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Sleep in Me is a sharp portrait of place, culture, and growing up male and confused in weird America while at the same time being a tender elegy for those lost. Written with the intimacy and immediacy of a diary and the attention to language and sound of a prose poem, this is a superlative and heartfelt memoir by an excellent new writer. Greg Bottoms, author of Fight Scenes and Angelhead: My Brother's Descent into Madness Faced with the loss of a beloved sister, Jon Pineda articulates the currents and depths of tragedy unavailable to outsiders... At the spiritual heart of the book is the drive to discern grievance from real grief. By the end of this tender and honest memoir, a boy's desire to find and prove himself has strengthened and grown into a man's thoughtful and freely chosen decision to live bravely, intent on facing forces that threaten to overwhelm and silence him. Lia Purpura, author of Increase and On Looking: Essays Sleep in Me is the rare memoir that takes nothing for granted... [Pineda's] concentrated, vivid scenes move along the edges of silence and speech, shadowing a young man's physical prowess and his sister's broken body, a far-flung family and inborn dislocation, variously furious, tender, devastated, and gallant. Robert Polito, author of Savage Art: A Biography of Jim Thompson

Pineda lays bare his struggles with family duty and identity in this literary standout. -Julie Kane, Library Journal -- Julie Kane Library Journal Sleep in Me is essentially pure rendered memory, a book that can be taken down from the shelf and opened to any chapter, any moment however random and fleeting, and can make us feel the grand weight of tragedy, and the victory when we fight it. --Noah Renn, Virginian-Pilot -- Noah Renn Virginian-Pilot [Pineda's] muted, lyrical messages, to be savored at length, remind us of the value of listening deeply, to ourselves and others. -Gina Webb, Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Gina Webb Atlanta Journal-Constitution Pineda has built his reputation as a poet, but he expands his literary territory with this powerful portrait of love and loyalty between siblings. -Rigoberto Gonzalez, Critical Mass -- Rigoberto Gonzalez Critical Mass A powerful survey of the impact of tragedy on a young boy's coming of age in this outstanding, vivid family memoir. -Diane C. Donovan, California Bookwatch -- Diane C. Donovan California Bookwatch In this memoir Pineda explores the difference between self and sufferer-whether that sufferer is his sister or a wrestler he's pinned or a fish or himself-and sometimes, most beautifully and wrenchingly, they merge. -Disability Studies Quarterly Disability Studies Quarterly

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Jon Pineda is an assistant professor of English at the University of Mary Washington and also teaches in the MFA creative writing program at Queens University of Charlotte. He is the author of Apology and three books of poetry, Little Anodynes, The Translator's Diary, and Birthmark.

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