 1950539911 ISBN 13: 9781950539918
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. An award-winning and celebrated author of ten works of fiction, including Kafka's Son, Curt Leviant is an internationally recognized author whose novels have been translated into five languages and have garnered critical acclaim in France, Belgium, Greece, and Italy, among othersPromotion to include a mass galley mailing and national review push, as well as excerpts, features, and reviews in Jewish Literary Journal, Arc, Jewish Quarterly, Poetica Magazine, Jewish Daily Foreword, Zeek, Moment Magazine, Village Voice, Literary Hub, and the RumpusPromotion through the Jewish Book Council, the Yiddish Book Center, and the Association of Jewish LibrariesEgalleys Available on Edelweiss With the lyrical joy and lighthearted wordplay that have won him critical acclaim, celebrated Jewish author Curt Leviant delivers a charming literary love story against the backdrop of the lush Italian countryside. In this enticing email romanza, Leviant delivers a breathless confessional with two beginnings and two endings, leaving it up to the reader to decipher what s real. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Published by Dzanc Books, Westland, 2024
ISBN 10: 1950539989 ISBN 13: 9781950539987
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Tenth collection of fiction from an established and well-connected flash fiction authorMeg is a literary darling with friends and connections across the lit fic spectrum. She's anticipating blurbs from Charmaine Wilkerson and Bobbie Ann Mason, among others, and is planning a New England tour in late September / early October with author Jeff FriedmanInterviews and features pitched to Meg's personal connections at JMWW, CRAFT, and The RumpusOutreach and ARC mailing to publications that have published Meg's work and those that have previously covered her: American Book Review, New Pages, The Rumpus, SmokeLong Quarterly, Bloom, Coal Hill Review, New England Review, Washington Square Review, McSweeneys, Passages North, Electric Literature, Best Small Fictions, Flash Fiction International, and Mslexia Magazine, where she's a regular contributorOutreach and ARC mailing to US indies, with an emphasis on Meg's home state of PennsylvaniaAward push, including the Next Generation Indie Book Awards, Foreword Indies Books Awards, Saboteur Book Award, the Dylan Thomas Prize, The Story Prize, and othersMass galley mailingE-ARCs available on Edelweiss Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Published by Dzanc Books, Westland, MI, 2013
Seller: AFTER WORDS OF ANN ARBOR, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, as Published. Proof. Unread pristine advance reader copy bound in stiff illustrated paper wraps. Two volume set. Sequel to Coover's first novel, funny and malicious social and political satire. Last page is numbered 1182.
Published by Dzanc Books, Westland, MI, 2013
ISBN 10: 1938103572 ISBN 13: 9781938103575
Seller: Karl Theis, Torrance, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Like New. First Edition. Signed by Author NO INSCRIPTION. Books signed by Michalski are scarce. Signed by Author NO INSCRIPTIO.
Published by Dzanc Books, Westland, MI, 2012
ISBN 10: 1938103548 ISBN 13: 9781938103544
Seller: Cul de Sac Books, Clarkston, GA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Soft cover. Condition: Fine in wrappers. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Fine in wrappers. A 1st edition/1st printing copy in fine condition with full number line. Signed and dated 9/19/2012 by author on title page. The covers are clean and bright and the edges are sharp. No tears or creases. The binding is straight and tight. NO remainder mark, NOT ex-lib. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Dzanc Books, Westland, MI, 2015
ISBN 10: 1938103165 ISBN 13: 9781938103162
Seller: Cul de Sac Books, Clarkston, GA, U.S.A.
