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The Fullness of Everything
by
Tyler Gobble (Goodreads Author),
Brian Oliu (Goodreads Author), Christopher Newgent
In Christopher Newgent’s The Fullness of Everything, characters move about lives startled by the uncertainties of loss. A woman recognizes her own falling after witnessing a suicide jumper flash by her office window; a man afraid to rekindle a fiery alcoholism lives only on soups and vegetables; the sound of snow falling becomes the small feet of miscarried children. In th...more
Paperback, 184 pages
Published
April 2012
by Tiny Hardcore Press
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I really liked this collection of three chapbooks-- one by Gobble, but also one by Chris Newgent and one by Brian Oliu.
In fact, Gobble the poet might be the weakest of the trio, at least to me-- there's an energy and seeming improvisatory edge to his poems which didn't quite work for me. Newgent's mostly very short stories were really good: tight and painful little nuggets. They might cover too much repeated territory, though: death, especially of parents, and especially from cancer. Oliu's sho...more
In fact, Gobble the poet might be the weakest of the trio, at least to me-- there's an energy and seeming improvisatory edge to his poems which didn't quite work for me. Newgent's mostly very short stories were really good: tight and painful little nuggets. They might cover too much repeated territory, though: death, especially of parents, and especially from cancer. Oliu's sho...more
It takes three ingredients to make a cocktail. Ask any real bartender. If you only have two ingredients, it is still a drink - it's just not a cocktail.
Wonderful collection and the three voices are perfect together.
Wonderful collection and the three voices are perfect together.
I wish I could have read this in a hot tub.
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