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Anthony Tognazzini

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I Carry A Hammer In My Pocket For Occasions Such As These is a collection of 57 pieces that range in length from compressed paragraphs to 10-page stories. Its characters, voices, and surreal scenarios are unified in a playful vision of the world that is equal parts metaphor, memory, cartoon, tragedy, love story, and song.

Speed and brevity are a large part of the collection’s design. In a culture where attention spans are shorter and more fractured, media is dominated by quick cuts and sound bites, and American schedules are fuller and faster, the need for a literature for the subway and the waiting room—-something to resonate in the smaller gaps of our lives—-is emerging. To this end, I Carry A Hammer In My Pocket for ...more

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Average rating: 3.98 · 113 ratings · 21 reviews · 4 distinct works

	I Carry A Hammer In My Pocket For Occasions Such As These (American Readers Series) 4.30 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flashed: Sudden Stories in Comics and Prose by Josh Neufeld (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sari Wilson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Gina Frangello (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.71 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Return of Kral Majales: Prague's International Literary Renaissance 1990-2010 by Louis Armand (Editor), Kevin Blahut, Robert Gal 3.95 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Neighbors: Anthony Tognazzini by Anthony Tognazzini (Goodreads Author), Halimah Marcus (Foreword) 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars