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3rd & Orange
In 2003, a young man arrives in Long Beach searching for independence and his voice as a writer. In the midst of college, a quixotic letter-writing campaign to city parking enforcement, and concocting great literary odes to the American grocery store worker, he stumbles into a blissful but brief relationship.
But at a time when nothing lasts long, the smallest of details-a beer with a troubled friend, afternoon light on a freckled face, mysterious notes on the back of receipt paper-can lead to the longest-lasting impressions.
3rd & Orange , told first in poetry then in prose, is a work of nostalgic force full of clear but painfully belated insights. Readers weave with the author down alleys, through new apartments, toward loss that slowly begins to feel like growth, all the while haunted by the lingering presence of someone who has come into his life just as fast as she is destined to go out.
But at a time when nothing lasts long, the smallest of details-a beer with a troubled friend, afternoon light on a freckled face, mysterious notes on the back of receipt paper-can lead to the longest-lasting impressions.
3rd & Orange , told first in poetry then in prose, is a work of nostalgic force full of clear but painfully belated insights. Readers weave with the author down alleys, through new apartments, toward loss that slowly begins to feel like growth, all the while haunted by the lingering presence of someone who has come into his life just as fast as she is destined to go out.
170 pages, Paperback
Published April 1, 2022
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September 15, 2023
I currently live on 3rd and Orange in Long Beach. I too consider myself a writer and also cringe at that statement…
Peralta captures heartbreak for both a past relationship with a person and place he lived extremely well. I feel touched and so moved by his words. It was refreshing to read the thoughts of a young man who shares such a similar, sensitive perspective on his surroundings.
I would be remiss if I didn’t say that the place I live is tied to who I love and once loved. The face, feeling, and contour of their being shapes the lasting experience with the place. They are forever one with the setting.
I too am reminded that their absence is a force. The sheer void is a feeling that lingers.
I feel seen and heard. Thank you.
Peralta captures heartbreak for both a past relationship with a person and place he lived extremely well. I feel touched and so moved by his words. It was refreshing to read the thoughts of a young man who shares such a similar, sensitive perspective on his surroundings.
I would be remiss if I didn’t say that the place I live is tied to who I love and once loved. The face, feeling, and contour of their being shapes the lasting experience with the place. They are forever one with the setting.
I too am reminded that their absence is a force. The sheer void is a feeling that lingers.
I feel seen and heard. Thank you.
April 15, 2025
having also lived in Long beach in my early twenties the nolatagia and longing for a time and place resonated a lot.
enjoyed the various structures of the poems and their insights.
enjoyed the various structures of the poems and their insights.
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