Almost Bluing for X-tra Whiteness

by Timothy Gager

In Almost Bluing For X-tra Whiteness, poet Tim Gager can take a so-called “ordinary moment” and peel it like an onion, revealing layers of meaning that seem both surprising and inevitable. He offers “Drops of rain, weeping into parking lot puddles,” and “...a young driver nursing a butterfly trapped in tiny space between a cars headlight and grill.” And he informs us that “We send to the sky our grief when writing letters to the deceased.” This is a collection that makes you want to find a comfortable chair, grab a cup of tea, and settle in for a visit.
~ Charles Coe, Purgatory Road

62 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 28, 2024

About the author

Bestselling Author, Timothy Gager has published 20 books of fiction and poetry, which includes his fourth novel, Shadows of the Seen, and his most recent book of poetry, Almost Bluing for X-Tra Whiteness. He hosted the successful Dire Literary Series in Cambridge, MA from 2001 to 2018, and started a weekly virtual series in 2020. He has had over 1000 works of fiction and poetry published, 19 nominated for the Pushcart Prize. His work also has been nominated for a Massachusetts Book Award, The Best of the Web, The Best Small Fictions Anthology and has been read on National Public Radio.

In 2023, Big Table Publishing published an anthology of twenty years of his selected work, with 175 pages of new material: The Best of Timothy Gager.

Timothy is the former Fiction Editor of The Wilderness House Literary Review, and the founding co-editor of The Heat City Literary Review. He also co-hosts the podcast, "the 2 deans: Dating, Dread and Disasters." A graduate of the University of Delaware, Timothy lives in Dedham, Massachusetts,and is employed as a social worker.

In 2023, Big Table Publishing published an anthology of twenty years of his selected work, with 175 pages of new material: The Best of Timothy Gager.

Timothy is the former Fiction Editor of The Wilderness House Literary Review, and the founding co-editor of The Heat City Literary Review. A graduate of the University of Delaware, Timothy lives in Dedham, Massachusetts,and is employed as a social worker.