Dead Flowers Alex Leslie almost as though he were

almost as though he were incising the words on the page

and economic critique with instances of everyday discomfort and joy

Winger not only engages in dialogue with other poets--John Thompson

The Summer Between succeeds as a low-key account of a boy testing his instincts and his upbringing in a natural but ever-more-complicated world

"Whether they're about travel

Dead Flowers Alex Leslie almost as though he wereDescription An anonymous writer stays up late into the night penning personal and inappropriate letters to a local public official. A new father and cook at a Montreal caf chronicles the tyrannical rise of a new manager. An eccentric young student, in trying to carve out a space for herself, deals an existential blow to her roommate. Dead Flowers is a collection of stories featuring characters who have become estranged from the trajectory of their