
I'm thrilled to announce that my first book, The Suburban Ecstasies (Ghost Road Press, hardcover, 124 pp.) is now available for purchase on Amazon! You can find it here (or by clicking on the picture and icon at the end of this post). It's also available online at Barnes & Noble, and will be sold through SPD and Ingram as well.
I'm excited beyond belief, so I won't try to describe or explain that excitement here! Suffice to say this is one kid's dream come true. I've included some blurbs below, as a way of prying myself away from the temptation to discuss the collection in greater detail here:
"Working in the vivid and revivifying borderlands of such American adventures as Paul Metcalf's Genoa and Ed Dorn's Gunslinger, The Suburban Ecstasies propounds a syllabic heroism, one in which even the gentlest, most lyric proposals set forth towards ecstasy. These pages glow with immediate mastery."
— Donald Revell, author of A Thief of Strings
"Seth Abramson's first book is enough to make Stephen Dedalus dizzy, being somehow lyric, epic, and dramatic all at the same time. He has a fine ear and a keen eye. He has mastered a prosody that both drives his narrative — I read the book at a single sitting because I couldn't stop reading once I had started — and that also rings the changes on repeating themes or motifs. It is very difficult to write a book-length poem, but Abramson makes it seem easy. He has a compelling story to tell, both down to earth and fantastical. I would guess it's equal parts autobiography and invention. He calls it a monomyth, and it's that too. First books aren't meant to have this kind of authority."
— John Matthias, Poetry Editor, Notre Dame Review
I've been contacted by some magazines and individuals regarding review copies; if you're interested in receiving one, e-mail me and I'll see what I can do to expedite the process. Thanks so much to all those who've been supportive over the months and years I've been working on this collection! And needless to say, if you're able to help get the word out about the collection (via blog, e-mail, review, whatever), I'd be deeply in your debt! So, without any more preamble, here's the official Amazon.com link for The Suburban Ecstasies:


