Join us for a reading and signing with Author Adam Schuitema

Adam Schuitema is the author of the short-story collection Freshwater Boys, published by Delphinium Books and distributed by HarperCollins. His stories have appeared in numerous magazines, including Glimmer Train, North American Review, TriQuarterly, Black Warrior Review, and Crazyhorse. Adam earned his MFA and Ph.D. from Western Michigan University. He is an assistant professor of English at Kendall College of Art and Design in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he lives with his wife and daughter.

Freshwater Boys (Paperback)

By Adam Schuitema

$13.99

ISBN-13: 9781883285401
Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: Delphinium Books, 4/2010

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Freshwater Boys is a collection of eleven short stories set in and around the Great Lakes of Michigan. The opening narratives feature adolescent or pre-adolescent boys struggling with their conceptions of manhood. They are sizing themselves up against masculine ideals, and filled with doubt and confusion regarding their own paths.

The landscapes and lakescapes serve as recurring characters in the book. The boys and men wander forests--sometimes finding tranquility, sometimes finding tragedy. They climb and descend dunes. And often, they encounter the Big Lake: Lake Michigan. The idea of a Third Coast figures prominently in the book, the lake and its horizon serving as a kind of world's end, where things pass away or come to life. (edited by author)

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