About this item
In this collection of compact fictions, Nicolette Polek transports us to a gently unsettling realm inhabited by disheveled landlords, a fugitive bride, a seamstress who forgets what people look like, and two rival falconers from neighboring towns. They find themselves in bathhouses, sports bars, grocery stores, and forests in search of exits, pink tennis balls, licorice, and independence. Yet all of her beautifully strange characters are possessed by a familiar and human longing for connection: to their homes, families, God, and themselves.
About the Author
Nicolette Polek is a fiction writer from Northeast Ohio, and the author of Imaginary Museums from Soft Skull Press. She is a recipient of a Rona Jaffe Writers' Award, and her work has appeared in The Paris Review Daily, Electric Literature, Lithub, New York Tyrant, Muumuu House, and elsewhere. Nicolette holds a BA in Literature from Bennington College, and an MFA in Fiction from the University of Maryland, where she also taught creative writing.