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Soft cover. Condition: New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Fine in wrappers. A 1st edition/1st printing copy in fine condition with full number line. Signed and dated 11/14/2015 (prior to publication) by author on title page. The covers are clean and bright and the edges are sharp. No tears or creases. The binding is straight and tight. NO remainder mark, NOT ex-lib. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Dzanc Books, Westland, 2023
ISBN 10: 1950539881 ISBN 13: 9781950539888
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. A poignant and powerful first novel following the breakup of a Pakistani family in the face of climate disaster, and their indefatigable search for stability, love, and belonging.In the rural town in Pakistan where Baadal grows up, children are named like talismans to sustain life and ward off unhappiness. At seventeen, Baadal has come to understand why his parents gave him that name, with hopes that their Big River will one day flow wide again, and their thirst will be quenched after years of drought. But in the final year of his schooling, abundance seems impossibly far away. As his parents marriagefull of rage, despair, and often violencereaches a breaking point, the only comfort Baadal can afford is a budding kinship with Meena, a divorced older woman he meets on the banks of the drying river.Meena has only just escaped her abusive husband, but her resistance to remarry soon gives way to the promise of stability and companionship that Baadal offers. Together, they leave the Town in search of greater fortunes in the City. But even strong-willed, independent Meena finds herself bowed by the strain of Badaals punishing work schedule, her struggling beauty parlor, and the tension with Baadals mother, Raheela, who fights for control of her son as she seeks to leave behind a life of disappointments and discover a freedom shes never known.Told in rotating perspectives spanning from 1966 to 1998, THE RIVER, THE TOWN is an intimate portrait of a family unraveling in the throes of indigence, and a tribute to the wounded love that keeps them tethered to each other. With stark and candid prose, Farah Ali traces one familys fortunes to illuminate the relentless cycle of inequity, juxtaposing the tragic and grueling realities of poverty with the enduring struggle for compassion and humanity. "The poignant and powerful first novel following the breakup of a Pakistani family in the face of climate disaster, and their indefatigable search for stability, love, and belongings"-- Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Published by Westland, MI: Dzanc Books (2012). 1st ed., 2012
First Edition Signed
Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 8vo. 171 pp. Original illustrated blue wrappers. SIGNED and dated in the year of publication by the author on the title page. Very fine. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Dzanc Books, Westland, 2024
ISBN 10: 1950539741 ISBN 13: 9781950539741
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. The Sentence is wholly unique: a graphic novel told in the form of a sentence diagram. A single 6732-word sentence, diagrammed in full.Set in a parallel-universe United States in which the government has recently been overthrown by a military coup, the story is narrated by a lonely young grammar professor, Riley, who is suddenly branded a traitor by the new regime. Bewildered by the charges, and fearing a death sentence, Riley manages to flee to an anarchist commune in the wilderness. After a lifetime of feeling alienated, of desperately longing for friendship, Riley is astonished to be accepted and loved by the anarchiststo come to love the anarchists in return. But when the anarchists reveal a plot to assassinate the authoritarian dictator of the country, Riley is forced to choose whether to support the plotto return to the capital and help the anarchists bomb the headquartersor to lose their newfound family forever. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Published by Dzanc Books, United States, Westland, 2019
ISBN 10: 1945814950 ISBN 13: 9781945814952
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Shirley Jackson Award finalist World Fantasy Award finalist Dark, irreverent, and truly innovative, the speculative stories in Homesick meditate on the theme of home and our estrangement from it, and what happens when the familiar suddenly shifts into the uncanny. In stories that foreground queer relationships and transgender or nonbinary characters, Cipri delivers the origin story for a superhero team comprised of murdered girls; a housecleaner discovering an impossible ocean in her least-favorite clients house; a man haunted by keys that appear suddenly in his throat; and a team of scientists and activists discovering the remains of a long-extinct species of intelligent weasels. In the spirit of Laura van den Berg, Emily Geminder, Chaya Bhuvaneswar, and other winners of the Dzanc Short Story Collection Prize, Nino Cipris debut collection announces the arrival of a brilliant and wonderfully unpredictable writer with a gift for turning the short story on its ear. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Dzanc Books, Westland, MI, 2012
ISBN 10: 1936873729 ISBN 13: 9781936873722
Seller: Cul de Sac Books, Clarkston, GA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Soft cover. Condition: Fine in wrappers. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Fine in wrappers. A 1st edition/1st printing (stated) in fine condition. Signed and dated 8/14/2012 (two weeks prior to publication date) by author on title page. The covers are clean and bright and the edges are sharp. No tears or creases. The binding is straight and tight. NO remainder mark, NOT ex-lib. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Dzanc Books, Westland, 2019
ISBN 10: 1945814969 ISBN 13: 9781945814969
Seller: AussieBookSeller, Truganina, VIC, Australia
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Winner of the 2018 Dzanc Nonfiction Prize"Knock Wood is an absolute wonder, and Jennifer Militello is at the top of her form."-Andre Dubus III, author of Townie and The House of Sand and FogIn Knock Wood, the first nonfiction collection by award-winning poet Jennifer Militello, a knock on wood to ward off illness sets in motion a chain of events and memories that call into question the very structure of time.Anchored by a wooden ring, Militello explores her life through the lens of three intertwined elements: the story of a mentally ill aunt in an abusive marriage; a high school romance with a boy who eventually dies of a heroin overdose; and an extra-marital affair characterized by an otherworldly connection. Cause and effect reverse as significant events-an arrest for a felony committed in high school, a trip by train to meet an illicit lover, and a suicide attempt on those same New York tracks-seem to influence one another outside of time and space. As Militello delicately threads each memory to the next, she explores the themes of family damage and the precarious ties of love.Militello has been recognized many times for her work in poetry and prose, including honors such as the Yeats Poetry Prize from the W.B. Yeats Society of New York, the Betty Gabehart Poetry Prize, and the Tupelo Press First Book Award. Her collection Body Thesaurus was named one of the top poetry books of 2013 by Best American Poetry. Anchored by a wooden ring, an award-winning poet explores her life through the lens of three intertwined elements: the story of a mentally ill aunt in an abusive marriage; a high-school romance with a boy who eventually dies of a heroin overdose; and an extramarital affair characterized by an otherworldly connection. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.