Don't miss what is sure to be a compelling interview and reading with Adam Seelig, featuring his new book
Every Day in the Morning (slow).
Adam Seelig is the author of
Every Day in the Morning (SLOW) (New Star Books 2010) and
Talking Masks (BookThug 2009). Seelig is a poet, playwright, stage director, and the founder of One Little Goat Theatre Company in Toronto, with which he has premiered works by Yehuda Amichai, Thomas Bernhard, Jon Fosse and himself.
His plays include All Is Almost Still (New York 2004), Antigone:Insurgency (Toronto 2007) and Talking Masks (Toronto 2009). For more visit www.OneLittleGoat.org.Every Day in the Morning (slow) is a work that looks and reads like no other.
Sam, a composer, reflects on his floundering career, life with his lover and tensions with his father. Some thoughts, like facial hair and breakfast, are mundane; others, like love, money and war, are often overwhelming. At turns laughable and vain, at others, tender and considered, Sam's feelings and ideas turn continuously. The result is an oddly lyrical streamof– consciousness that's as conversational as its appearance is unconventional.
Few words and the generous white space on each page invite a distinct interaction with the text, one where every detail, every placement and every repetition influences meaning. The lack of punctuation allows the reader the freedom to internalize this exquisitely crafted work and understand the protagonist's state of mind.
The exceptional style of
Every Day in the Morning (slow) amounts to a kind of
thinging, somewhere between singing and thinking, thing and thought, utter brilliance and complete crap. A novella with long poem features, slow breaks the rules of both genres, while at the same time offering an addictive and compulsive flow that may make it the fastest book you will ever (want to) read.
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