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Exposure
Fiction. Women's Studies. From the Dust Bowl to The Magic Kingdom, the Rust Belt to the casinos of Atlantic City, EXPOSURE captures the slow-burn dramas of regret and desire that smolder across America. A grieving photographer blurs time with long exposures and darkroom fumes, inhaled hard. An abused young man searches the woods for abandoned children raised by wolves. A recovering addict takes his grown daughters on a Disney vacation, two decades too late. Collecting layered long stories and lyrical flash fictions, EXPOSURE presents a poignant and formally surprising look at longing, family bonds, and the ever-human effort to reconcile our pasts with our hopes for the future. Evocative and wryly funny, EXPOSURE marks the debut of a gifted and sensitive writer.
"Resch George's writing aptly understands and demonstrates the basic premise of all great the crucial connection between character and action that gives meaning to both. Readers of these stories will become absorbed in the pages because they will be immediately drawn into caring for the memorable characters that come alive within, and the circumstances and actions that affect their lives. The stories in EXPOSURE simmer without succumbing to sensationalistic plots or preposterous predicaments—and the writing is so effective that you never really appreciate it... until the last sentence is read."—Thom Didato
"The stories in EXPOSURE sear like light trails, glimmering and striking their lyrical, luminous pitch. Resch George's characters are searchers, feeling through the darkness of their suburban lives to the edges that shape a deeper truth by which to reckon their experiences and their desires—always conscious of the pulse beneath the surface. They are on the cusp, their lives on the verge of breaking or blooming or both. With the sensibility of a poet, Resch George has built stories that spark and sing."—Allison Titus
"This is a stirring, exquisite, heartbreaking yet hopeful book. Resch George's pitch-perfect stories brim over with life—longing, love, sorrow, and the great question of which parts of ourselves we should illuminate and narrate. Whether describing joy or pain, the writing feels both effortless and exquisite, the work of a true master of the form. The book deserves a place on your shelf of favorites, where you'll reach for it again and again."—Susann Cokal
"Resch George's writing aptly understands and demonstrates the basic premise of all great the crucial connection between character and action that gives meaning to both. Readers of these stories will become absorbed in the pages because they will be immediately drawn into caring for the memorable characters that come alive within, and the circumstances and actions that affect their lives. The stories in EXPOSURE simmer without succumbing to sensationalistic plots or preposterous predicaments—and the writing is so effective that you never really appreciate it... until the last sentence is read."—Thom Didato
"The stories in EXPOSURE sear like light trails, glimmering and striking their lyrical, luminous pitch. Resch George's characters are searchers, feeling through the darkness of their suburban lives to the edges that shape a deeper truth by which to reckon their experiences and their desires—always conscious of the pulse beneath the surface. They are on the cusp, their lives on the verge of breaking or blooming or both. With the sensibility of a poet, Resch George has built stories that spark and sing."—Allison Titus
"This is a stirring, exquisite, heartbreaking yet hopeful book. Resch George's pitch-perfect stories brim over with life—longing, love, sorrow, and the great question of which parts of ourselves we should illuminate and narrate. Whether describing joy or pain, the writing feels both effortless and exquisite, the work of a true master of the form. The book deserves a place on your shelf of favorites, where you'll reach for it again and again."—Susann Cokal
168 pages, Paperback
Published October 15, 2016
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December 3, 2021
Thoroughly enjoyed every story in this collection. There's no romanticism, nor is there any of that anti-romanticism that in turn appears romantic. It's just very honest and relatable slices of life.
June 30, 2018
Really powerful writing, full of insight & revelation. I especially like the way Katy shocks her characters with challenging & unexpected moments in life. Can't wait to read more of her writing.
March 7, 2017
This collection of short stories and flash fiction pieces is subtle and piercing. Katy Resch George brings out the complexities of her characters with prose that often border on poetry. I found "The Magic Kingdom" and "The Last Darkroom" especially evocative and powerful.
August 29, 2020
Beautiful realistic fiction that is gently recursive and accessible. I particularly adore “The Last Darkroom” and the title story.
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