It’s hard out there for young writers. The only houses that will house them are small, indie enterprises full of energy but lacking funds, and readers are scared by untested virtue. Be scared no longer sovereign readers! I will test your books for poison. Eat up!
The Really Funny Thing About Apathy by Chelsea Martin
Ms. Martin would probably hate me for saying she needs to tweak her math (yes, there is math in this book, though small, paradoxical and funny math). She would also probably hate me for calling her Ms., but what she would probably most likely not hate is that I loved her words. Chelsea Martin writes about not getting life. Her characters think about “It”, sure, they try to connect the dots and fill in the bubbles, but they never get it. In one short, “McDonalds Is Impossible”, Chelsea invents a new twist on Zeno’s Paradox through clever mind appropriations of the splintered, external procession of time. What does that mean? I’m not sure, but you should check it out anyway. Why also should you read this book? Because you, like me, have probably sat on a bus, earphones attached and book in hand, eyes tilted ever so slightly above the page scanning the incoming passengers. Then for some unknown reasons of fate, an attractive person sits down next to you and your internal magnets start a shakin’. Chelsea Martin explores those unknown reasons of why we feel intensely about strangers and most of the time don’t do anything. Plus it has a nice cover.
~Matt Nelson, Northeast Branch
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