First published in 2002, Red Moon is the first book in The Names of Things Trilogy by Michael Aro. A master of experimental literature, Aro uses poetry, stories, dialogues and essays to explore the human dimensions that lie at the nexus of language, art and technology.
First published in 2002, Red Moon is the first book in The Names of Things Trilogy by Michael Aro. A master of experimental literature, Aro uses poetr...
Michael Aro's somewords is the second book in The Names of Things Trilogy. It begins with a sonnet on twenty-first century global corporatism and ends with a glossolalia of a contract. Sandwiched between the two is an imaginarium of contemporary poetic forms and meanings. The journey takes us from ancient Greece to a future filled with transhuman submariners. Using traditional and experimental poetry, flash fiction and prose poems, he creatively uncovers, discovers and rediscovers the faceted history of social and individual identity in all its incarnations.
Michael Aro's somewords is the second book in The Names of Things Trilogy. It begins with a sonnet on twenty-first century global corporatism and ends...
Following the purchase of a box at a garage sale that contains, among other things, an interview with an unknown artist, a novelty post card, a travel chess set, technical papers, unpublished stories and a coloring book, the author suddenly finds himself standing at the intersection of language, art and technology. It is a busy intersection. While waiting for the bus to show up, he uses the time and the tools at hand to answer those ageless questions that have kept so many great minds busy over the millennia. What is the true nature of consciousness? What is the difference between language...
Following the purchase of a box at a garage sale that contains, among other things, an interview with an unknown artist, a novelty post card, a travel...
The Rapture has finally happened. The problem is that the majority of people who expected to disappear in the twinkling of an eye are still here. First published in 2008, The Rapture by Michael Aro remains as poignant, hilarious and timely as ever. Beginning with the Rapture and continuing through the Tribulation, it follows the lives of a preacher, a welder, an engineer and a restaurant owner who are determined to spend whatever time they have left doing everything they can to preserve the good that remains. From the first page to the last, this dystopian nightmare of a world without hope...
The Rapture has finally happened. The problem is that the majority of people who expected to disappear in the twinkling of an eye are still here. Firs...
Frank Mead believes that humanity is plunging headlong into a mass extinction event and no one and nothing can stop it. To pass the time while waiting for the worst to happen, he is writing apersonal history filled not only with happy childhood memories but with loneliness, violence, sexual abuse and alienation as well. In other words, he is describing a typical Southern childhood. Before he can finish, his life and work converge, mutating into an entirely new form of hero's journey: Frank has recently agreed to participate in an experiment to determine if it is possible for a human to...
Frank Mead believes that humanity is plunging headlong into a mass extinction event and no one and nothing can stop it. To pass the time while waiting...
