"All of the pieces contend with some major explosion, whether actual--heart attacks and orgasms--or metaphorical--the authors's realization that he or she is 'that age' or 'that weight' or 'that color'," editor Casie Fedukovich writes in the introduciton. "Explosions, on any scale, are disruptive,but many of the pieces [in the book] move beyond the initial eruption of body, mind, or spirit to bring the reader to a quiet and satisfied end."

Bookstores: Please contact Casie Fedukovich if you are interested in stocking this book and receiving a retailer's discount.

Read the reviews!

--"New Body of Work Fascinates" by Ina Hughs, Knoxville News-Sentinel, October 15, 2006.

http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/lifestyles_columnists/article/

--Review from the Knoxville 520 website, Debra Dylan: Low Explosions on Gay Street.

--"No matter the differences of genetic chance, each of us shares in the one universal human experience, living in the body. Whether the vessel is perfect or blemished, cherished or despised, it houses the essence of us, of humanness. The awareness of our bodies give us art: storytelling, rhythmic movement, song, the impulse to share experience. Low Explosions takes a frank look at living in the body, making the journey from young to old, coming together, becoming divided, the state of being within the body, our primal landscape."

-Jane Hicks, author Blood and Bone Remember

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