A Pocket-Sized Map of My Heart

A limited edition, hand-made collaboration between me and Jason Bredle, with cover art by Julianna Swaney. 28 pp., half-sized, leaf cardstock cover, saddle bound. Jason says it's glorious.

6$: Within the U.S. (includes shipping)

7$: Outside the U.S. (includes shipping)

 

 

Often referred to as the book of one sentence love stories with an extremely long title, but also called by Joe Meno in Chicago Magazine, "another unicorn [zine]!", this little book is a testament to the power of brevity with contributions from these nice people:

Brendan Adkins . Jason Bredle . Aaron Burch . Roxanne M Carter . Miranda Elizabeth .
Patricia Fetters . Mariam Firunts . kris t kahn . Mark Kanak . Ashleigh Klein .
Nathan Thomas Klose . Helena Kvarnström . Maria Fernanda Miranda . Julia Phillips .
Alicia Ratchford . Leigh Stein . Felicia C. Sullivan . Katharine Tillman . Jen Tynes .
Meg Wang . Jenny Xie . Eric Ziegenhagen

+ one unicorn by Roxanne and a missing robot
48 pages, plum cover, saddle bound

Available from Quimby's


BOOK TALLY 2007
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Lewis Carroll
Blackbird Adam Rapp
The Cherry Orchard Chekhov
The Children's Hospital Chris Adrian
The Cripple of Inishmaan Martin McDonagh
Girl, Interrupted (re-read) Susanna Kaysen
Red Light Winter (re-read) Adam Rapp
The Seagull Chekhov
Special Topics in Calamity Physics Marisha Pessl
Through the Looking-Glass Lewis Carroll
Tragedy: A Tragedy Will Eno
Wide Sargasso Sea Jean Rhys

BOOK TALLY 2006
(that I finished)
(that I remember)
The Accidental Ali Smith
Adverbs Daniel Handler
All This Heavenly Glory Elizabeth Crane
At the Gates of the Animal Kingdom Amy Hempel
Baby with the Bathwater Christopher Durang (re-read)
The Beauty Queen of Leenane Martin McDonagh
The Birthday Party Harold Pinter
The Boy from Lam Kien Miranda July
The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil George Saunders
Cinephrastics Kathleen Ossip
Desperate Characters Paula Fox
The Dog of the Marriage Amy Hempel
Don't Tell the Grown-ups: Subversive Children's Literature Alison Lurie
Drawing War Brett Neveu
The Dybbuk Julia Pascal
Good Bones and Simple Murders Margaret Atwood
Impro Keith Johnstone
Insomnia Diary Bob Hicock
Lying Lauren Slater
The Marriage of Bette and Boo Christopher Durang (re-read)
Moral Disorder Margaret Atwood
Negotiating with the Dead Margaret Atwood
One Stick Song Sherman Alexie
Pastoralia George Saunders
The Pillowman Martin McDonagh
Play It as It Lays Joan Didion (re-read)
Polaroid Stories Naomi Iizuka
Reading Like a Writer Francine Prose
Reasons to Live Amy Hempel
Red Light Winter Adam Rapp
Run River Joan Didion
Savage Beauty Nancy Milford
Self Help Lorrie Moore
Sightseeing Rattawut Lapcharoensap
Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You Christopher Durang (re-read)
The Skin of Our Teeth Thornton Wilder
Strike Anywhere Dean Young
Tumble Home Amy Hempel
The Unbearable Lightness of Being Milan Kundera
The Vaudevillians Bill Smith
Well Lisa Kron
When the Messenger Is Hot Elizabeth Crane

2005
13 John Patrick Shanley ***
Alibi School Jeffrey McDaniel
Autobiography of a Face Lucy Grealy
Bee Season Myla Goldberg
Best American Short Stories 2004
Blankets Craig Thompson
The Blind Assassin Margaret Atwood (re-read) ***
Blood, Tin, Straw Sharon Olds
Book of Common Prayer Joan Didion
Cat's Eye Margaret Atwood
Cathedral Raymond Carver ***
The Corrections Jonathan Franzen ***
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime Mark Haddon
Drown Junot Diaz ***
Empty Space Peter Brook
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Jonathan Safran Foer ***
Everything Is Illuminated Jonathan Safran Foer (re-read) *** only the last 50 pages
Franny and Zooey J.D. Salinger (re-read) ***
Ghost World Daniel Clowes
Gifts of the Body Rebecca Brown
The Gold Cell Sharon Olds ***
The Handmaid's Tale Margaret Atwood (re-read) ***
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince J.K. Rowling
Heir to the Glimmering World Cynthia Ozick
History of Love Nicole Krauss
How to Be Alone Jonathan Franzen ***
How to Breathe Underwater Julie Orringer ***
Letters to a Young Poet Rainer Maria Rilke
Like Life Lorrie Moore ***
Metamorphoses Mary Zimmerman
Motherless Brooklyn Jonathan Lethem
Nine Stories J.D. Salinger (re-read) ***
No Planets Strike Josh Bell ***
Oleanna David Mamet ***
The Paris Review Book for Planes, Trains, Elevators, and Waiting Rooms
The Passion Jeanette Winterson
Play It as It Lays Joan Didion ***
Poisonwood Bible Barbara Kingsolver ***
Raise High the Roofbeams, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction J.D. Salinger (re-read) ***
Return to the City of White Donkeys James Tate
Salinger: A Biography Paul Alexander
Sarah J.T. LeRoy
Second City Improvisation Almanac
Sleepwalk Adrian Tomine
Slouching Towards Bethlehem Joan Didion ***
Summer Blonde Adrian Tomine
Three Uses of the Knife David Mamet
Time Traveler's Wife Audrey Niffenegger
Truth and Beauty Ann Patchett
What It Means to Love You Stephen Elliott
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love Raymond Carver ***
Who Will Run the Frog Hospital Lorrie Moore
The Year of Magical Thinking Joan Didion ***