The Swallows of Lunetto

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While magic and the supernatural abound in these stories, the histories and experiences of these characters are often harsh realities that give the collection a socially critical and progressive focus.

This narrative seeks to transcend the giant dead whale of postmodernism without undoing any of its promethean conclusions, driven by a passion that fears no ironic judgment. This is metafiction, humor, and character development: The cymbals were maybe supposed to be symbols, she would think later. Katherine Osborne, author of Fire Sign “Etymologizer is an index of loneliness for a blindfolded mouth. I've just finished it tonight, and I'm sure I'll have more intelligent things to say about it later, but for now I just want to say something like 'wow. This Distance' is a badass book full of meditations on the moments when we're alone, vulnerable and striving for connection.This is different from his previous novel which was concerned with just a few characters and moments of dialogue; this book moves differently and seems a new achievement for such a poetry-oriented author. Rosso weaves a rich tapestry of characters and experiences set in her otherworldly vision of New Orleans with these interconnected stories.

i'm very glad we have publishers who are able to see literary gems like this in an otherwise very commercial landscape.What had been missing in those previous manuscripts, I now see, was the voice, the inevitable music and thrust of the narrative. You will be drawn in by the complexity and wonder of Jiro’s story and the mystery of how to tell it and what it takes to make meaning. This collection is written with a sense of honesty usually reserved for late night conversations with close friends. I hope I have created, with this book, a world of the past into which you can escape, and I hope in that escape you are drawn even closer to the world as it now needs us, as it now beckons, as it now is.

The novel considers ageless questions about the source of human evil and how society and individuals respond, about personal guilt and forgiveness. The romance at the heart of this book is a story about how love and forgiveness can attempt to heal the deepest wounds—of a person, a country, or a world. A wonderfully gripping, tender tale of youthful destruction, reluctant adulthood, and the toughest kind of brotherly love.Each piece lures the reader into some dark corner of the city or its surrounding swamps to introduce them to the local residents, whether they're a swamp siren, an overworked voodoo doll, or an usher of the newly dead. Chelsea Martin, author of Caca Dolce and Even Though I Don’t Miss You “Laura Theobald’s Salad Days speaks to everyone ‘invested in a life of destruction.