Michael C. Keith is an acclaimed American writer and media historian whose career spans more than five decades. He is the author of The Next Better Place, the memoir praised for its vivid portrayal of his unconventional childhood, and more than two dozen collections of short fiction and micro-prose, including Of Night and Light, Sad Boy, Everything Is Epic, The Collector of Tears, If Things Were Made to Last Forever, Stories in the Key of Me, Pieces of Bones and Rags, Bodies in Recline, Euphony, The Loneliness Channel, Pings, and his most recent micro-prose poetry collection, Sunglasses in a Dark Room, published by Silver Bow Publishing. Before turning to fiction, Keith authored numerous influential books on electronic media, among them The Radio Station, Talking Radio, Voices in the Purple Haze, Signals in the Air, Radio Cultures, and Waves of Rancor, the latter selected for President Clinton's official summer reading list.Keith has been nominated multiple times for the Pushcart Prize, the PEN/O. Henry Award, the PEN/Faulkner Award, and the IPPY Award, and was a finalist for the National Indie Excellence Award and the International Book Award in the "Fiction Visionary" category.He served as a faculty member in the Communication Department at Boston College from 1993 until his retirement as Emeritus Professor in 2017, and previously held academic posts at George Washington University, Marquette University, and Dean College.His work in media studies has earned him 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. His fiction has appeared widely in print and online journals, and many of his books have been translated internationally.
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. No Good News is Michael C. Keith's newest collection of micro-prose, a stark, unflinching, and quietly resonant exploration of the disappointments, contradictions, and fragile hopes that shape contemporary life. In these sharply compressed pieces, Keith distills the human condition into moments of recognition that arrive with the force of revelation. His characters move through ordinary spaces-kitchens, offices, waiting rooms, sidewalks, late-night living rooms-yet the emotional terrain beneath these settings is anything but ordinary. Each story exposes the subtle fractures in relationships, the unspoken regrets that accumulate over time, and the uneasy truths people carry without knowing how to set them down.The "news" in this collection rarely arrives through dramatic events. Instead, it emerges in the quiet spaces: a remark that lands too heavily, a memory that resurfaces at the wrong moment, a realization that comes years too late, or a sudden awareness that life has drifted far from what was once imagined. Keith's characters often find themselves confronting the gap between expectation and reality, discovering that the world is far less invested in their happiness than they once believed. Yet the book is not simply a catalogue of bleakness. Beneath the cynicism lies a deep, humane understanding of how people continue to improvise meaning, even when circumstances fail them. The resilience in these stories is subtle, understated, and often tinged with humor-an acknowledgment that even in disappointment, there is a strange and persistent will to keep going.Keith's mastery of micro-fiction is on full display. His minimalist style strips away ornament and sentimentality, leaving only the essential emotional truth. Every sentence is deliberate, every silence intentional. The brevity of each piece intensifies its impact, creating a cumulative force that builds as the collection unfolds. Readers familiar with Keith's earlier works will recognize his fascination with the contradictions of human behavior-our tendency to sabotage our own happiness, our longing for connection despite our fear of vulnerability, and our habit of repeating patterns we know will fail. In No Good News, these contradictions are rendered with clarity and precision, offering a portrait of modern life that is both unsettling and deeply recognizable.By turns wry, poignant, and quietly devastating, No Good News invites readers to confront the truths they often avoid: that disappointment is inevitable, that clarity sometimes arrives disguised as bad news, and that the stories we tell ourselves about how things will turn out rarely survive contact with reality. Yet in Keith's hands, even the worst news becomes a form of illumination-a way of finally seeing things as they are. This collection is a compelling addition to Keith's body of work and a powerful example of how micro-prose can capture the full complexity of human experience in just a few carefully chosen lines. Through razor-sharp micro-prose, this collection uncovers the quiet fractures of modern existence, finding profound illumination in the gap between our grandest expectations and the bittersweet reality of everyday life. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781774034569
