The Places Between by Jacob Minasian

$24.99

 

“Jacob Minasian writes of disasters with a poet’s careful eye.”
–Marilyn Abildskov, author of The Men in My Country

 

“With a keen eye for describing only the details that matter, along with an ability for capturing accurate dialogue like a Sony microcassette recorder, Jacob Minasian explores lives intersecting at points of hope and cruelty, despair and kindness. The Places Between reminds us to always push forward in the face of brutality, that fighting to live another day is a victory in and of itself.”
–Jeff Chon, author of Hashtag Good Guy with a Gun and This Is the Afterlife

 

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The Places Between

by Jacob Minasian

Full-length, Paper, Novella

List: $24.99

979-8-88838-449-7

2024

In a near-future world where extreme weather events blanket the earth, the remaining human population is forced to move and adapt, guided only by an automated radio weather transmission.  The Places Between follows these scattered journeys of survival.  Journeys impeded by darkness and cruelty, and driven by hope.

Minasian writes with a lyricism and brutal clarity, rendering layered characters who must navigate the horrific manifestations of nature, and the wickedness and barbarity of humanity itself.  With chapters that stand alone as their own short stories and also intertwine to create a larger overarching narrative, The Places Between explores the human condition when pushed toward annihilation.

Jacob Minasian received his MFA from Saint Mary’s College of California, where he was the 2016 Academy of American Poets prize-winner.  He is the author of the full-length poetry collection Vestiges (2023), and the chapbook American Lit (2020), and his work has appeared in publications including, among others, Poets.org, The Museum of Americana, RipRap Literary Journal, Lucky Jefferson, Windows Facing Windows Review, CP Quarterly, Red Ogre Review, multiple anthologies, and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize.  Originally from California, he currently lives with his wife and daughter in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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