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This startlingly edgy, seductive debut collection of short stores, travels from New York to Northern California, Mexico, Los Angeles and Paris, dropping us dead centre into the lives of those whose extreme behaviour has led them to the threshold of significant transition. Among the many intriguing, unique individuals, there is Marty wrestling with sobriety and his unspeakable obsession; Gita trying to conduct the love triangle she orchestrated; the frustrated lover, Tim, attempting to wedge himself between his girlfriend and her brother; and the surf chick, Magda, tightrope-walking in her circus of drugs, opportunistic men and the waves of Baja California. Finely crafted and painstakingly written, each of these twelve stories is a stunningly powerful, dynamic look into lives at the breaking point.
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“[Teasley’s] characters are an exotic blend of the neurotic and the noirish—tense, hungry, dangerous folk of diverse ethnicities who crave understanding and stimulation.”—Village Voice
“Written in prose both blunt and elliptical, the dozen tales form a gritty, unflinching yet empathetic collage of lives on the precipice of contemporary America.”—Los Angeles Times
“A daring and original voice.”—San Francisco Chronicle
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“Written in prose both blunt and elliptical, the dozen tales form a gritty, unflinching yet empathetic collage of lives on the precipice of contemporary America.”—Los Angeles Times
“A daring and original voice.”—San Francisco Chronicle
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This startlingly edgy, seductive debut collection of short stores, travels from New York to Northern California, Mexico, Los Angeles and Paris, dropping us dead centre into the lives of those whose extreme behaviour has led them to the threshold of significant transition. Among the many intriguing, unique individuals, there is Marty wrestling with sobriety and his unspeakable obsession; Gita trying to conduct the love triangle she orchestrated; the frustrated lover, Tim, attempting to wedge himself between his girlfriend and her brother; and the surf chick, Magda, tightrope-walking in her circus of drugs, opportunistic men and the waves of Baja California. Finely crafted and painstakingly written, each of these twelve stories is a stunningly powerful, dynamic look into lives at the breaking point.
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- Shaking the Tree: A Collection of Fiction and Memoir by Black Women by Meri Nana-Ama Danquah on page 231, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Shaking the Tree: A Collection of New Fiction and Memoir by Black Women by Meri Nana-Ama Danquah in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Dive: A Novel by Lisa Teasley in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Brown Sugar 4 by Carol Taylor in Back Matter
- Beyond the Frontier: African American Poetry for the 21st Century by E. Ethelbert Miller in Back Matter
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