Don't tell me what to do
By: Dina Del Bucchia
Publisher: Arsenal Pulp Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9781551527017
Other titles: Do not tell me what to do
Work titles: Short stories
Description: "An offbeat story collection about strange, imperfect people doing strange, imperfect things. In poet Dina Del Bucchia's debut story collection, an older woman becomes obsessed with the state of her lawn, a pet architect jeopardizes her relationship with her wife over a wild bird, a cement mixer helps a woman fulfill her dreams, a former model becomes a cult leader through social media, a teenaged girl is preoccupied with making shopping-haul videos, and a young woman goes on a crime spree thanks to a basement containing $35,000 in coins. These funny and strange stories are populated by weirdos and misfits trying out new ways of being in the world; sometimes they succeed and sometimes they fail, and sometimes they end up in a slapstick sex scene that culminates with broken furniture. Disarming and bittersweet, Don't Tell Me What to Do isn't scared to tell the truth about those of us who are emotional, who care too much about things that might seem ridiculous, and who are beautifully, perfectly flawed."--
Notes: Short stories.

Issued also in electronic format.
Table of contents: title: Keeping things alive is too much work --; title: Don't tell me what to do --; title: Miss Supreme --; title: Under the "I" --; title: Cold cuts --; title: Particleboard man --; title: A beautiful feeling --; title: Hamsters --; title: Haul --; title: Nest --; title: Sometimes we can be that way --; title: Sleep talk --; title: Instructions for having an affair --; title: Full price --; title: The gospel of Kittany.