A Common Pornography (HarperCollins)

Kevin Sampsell will be here to discuss his new memoir!

Kevin Sampsell has been the publisher of Future Tense Books since 1990. His fiction has been published widely in literary journals like LIT, McSweeney’s, Opium, and on popular sites like Nerve and Failbetter. His non-fiction essays and reviews have appeared in various newspapers and magazines. His books include Beautiful Blemish and Creamy Bullets. He works as Small Press Champion (his actual title) for Powell’s Books. He
lives in Portland, Oregon.

"This is a heartbreaking and magnificent book.  I love its mosaic structure—a portrait of a family and a young man created out of
jewel-like fragments of memory.  In its depiction of small-town American
life—the ennui and despair and beauty—I am reminded of Denis
Johnson's Jesus’ Son. This is the kind of book where you want to thank the author for helping you feel less alone with being alive."—Jonathan Ames, author of Wake Up, Sir! and The Double Life is Twice as Good

Photo of Kevin Sampsell by Barb Klansnic