Pages: 208
ISBN: 9780813168180
Pub Date: 16 Aug 2016
Imprint: University Press of Kentucky
Series: University Press of Kentucky New Poetry & Prose Series
Pages: 208
ISBN: 9780813174402
Pub Date: 20 Jul 2017
Imprint: University Press of Kentucky
Series: University Press of Kentucky New Poetry & Prose Series
Description:
A suicidal father looks to an older neighbor -- and the Cookie Monster -- for salvation and sanctuary as his life begins to unravel. A man seeking to save his estranged, drug-addicted brother from the city's underbelly confronts his own mortality. A chess match between a girl and her father turns into a master class about life, self-realization, and pride: "Now hold on little girl.