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One Time All I Wanted
A hybrid of fiction and personal recollection that glimpses the experiences and sensations of one person's fast-moving reality. Regularly funny, occasionally sad and always powerfully honest, Nicolle Elizabeth’s collection erupts more than it unravels; it challenges our understanding of memoir while demonstrating the transformative effect of personal experience. Elizabeth'...more
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January 23rd 2012
by Dark Sky Books
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Nicolle does this kind of repetition well, sort of like a Joe Brainard/Shane Allison kind of thing. Her rhythm is sharp and the images/emotional impact is fully realized, whether she's being funny, sad, or somewhere in between. Like this line:
"one time i really liked this guy as a friend but then i saw him read his poetry and thought, “that’s it? that is what the big deal is about?” then i tried to be friends with him anyway but just couldn’t."
Another winner from Dark Sky. E-book only though. I...more
"one time i really liked this guy as a friend but then i saw him read his poetry and thought, “that’s it? that is what the big deal is about?” then i tried to be friends with him anyway but just couldn’t."
Another winner from Dark Sky. E-book only though. I...more
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“While working the overnight shift as a bookbinder in South Boston, I would count the ceiling squares to see which number was greater: the squares or the thousands of dollars in debt I was accruing to fund my masters degree. Debt won.”
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“one time i was put on display. it was like i was one of those turning ballerinas in somebody else's music box.”
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