SQUIRT! chronicles the misadventures of a young boy growing up in the Midwest, from his first exposure to sex to the tragic death of his father. In the tradition of Roddy Doyle&#8217;s, Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, SQUIRT! is narrated by the main character, whose world is described as only a child could see it&#8212;innocently, and yet full of remarkable emotional insight. See Squirt:· spy on his adulterous neighbors!· almost drown in Lake Erie!· catch his dad with a blonde!· fall in love with the beautiful Mrs. Hoover!· drop an easy pop fly!· play with a three-legged dog!· go into the bushes with Lizzy Mancini!· kill his dad??As seen through the eyes of Squirt himself, these charming tales explore the emotional landscape of a frightened but irrepressibly curious child who is forced by circumstances to grow up before his time.

Squirt!

Belden, Chris

Literature & Fiction

Xlibris, Corp.

Shriver

Humor & Satire

Rain Mountain Press

In this charming, clever, and darkly satiric novel set at a writers’ conference, one man finds himself caught in a whirlwind of literary pretention, a suspect in a criminal investigation, and hopelessly in love with a woman who thinks he’s someone else. Mistaken for a famous but reclusive author of the same name, lonely Shriver attends a writers’ conference at a small Midwestern liberal arts college. Completely unfamiliar with the novel he supposedly wrote and utterly unprepared for the magnitude of the reputation that precedes him, Shriver is feted, fawned over, featured at stuffy literary panels, and barely manages to play it cool. Things quickly go awry when one of the other guest authors suddenly disappears and Shriver becomes a prime suspect in the investigation. Amidst eager fans, Shriver must contend with a persistent police detective, a pesky journalist determined to unearth his past, and a mysterious and possibly dangerous stalker who seems to know his secret. But most vexing of all, Shriver’s gone and fallen in love with the conference organizer, who believes he’s someone else. When the “real” Shriver (or is he?) appears to claim his place among the literati, the conference—and Shriver’s world—threaten to unravel. Filled with witty dialogue, hilarious antics, and a cast of bizarre and endearing characters, Shriver is at once a touching love story, a surreal examination of identity, and an affectionate tribute to the power of writing.

Shriver: A Novel

Touchstone

In this stunning collection of prison writing, dozens of incarcerated men share poems, stories, and essays that celebrate the power of the written word. For more than ten years, Chris Belden ran a weekly creative writing workshop at a maximum-security prison.Sentences demonstrates the deep humanity of society's outcast, who, in their own words, explore the meaning of time, love, and the world they inhabit.

Closer to Freedom: Prose & Poetry From Maximum Security

Essays & Correspondence

Woodhall Press

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