{"product_id":"local-weather-paperback","title":"Local Weather - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrew Squitiro\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrew Squitiro's debut prose collection, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLOCAL WEATHER \u003c\/em\u003e(\u003c\/strong\u003eDynamo Verlag; 94pp; paperback; 6 February 2024) is a collection of sixteen tight dispatches as intense as they are concise. Set amid the weeping willows and Spanish moss of New Orleans, a city where climate change is felt punishingly, these essays unflinchingly explore human alienation, the human yearning for connection and love amid the twin existential horrors of climate change and the COVID pandemic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Alessi, author of \u003cem\u003eCall a Body Home\u003c\/em\u003e, said of \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLOCAL WEATHER\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e: \"How do you build a life in the face of what feels like the end of the world? Squitiro's meditative collection charts the weather of our current climate, bearing witness to the phenomena and anxieties of finding intimacy, connection, and an impermanent place in the shadow of impending catastrophe. These essays tenderly illuminate the middle ground, the hours we fill with other people and things, the literary equivalent of a flashlight proffered from a lover's bugout bag to help us weather the way forward.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeoff Watkinson, editor of \u003cem\u003eGreen Briar Review\u003c\/em\u003e, said: \"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLOCAL WEATHER\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is marvelously approachable, piercing the thin membrane of individual and collective yearning... Squitiro circles love, loss, identity, and change like the hurricanes and storms of New Orleans.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrew Squitiro is the author of several chapbooks of poetry from Gaggle Books. He holds a MFA in creative writing from Old Dominion University and his work has appeared in numerous journals. He lives in New Orleans. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 98\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.23 x 7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 04, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42703553527871,"sku":"9781088214732","price":19.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/d3275332fd0e766c9281b5a64c969d86.webp?v=1765029633","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/local-weather-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}