FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Mark Givens / 909-293-9270 / mark.givens@pelekinesis.com
Title: Bodies in Recline
Author: Michael C. Keith
Category: Fiction
Publication Date: March 20, 2023
Pages: 124
Binding: paperback
ISBN: 978-1-949790-78-8
Suggested Retail Price: $18.00
Claremont, CA – December 19, 2022 – Pelekinesis is pleased to announce the upcoming release of Bodies in Recline, new fiction from Michael C. Keith, available March 20, 2023 worldwide.
Partly inspired by the acclaimed fiction of Kurt Vonnegut, Joy Williams, and Lydia Davis, Bodies in Recline explores the full range of human emotions and behavior in a style imbued with profound irony and deep humor, with an inclination toward the latter. Powerfully imagined, the pensees in this collection will take the reader on a sojourn across landscapes both exotic and familiar. Bodies in Recline demonstrates the full reach of the author's imagination and creative powers. Keith brings to the reader a singular collection of idiosyncratic and laconic narratives designed to fully engage and provoke. The epigrammatic tales between these covers provide a sometimes numinous often harrowing account of what we do and what we think and what we think we should do.
Bodies in Recline by Michael C. Keith will be available through Baker & Taylor, Ingram, Gardners, directly from the publisher's website, and in fine local bookstores worldwide.
The page at Pelekinesis for supplemental material is here: http://www.pelekinesis.com/catalog/michael_c_keith-bodies_in_recline.html
For more information please contact Mark Givens at 909-293-9270 or mark.givens@pelekinesis.com
About the author
Michael C. Keith is the author or coauthor of more than two dozen groundbreaking books on electronic media, among them Waves of Rancor––a book cited by President Clinton for its study of the radical right’s use of audio media. The recipient of numerous awards in the academic field, including the Broadcast Education Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award, the International Radio Television Society’s Stanton Fellow Award, and the University of Rhode Island’s Achievement Award in the Humanities, he is also the author of dozens of articles and short stories and has served in a variety of editorial positions.
Prior to joining Boston College (where he was named Emeritus upon retiring in 2017), Michael served as Chair of Education at the Museum of Broadcast Communications and on the faculties of The George Washington University, Marquette University, and Dean College. He was co-founder of the Broadcast Education Association’s Radio Division and its first chair.
Beyond that, he is the author of an acclaimed memoir, The Next Better Place (Algonquin Books); a young adult novel, Life is Falling Sideways; and 20 story collections. He has been nominated for numerous awards for his fiction and was a finalist for the National Indie Excellence Award for short fiction anthology and a finalist for the 2013 International Book Award in the “Fiction Visionary” category. His work has been translated in Greece, Russia, Albania, Spain, Indonesia, and China.
About the publisher
Pelekinesis is a small book publishing company focusing on the development of independent authors and artists by creatively embracing the evolving publishing paradigm and utilizing modern distribution platforms. Full catalog and press material can be found at http://www.pelekinesis.com
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Supplemental Material
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