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ABOUT And the Monster Swallows You Whole

““Identity Theories” absolutely buzzes with life…The story is both blade sharp and softly tender, unafraid to ask what it takes to survive in this world while wearing multiple selves.” - Elaine Hsieh Chou

Adrian S. Potter's newest collection nimbly weaves poems, short prose pieces, checklists, film synopses, and diary entries into an arresting portrait of pandemic-era life as a Black American. Honest, funny, and hard-edged, his writings act as concentrated doses of a bracing and necessary tonic in the face of everyday acts of ignorance and indifference—monsters of all shapes and sizes held in check by Potter's clear and brilliant voice.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Adrian S. Potter, the winner of the 2022 Lumiere Review Prose Contest, writes poetry and prose in Minnesota. He is the author of the poetry collections Field Guide to the Human Condition and Everything Wrong Feels Right. Adrian’s work has appeared in more than 250 literary journals, magazines, and websites including North American Review, Collateral, Obsidian, The Baltimore Review, and The Maine Review.

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