Fiction. This expanded second edition of Pelton's stories adds 7 new pieces, including "Republicans and ErectileDysfunction," doubling the size of a book our advertisements already call "required reading in the future." "Pelton's short fictions problematize the reality of postwar America by asking us to think beyond what we've come to know as numb spectators of the electric box and bored participants in the theater of our own absurd lives"--Review of Contemporary Fiction. "This masterful kaleidoscopic hall of mirrors is a vivid tableau of our multiple life's other side. Lucky you've got Ted Pelton minding the store"--Robert Creeley. "Pelton's voice asserts itself with power and grace, and the stories take forms that take off"--Rain Taxi Review of Books.

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Literature & Fiction

Pelton, Ted

Contemporary

Starcherone Books

<p>Fiction. A man slowly loses everything to his pushy, guitar-playing roommate. Bobby Fischer hears Lenin coming out of the mouth of Buddy Ebsen. But to focus on individual moments like these in Theodore Pelton's debut collection of stories is to deny the dreamlike quality with which images shift on and off our mental screens. "The effect generated by these pieces is nearly visceral--powerful and not easily forgotten . one of the most potent experiences I've had reading literature"--Cris Mazza. "This masterful kaleidoscopic hall of mirrors is a vivid tableau from our multiple life's other side. No joke, folks. These are the echoes about two minutes after the initial blast. And you thought it was beer? Lucky you've got Ted Pelton minding the store"--Robert Creeley.</p>

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Fiction. "Pelton's modern cover of this great 1853 American novella makes the mind toggle from Pelton to Melville and back. In the middle of this read a moving personal digression honors the universality of the iconic Melville story. Ah humanity! You speculate about Bartleby the Waitress, Bartleby the Bus Driver, Bartleby the ticket seller, and you burrow into the lonely faceless steeps of American night. This is a wonderful homage, humane and readable, an engrossing take on an oracular Melville work"--Steve Katz.

Bartleby, the Sportscaster

Subito Press

<p>Fiction. Ten years in its research and writing, MALCOLM &amp; JACK is a wonder of recent American fiction: a novel that simultaneously introduces a powerful new voice and speaks powerfully about recent US history and the weight of empire. "Fast, hypnotic, and heartfelt, Malcolm &amp; Jack somehow manages to be frenzied and reflective, factual and speculative, all at once. A wild dash through an alternate American history"--George Saunders.</p>

Malcolm & Jack (and Other Famous American Criminals)

United States

Spuyten Duyvil

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Bartleby, the Sportscaster

Malcolm & Jack (and Other Famous American Criminals)