- Book Topics
- Aphorisms
- Wordplay
- Poetry
- Short-Form Writing
- Literary Anomalies
- Humor
- ragments
- Lydia Davis
- Maggie Nelson
- Joy Harjo
- Claudia Rankine
- Charles Simic
- Sharon Dolin
- Stephen Dobyns
- Alain DeBotton
- Michael Martone
- Dinty W. Moore
- Elisa Gabbert
- H. L
Short Circuits
Following up on the success of their first anthology of aphorisms, Short Flights (Schaffner Press, 2015), authors and educators James Lough and Alex Stein have returned with a new volume that expands on the theme of aphorisms to include other short form writing and concrete poetry and prose from several of the world’s leading, award-winning, and bestsellling writers in the genre, including Charles Simic, Lydia Davis, Sarah Manguso, Jane Hirschfield, Joy Harjo, Yahia Labadidi, Claudia Rankine, and Stephen Dobyns.
- Book Topics
- Aphorisms
- Wordplay
- Poetry
- Short-Form Writing
- Literary Anomalies
- Humor
- ragments
- Lydia Davis
- Maggie Nelson
- Joy Harjo
- Claudia Rankine
- Charles Simic
- Sharon Dolin
- Stephen Dobyns
- Alain DeBotton
- Michael Martone
- Dinty W. Moore
- Elisa Gabbert
- H. L
Reviews and Comments
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This book, a compilation of what feel like urgent text messages from some of the 21st century’s best writers, operates as an early warning system to the future of literary art. Crucial.
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Short Circuits is a knockout beautiful book full of wonderful stuff that makes you laugh, smile, shake your head, admire writers, feel touched, honored, charmed, surprised, a little threatened, a lot thrilled. Lough & Company have done a brilliant job