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| Title: Esquire Ball, Stories from the Great Black Swamp |
| By (author): Lisa Slage Robinson |
| ISBN10-13: 1625571801 : 9781625571809 |
With a nod to Borges, Kafka, and Daphne du Maurier, Esquire Ball, Stories from the Great Black Swamp is a Midwestern gothic collection of thirteen linked stories in which a young female attorney discovers what it takes to succeed.
In this debut collection, set primarily in 1980s Northwest Ohio, ambitious men marry frog wives; a mother-daughter duo trap souls in farmhouse windows; a teenager drowns in a sea of corn; an associate breaks into a clientâ s house to steal a token of remembrance; and a PhD candidate reveals the secrets of the universe while having a threesome with her boyfriend and a tree. Through the lens of magical feminism, and braiding in fairytales and mythology, Esquire Ball examines the gray side of ethics, the tyranny of ambition, and the collateral damage left in its wake. |
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Pages: 158
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| Published: Black Lawrence Press - February 2026 |
| Format: Paperback |
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| List Price: 13.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: Temporarily Out of Stock, more expected soon |
| Title: 1 of: 3 |
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| Title: Sidework |
| By (author): Sasha Wol-Soon Hom |
| ISBN10-13: 1625571569 : 9781625571564 |
Sasha Hom's Sidework is a lyric, page-turning novella about a homeless Korean adoptee and mother of four. During her busy Sunday shift waiting tables, her customersâ rock stars, locals, and the Grim Reaper himselfâ bring her face to face with larger issues of motherhood, suicide, environmental degradation, death, and belonging.
In this thought-provoking and often humorous debut from award-winning author Sasha Hom, herself a Korean adoptee and mother of four, the protagonist loses her home when the intentional community/commune where she and her family used to liveâ off-grid, in a canvas tent on three hundred acresâ is sold. Sidework takes place during a Sunday breakfast shift as the homeless hero waits tables at a popular ' Cash Only' diner tucked in the Redwoods, frequented by growers, rock stars, Dreamers, tycoons, and tourists alike. But with each order she takes, each interaction serves only to bring her closer to her ghosts. Unnamed and unknown, from far-off continents, they ask her what it means to be a good mother.
Intricately woven, lyric, and atmospherically layered, Hom's debut marries the mystic and mythic with the mundane while taking on issues of immigration, colonization, climate change, homophobia, motherhood, and adoption. |
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Pages: 110
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| Published: Black Lawrence Press - March 2025 |
| Format: Paperback |
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| List Price: 17.95 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 10 |
| Title: 2 of: 3 |
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| Title: Writing as a Way of Life |
| Sub-title: A Book About Art, Craft, and Devotion |
| By (author): Brian Morton |
| ISBN10-13: 1625571771 : 9781625571779 |
In Writing as a Way of Life: A Book About Art, Craft, and Devotion, novelist and memoirist Brian Morton (Starting Out in the Evening) provides writers with a guidebook for finding the psychic equipment they'll need to remain committed to their craft over the long haul. Drawing on a rich and varied career as a writer and teacher, Morton gives writers at every level of experience a masterclass in how to deepen their tenacity and resilience.
Weaving together stories from the lives of literary masters like Virginia Woolf, Henry James, and Anton Chekhov and lessons gleaned from a surprising array of artists and thinkers including Joni Mitchell, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Miss Manners, Morton reveals writing to be a calling akin to meditation or prayer. Filled with practical, actionable tips for developing and sustaining a habit of writing that will last a lifetime, Morton has written a generous, funny, humane, and friendly guide for anyone who writes and anyone who wants to write. |
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Pages: 204
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| Published: Black Lawrence Press - September 2025 |
| Format: Paperback |
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| List Price: 20.95 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: Temporarily Out of Stock, more expected soon |
| Title: 3 of: 3 |
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