CCM 1/13/2016

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I’m honored to be a part of this compendium collection with the first essay from my forthcoming CCM book, “If Only the Names were Changed” (May 2016). Click here to purchase the compendium and look below for the list of amazing authors and stories included in this premium, hardcover offering.

The 2015 Catalogue

-“Today I Am a Lion” – from “TODAY I AM A BOOK” – by Extie Ecks
-Selections from “THIS BORING APOCALYPSE” – by Brandi Wells
-“The Difference Between” – from “HOW TO POSE FOR HUSTLER” – by Andrea Kneeland
-“A Gin Blossum Struggles” – from ASURAS – by Jayinee Basu
-Selections from “THIS MUST BE THE PLACE” by Sean H. Doyle
-Selections from “THE ARSON PEOPLE” by Katie Jean Shinkle
-“Cable TV” – from “SPIRITUAL INSTRUMENT” – by M Kitchell
-“Pramble” – from “OHEY!” – by Darby Larson
-A Selection from “ANTIGOLF” by John Colasacco
-A Selection from “LAST MASS” by Jamie Iredell
-“Avenue C” – from “DESOLATION OF AVENUES UNTOLD” – by Brandon Hobson
-A Selection from “PLAYDATE” by Mark Katzman
-A Selection from “EVERYONE GETS EATEN” by Ben Brooks
-“Haul Road” – from “NOTHING BUT THE DEAD AND DYING” – by Ryan W. Bradley
-“Gloria” – from “RULES OF APPROPRIATE CONDUCT” – by Kirsten Alene Pierce
-“The Installation of Actions” – from “I/O: A MEMOIR” – by Brian Oliu
-“Refrigerator” – from “YOU AND OTHER PIECES” – by Corey Zeller
-A Selection from “THE DAYDREAM SOCIETY” by Evan Retzer

Glimpses from the 2016 Catalogue

-“Poem from Irfan Abrahim’s Last Book” – from “THE LAST BOOK OF BAGHDAD” – by Justin Sirois
-A Poem from “CAREFUL MOUNTAIN” by Sara June Woods
-“Growing Up” – from “ABLE TO/ALWAYS WILL” – by Ctch Bsnss
-“For Shame” – from “IF ONLY THE NAMES WERE CHANGED” – by Andrew Miller
-A Selection from “AMERICAN MARY” by Alexandra Naughton
-“Why I Was Not in New Jersey for Christmas in 1997” – from “TRANSITORY” – by Tobias Carroll
-“Sad Woman” – from “THE WOMEN” – by Ashley Farmer
-“The New Middle Class” – from “INSIGNIFICANA” – by Dolan Morgan
-“There Is No Such Thing as Apolitical Art Dumb Ass” – from “THERE SHOULD BE FLOWERS” – by Joshua Jennifer Espinoza
-“Moments from High School” – from “REMEMBER TO NEVER GET BETTER” – by Madison Langston
-“3 Ways I Don’t Want to Die” – from THE IN-BETWEENS – by Matthew Simmons
-“Night Ocean” – from “THE SKY ISN’T BLUE” – by Janice Lee
-“Please Tell Me I Am Just Kidding About This, Crumbs from My Sandwich Falling in Between my Breasts” – from “MALL BRAT” – by Laura Marie Marciano
-“How to Become a Better Sociopath” – from “IN A DREAM, I DANCE BY MYSELF, AND I COLLAPSE” – by Carolyn Zaikowski
-“Can You Use that in a Sentence” – from “THE BOOK OF ENDLESS SLEEPOVERS” – by Henry Hoke
-A Selection from “FLESH OF THE PEACH” by Helen McClory
-“Time of Killing off Surplus” – from “YOU WITH YOUR MEMORY ARE DEAD” – by Gary J Shipley
-A Selection from “DEAR RA” by Johannes Göransson
-“Problem of Plague” – from “CHARACTER, A MAP” – by Lauren Hilger
-A Selection from “THE DEPRESSION” by Mathias Svalina
-A Selection from “BRUJA” by Wendy C. Ortiz