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Surreal, dreamlike, and absurdist lyrics-as-poetry weave together fact and fable in this debut collection from A.p. Harbor: pen name of Appalachian songwriter Andrew Preston. Illustrated in doodles and fragments by bandmate Mary Morris, this hodgepodge of story-songs explores love, nature, magic, family, science, and the humdrum of everyday life.

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""This collection is a bubble of joy rising in a parallel universe-built from our detritus but spinning free, weird, and luminous. Each song is sticky with meaning, their whimsy and heartbreak braided into something whole. It's nursery rhyme meets celestial funk: goats, bees, men in trucks, and a drunk sense of wonder. I felt like I knew it already, like I'd dreamed it before."" --Willie Edward Taylor Carver Jr., award winning author of bestseller Gay Poems for Red States ""A.p. Harbor's songs sound like a picture book."" --George Ella Lyon, award winning author and Kentucky Poet Laureate, 2015-16 ""The Hum of a Dreaming Moon is a spellbound hymn for the queer, the haunted, and the tender-hearted. A.p. Harbor weaves Appalachian grit, dream logic, and raw emotional clarity into a collection that feels part gospel, part ghost story, part love letter. These poems and lyrics pulse with strange beauty, brutal honesty, and a voice that is unmistakable. This is a book you feel as much as you read. It is one that stays with you."" --Amy Le Ann Richardson, author of Who You Grow Into and Out of Places

""A.p. Harbor's songs sound like a picture book."" --George Ella Lyon, award winning author and Kentucky Poet Laureate, 2015-16 The Hum of a Dreaming Moon is a spellbound hymn for the queer, the haunted, and the tender-hearted. A.p. Harbor weaves Appalachian grit, dream logic, and raw emotional clarity into a collection that feels part gospel, part ghost story, part love letter. These poems and lyrics pulse with strange beauty, brutal honesty, and a voice that is unmistakable. This is a book you feel as much as you read. It is one that stays with you."" --Amy Le Ann Richardson, author of Who You Grow Into and Out of Places

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A.p. Harbor is the musical vehicle of Andrew Preston, writer and producer from Van Lear, Kentucky. Preston has been a featured songwriter by the International Bluegrass Music Association, lecture faculty at the Appalachian Writer's Workshop, and nominee for the 2020 Audioverse Awards. His lyrics and poetry have been published in Untelling Magazine and Discarded. With works spanning eight LPs and hundreds of performances across North America, Europe, and China, Preston and his bandmates have become mainstays of Appalachia's burgeoning indie scene. Among their hallmarks: eclectic vocals, offbeat instrumentation, and literary lyricism steeped in storytelling, all balanced by a healthy penchant for the surreal and absurd. In his other life, he sells books and coffee at The Fuzzy Duck Coffee Shop and CoffeeTree Books in Morehead, Kentucky, where he lives with his husband and two cats. Mary Elizabeth Morris is a graphic designer, marketing professional, and fiber artist. Originally from Irvine, Kentucky, she now calls Morehead, Kentucky home after falling in love with the town while completing her Master's Degree in Art and Design at Morehead State University.Since 2019, Morris has performed as a co-lead singer, multi-instrumentalist, and graphic designer for A.p.Harbor. With the publication of The Hum of a Dreaming Moon she also stepped into the role of illustrator, challenging herself to visually capture the whimsical nature of Andrew's storytelling. When she isn't creating art or pursuing her career in marketing, she spends her time with her animal companions on her small farm in Morehead.

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