Full Description
From the author of the critically-acclaimed novel, I'd Walk with My Friends If I Could Find Them, Jesse Goolsby's Acceleration Hours is a haunting collection of narratives about families, life, and loss during America's twenty-first-century forever wars. Set across the mountain west of the United States, these fierce, original, and compelling stories illuminate the personal search for human connection and intimacy. From a stepfather's grief to an AWOL soldier and her journey of reconciliation to a meditation on children, violence, and hope. Acceleration Hours is an intense yet necessary portrayal of the many voices living in a time of perpetual war.
Contents
Contents
Acknowledgments
Anchor & Knife
We Drag Our Feet near the Stingrays
Feed
Tendons
Sometimes Kids Bleed for No Reason
God's Zipper
Begin with Serenity
All Saints' Eve
Waiting for Red Dawn
Hindu Kush
Waist Deep at Hapuna
Acceleration Hours
Why I Listen to My Children Breathe
Sovereignty
What My Dead Wife Should Know
Benevolence
Ishi Wilderness
Not an Emergency
Green Lungs, Purple Hearts, Orange Kidneys
The Price of Everything
About the Author
