Communion: Stories - Softcover

Beitelman, TJ

Softcover

ISBN 10: 162557942X ISBN 13: 9781625579423

Publisher: Black Lawrence Press, 2016

Synopsis

I don’ t know that I’ ve read a stranger, more unsettling book than T.J. Beitelman’ s Communion. And I mean that in the best way possible. At times Beitelman’ s stories remind me of those of Raymond Carver, the characters here so often so far away from one another. Yet turn the page, and Beitelman pulls off a kind of lyrical magic, and I am reminded of the lush, surreal poems of W.S. Merwin. From the first cold bite of an orange to the final communion of blood and crab cake, these stories linger in the mouth, stay with you long after you finish.– Joe Wilkins

About this title

About the Author

TJ Beitelman has published a novel, John the Revelator, and a collection of short fiction, Communion, as well as three collections of poetry -- In Order to Form a More Perfect Union, Americana, and This Is the Story of His Life -- all from Black Lawrence Press. His hybrid memoir, Self-Helpless: A Misfit’ s Guide to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness, was published by Outpost 19. He currently directs the creative writing program at the Alabama School of Fine Arts in Birmingham, and he can be found on-line at tjbman.me.

Edition details

• Publisher: Black Lawrence Press
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 162557942X
• ISBN 13: 9781625579423
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 194