Winter 2021: Shoes Before Socks
In the morning: Feet to floor. Brush to teeth. Turn on coffee. Turn on news. Put on shoes. Put on socks.
Shoes Before Socks captures the idea of routine—specifically the routines we cling to that help us find normalcy while everything is upside down. This exceptional collection of short fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, artwork, and photography focuses on the little things that ground us amidst global uncertainty: our habits and trinkets, our shoes and our socks. And still, it begs us to acknowledge that life is not normal right now, no matter how we try to make it so. Shoes Before Socks is the product of our anxieties but also the source of our comfort.
The pieces in this issue emphasize the importance of the mundane: patterns, everyday objects, and traditions that persist in times of difficulty. Bedtime pills in “Sarah’s Closet” and flightless model planes in “Drones.” A peach painted on the table and a self portrait in the mirror. Dripping sinks in “The Faucet” and the dependability of sprinklers at 4 a.m. in “blue.”
The contributors of Shoes Before Socks navigate big questions from a small space, utilizing objects and routines to articulate this moment in history. Tackling concepts like loss, mental health, and ongoing racial injustice, the pieces in this collection were desperate to reach beyond the walls of quarantine. Now they can.
In the morning: Feet to floor. Brush to teeth. Turn on coffee. Turn on news. Put on shoes. Put on socks.
Shoes Before Socks captures the idea of routine—specifically the routines we cling to that help us find normalcy while everything is upside down. This exceptional collection of short fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, artwork, and photography focuses on the little things that ground us amidst global uncertainty: our habits and trinkets, our shoes and our socks. And still, it begs us to acknowledge that life is not normal right now, no matter how we try to make it so. Shoes Before Socks is the product of our anxieties but also the source of our comfort.
The pieces in this issue emphasize the importance of the mundane: patterns, everyday objects, and traditions that persist in times of difficulty. Bedtime pills in “Sarah’s Closet” and flightless model planes in “Drones.” A peach painted on the table and a self portrait in the mirror. Dripping sinks in “The Faucet” and the dependability of sprinklers at 4 a.m. in “blue.”
The contributors of Shoes Before Socks navigate big questions from a small space, utilizing objects and routines to articulate this moment in history. Tackling concepts like loss, mental health, and ongoing racial injustice, the pieces in this collection were desperate to reach beyond the walls of quarantine. Now they can.
In the morning: Feet to floor. Brush to teeth. Turn on coffee. Turn on news. Put on shoes. Put on socks.
Shoes Before Socks captures the idea of routine—specifically the routines we cling to that help us find normalcy while everything is upside down. This exceptional collection of short fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, artwork, and photography focuses on the little things that ground us amidst global uncertainty: our habits and trinkets, our shoes and our socks. And still, it begs us to acknowledge that life is not normal right now, no matter how we try to make it so. Shoes Before Socks is the product of our anxieties but also the source of our comfort.
The pieces in this issue emphasize the importance of the mundane: patterns, everyday objects, and traditions that persist in times of difficulty. Bedtime pills in “Sarah’s Closet” and flightless model planes in “Drones.” A peach painted on the table and a self portrait in the mirror. Dripping sinks in “The Faucet” and the dependability of sprinklers at 4 a.m. in “blue.”
The contributors of Shoes Before Socks navigate big questions from a small space, utilizing objects and routines to articulate this moment in history. Tackling concepts like loss, mental health, and ongoing racial injustice, the pieces in this collection were desperate to reach beyond the walls of quarantine. Now they can.
Paperback : 167 pages
ISBN-13 : 979-8644107490
ASIN : B08M8DBJPN
Item Weight : 11.8 ounces
Publisher : Independently published (November 13, 2020)
Dimensions : 6.5 x 0.4 x 9 inches
Language: English