Overview

A funny, charming and imaginative debut collection of poems that deal with the experience of growing up in a world saturated with fantasy and social media. Leigh Stein's fresh and amusing take on the trials of becoming an adult will appeal to the 'Lost Generation' of unemployed and underemployed twenty-somethings searching for meaning in a world of harsh reality. A fresh and innovative collection from the brilliant young author of The Fallback Plan (Melville House, 2012).

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Author:   Leigh Stein
Publisher:   Melville House Publishing
Imprint:   Melville House Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 19.00cm
Weight:   0.122kg
ISBN:  

9781612191348

ISBN 10:   1612191347
Pages:   132
Publication Date:   24 July 2012
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order  
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Praise for Dispatch from the Future<br><br> Leigh Stein's poems know how to laugh it off after a stunning tumble down a flight of stairs. <br>--Rob MacDonald, editor of Sixth Finch <br><br>Praise for Leigh Stein's previous book, The Fallback Plan <br><br> Beautiful, funny, thrilling, and true. <br>--Gary Shteyngart, author of Super Sad True Love Story <br> <br> Stein's light, accessible, self-deprecating prose makes this coming-of-age story a pleasure. <br> --Publishers Weekly <br> <br> Intimate, urgent, and laugh-out-loud funny. . . . Think Franny and Zooey. Think Goodbye, Columbus. Think of this book as your next great read. <br>--Joe Meno, author of Hairstyles of the Damned

Stein possesses a comic's honesty and sense of timing, simultaneously enchanting and dark, yet never cynical. She's already published a wonderful debut novel this year, but I think she's arguably an even better poet. --Publishers Weekly (Best Summer Books 2012) <br><br> Leigh Stein's poems know how to laugh it off after a stunning tumble down a flight of stairs. <br>--Rob MacDonald, editor of Sixth Finch <br><br>Praise for Leigh Stein's previous book, The Fallback Plan <br><br> Beautiful, funny, thrilling, and true. <br>--Gary Shteyngart, author of Super Sad True Love Story <br> <br> Stein's light, accessible, self-deprecating prose makes this coming-of-age story a pleasure. <br> --Publishers Weekly <br> <br> Intimate, urgent, and laugh-out-loud funny. . . . Think Franny and Zooey. Think Goodbye, Columbus. Think of this book as your next great read. <br>--Joe Meno, author of Hairstyles of the Damned<br><br> The Fallback Plan has got it all: Sex, love, drugs, death, infidelity and one very confused post-grad. --College Magazine

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