Tomorrow marks 1 month since “Fractures” was released. Last night, I got word from my publisher that the first print run of my book is SOLD OUT.
The second printing is underway, and there are a few copies you can still find on Bookshop, IndieBound, Amazon.com, & Barnes & Noble, but I wanted to say thank you to every single one of you who has supported this book.
Listen, with barely any press coverage and no reviews in any journals or publications (yet), this is entirely the doing of those of you who have supported me for so long: high school teachers who are teaching the book, professors who’ve integrated it into their curriculum or their MFA craft lecture, those who’ve packed my shows for years and waited in line to say hi at the end of the night, each of you who’ve reviewed the book on Goodreads, my heroes/beloveds/family who’ve gifted “Fractures” and championed it to their friends and colleagues.
This has been truly grassroots, word-of-mouth, indie as all everything.
The world is fraught and terrifying right now for so many reasons, but I’m welcoming in this little glimpse of light. You make me possible.
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