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. No Good News is Michael C. Keith's newest collection of micro-prose, a stark, unflinching, and quietly resonant exploration of the disappointments, contradictions, and fragile hopes that shape contemporary life. In these sharply compressed pieces, Keith distills the human condition into moments of recognition that arrive with the force of revelation. His characters move through ordinary spaces-kitchens, offices, waiting rooms, sidewalks, late-night living rooms-yet the emotional terrain beneath these settings is anything but ordinary. Each story exposes the subtle fractures in relationships, the unspoken regrets that accumulate over time, and the uneasy truths people carry without knowing how to set them down.The "news" in this collection rarely arrives through dramatic events. Instead, it emerges in the quiet spaces: a remark that lands too heavily, a memory that resurfaces at the wrong moment, a realization that comes years too late, or a sudden awareness that life has drifted far from what was once imagined. Keith's characters often find themselves confronting the gap between expectation and reality, discovering that the world is far less invested in their happiness than they once believed. Yet the book is not simply a catalogue of bleakness. Beneath the cynicism lies a deep, humane understanding of how people continue to improvise meaning, even when circumstances fail them. The resilience in these stories is subtle, understated, and often tinged with humor-an acknowledgment that even in disappointment, there is a strange and persistent will to keep going.Keith's mastery of micro-fiction is on full display. His minimalist style strips away ornament and sentimentality, leaving only the essential emotional truth. Every sentence is deliberate, every silence intentional. The brevity of each piece intensifies its impact, creating a cumulative force that builds as the collection unfolds. Readers familiar with Keith's earlier works will recognize his fascination with the contradictions of human behavior-our tendency to sabotage our own happiness, our longing for connection despite our fear of vulnerability, and our habit of repeating patterns we know will fail. In No Good News, these contradictions are rendered with clarity and precision, offering a portrait of modern life that is both unsettling and deeply recognizable.By turns wry, poignant, and quietly devastating, No Good News invites readers to confront the truths they often avoid: that disappointment is inevitable, that clarity sometimes arrives disguised as bad news, and that the stories we tell ourselves about how things will turn out rarely survive contact with reality. Yet in Keith's hands, even the worst news becomes a form of illumination-a way of finally seeing things as they are. This collection is a compelling addition to Keith's body of work and a powerful example of how micro-prose can capture the full complexity of human experience in just a few carefully chosen lines. Through razor-sharp micro-prose, this collection uncovers the quiet fractures of modern existence, finding profound illumination in the gap between our grandest expectations and the bittersweet reality of everyday life. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781774034569
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. No Good News is Michael C. Keith's newest collection of micro-prose, a stark, unflinching, and quietly resonant exploration of the disappointments, contradictions, and fragile hopes that shape contemporary life. In these sharply compressed pieces, Keith distills the human condition into moments of recognition that arrive with the force of revelation. His characters move through ordinary spaces-kitchens, offices, waiting rooms, sidewalks, late-night living rooms-yet the emotional terrain beneath these settings is anything but ordinary. Each story exposes the subtle fractures in relationships, the unspoken regrets that accumulate over time, and the uneasy truths people carry without knowing how to set them down.The "news" in this collection rarely arrives through dramatic events. Instead, it emerges in the quiet spaces: a remark that lands too heavily, a memory that resurfaces at the wrong moment, a realization that comes years too late, or a sudden awareness that life has drifted far from what was once imagined. Keith's characters often find themselves confronting the gap between expectation and reality, discovering that the world is far less invested in their happiness than they once believed. Yet the book is not simply a catalogue of bleakness. Beneath the cynicism lies a deep, humane understanding of how people continue to improvise meaning, even when circumstances fail them. The resilience in these stories is subtle, understated, and often tinged with humor-an acknowledgment that even in disappointment, there is a strange and persistent will to keep going.Keith's mastery of micro-fiction is on full display. His minimalist style strips away ornament and sentimentality, leaving only the essential emotional truth. Every sentence is deliberate, every silence intentional. The brevity of each piece intensifies its impact, creating a cumulative force that builds as the collection unfolds. Readers familiar with Keith's earlier works will recognize his fascination with the contradictions of human behavior-our tendency to sabotage our own happiness, our longing for connection despite our fear of vulnerability, and our habit of repeating patterns we know will fail. In No Good News, these contradictions are rendered with clarity and precision, offering a portrait of modern life that is both unsettling and deeply recognizable.By turns wry, poignant, and quietly devastating, No Good News invites readers to confront the truths they often avoid: that disappointment is inevitable, that clarity sometimes arrives disguised as bad news, and that the stories we tell ourselves about how things will turn out rarely survive contact with reality. Yet in Keith's hands, even the worst news becomes a form of illumination-a way of finally seeing things as they are. This collection is a compelling addition to Keith's body of work and a powerful example of how micro-prose can capture the full complexity of human experience in just a few carefully chosen lines. Through razor-sharp micro-prose, this collection uncovers the quiet fractures of modern existence, finding profound illumination in the gap between our grandest expectations and the bittersweet reality of everyday life. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781774034569
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