Under the Sea by MarkLeidner Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2018 by Tyrant Books ISBN-13: 978-0-9913608-8-8, ISBN: 0-9913608-8-5
"A collection of stories that focus on love, lost love, death, the absurdity of the human condition, relationships, and beauty. There is also a story about insects that is more human than most D.H. Lawrence. Mark Leidner’s fiction is deeply infused with poetry, but never turns purple.“Let’s see how merciful you really are,” she mutters to God, then with shaky hands she points the gun at her own chest and pulls the trigger. The blast spin ..."
"This anthology collects original writing and art by novelists, poets, and academics about their pets, including a killer chihuahua, a catatonic toy poodle, a contraband cat, a backyard full of endangered desert tortoises, five forgotten parakeets, and a skinny ex-racehorse named Joe. From legends like Ann Beattie and Christine Schutt to cult figures like Scott McClanahan and Tao Lin, this anthology collects writing from some of today’s ..."
"Ken, the publisher, here. I couldn't be more thrilled to make this book flesh. This collection of aphorisms contains so much poetry and passion and deep thinking, I've been caught by single pages for hours. This book is sharp, funny, tragic, irreverent, wise. All beauty. It puts fire in me. I invite you to enjoy that fire, too. It is refreshing and exhilarating to read a poet this sincere, this demanding and lucid in his aspirations to ..."
"Poetry. BEAUTY WAS THE CASE THAT THEY GAVE ME is Mark Leidner's first full-length collection of poems. A collection of poems that might make you feel like a flower, like a black hole, like punishment meted out at night by a giant tractor, like you have to get on fire, then slowly walk around your old neighborhood, like the town was real, like she thinks swoon is a funnier word than mulligan, and he thinks swoon is a funny word too, but ..."
"This anthology collects original writing and art by novelists, poets, and academics about their pets, including a killer chihuahua, a catatonic toy poodle, a contraband cat, a backyard full of endangered desert tortoises, five forgotten parakeets, and a skinny ex-racehorse named Joe. Edited by Jordan Castro with contributions by Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Ann Beattie, Raegan Bird, Blake Butler, CAConrad, Ryan C. K. Choi, Michael W. Clune, Pa ..."