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Sunglasses in a Dark Room

by Michael C. Keith
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9781774034293
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Silver Bow Publishing
  • Publisher Imprint: Silver Bow Publishing
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  • Pages: 158
  • Original Price: USD 23.95
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 123 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): American / General

Sunglasses in a Dark Room is Michael C. Keith at his most distilled and daring - a master of micro-prose poetry delivering flashes of insight that land with the force of full narratives. In these razor-sharp, often startlingly brief pieces, Keith explores the absurdities, sorrows, contradictions, and quiet devastations of ordinary life. Each micro-poem is a small aperture into the human condition: mortality, memory, loneliness, aging, desire, regret, and the strange comedy of simply being alive.

Keith's voice moves effortlessly from dark humor to philosophical reflection, from surreal imagery to stark emotional truth. A man plans his final words; a widow wraps herself in her late wife's scent; a pilot ignores an iceberg in equatorial Africa; a poet envies Salman Rushdie "one eye and all"; a widower avoids the cemetery because even the dead still scold him. These pieces are compact but expansive, often no more than a few lines, yet they linger long after the page is turned.

With his signature blend of wit, melancholy, and existential clarity, Keith captures the fleeting moments that define us - the private thoughts, the strange encounters, the quiet griefs, the absurdities of culture, and the small revelations that illuminate our days. Sunglasses in a Dark Room is a book to be read slowly, savored, and returned to, each piece a spark in the darkness.

For readers of micro-fiction, prose poetry, and literary minimalism, this collection showcases a writer who understands that sometimes the shortest lines carry the deepest truths. Keith's work reminds us that even in the dark, there is something worth seeing - if we're willing to look.

Keith, Michael C.: - Michael C. Keith is the author or coauthor of more than two dozen groundbreaking books on electronic media, including one chosen by President Clinton for his official summer reading list. Beyond that, he is the author of an acclaimed memoir (The Next Better Place, Algonquin Books), a young adult novel, and over 30 story collections. His most recent books include: Bodies in Recline (Pelekinesis Press), Pings (Pierian Springs Press), All the Noise in the Room (MadHat Press), and Method of Repair (Scantic Books). Keith is retired professor emeritus at Boston College. His work has been translated into numerous languages. See his website www.michaelckeith.com for more information.

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