2017 Colorado Book Award Finalist
Shortlisted Granta's Best of Young American Novelists
Cover Art by Angel Whisenant: Norfolk, VA
Potted Meat (Tarpaulin Sky, 2016) a novel set in a decaying town in West Virginia, follows a young boy into adolescence as he struggles with abusive parents, poverty, alcohol addiction, and racial tensions. Using fragments as a narrative mode to highlight the terror of ellipses, Potted Meat explores the fear, power, and vulnerability of storytelling.
2017 Colorado Book Award Finalist
Shortlisted Granta's Best of Young American Novelists
Cover Art by Angel Whisenant: Norfolk, VA
Potted Meat (Tarpaulin Sky, 2016) a novel set in a decaying town in West Virginia, follows a young boy into adolescence as he struggles with abusive parents, poverty, alcohol addiction, and racial tensions. Using fragments as a narrative mode to highlight the terror of ellipses, Potted Meat explores the fear, power, and vulnerability of storytelling.