We Are Never As Beautiful As We Are Now
by Adam Gallari
"Gallari's work brings to mind Raymond Carver and Richard Ford, the wonderful connection I felt when first discovering those giants. Each of these stories left me with the sense that I had just encountered a friend from my past with something important to share. These stories are rich with the beautiful melancholy that accompanies heartache and loss, and Gallari's storytelling comes with the assuredness of an old pro. This is a terrific book." - Michael Jaime-Becerra, author of Every Night Is Ladies' Night
"Too often male writers today sacrifice grace and subtlety for bravado and a faux-Palahniuk chauvinism—not the case with Adam Gallari. Desperate, funny, and unrelenting, these stories reach deep within real characters searching to reconcile where they are, with where they thought they would be." - Joseph Riippi, author of Do Something! Do Something! Do Something!
"With We Are Never As Beautiful As We Are Now, Adam Gallari has crafted a moving debut story collection that illuminates our fractured and skeptical world while casting shadows of beauty and timelessness. As if calling his whole life into question with each story, Gallari puts forward a vision of young love that, unafraid to admit of the tragic even as it pays close attention to experience, slowly convinces us until it becomes something of a standard by which we feel compelled to measure ourselves. This is a serious young writer—read him." - Andrew Winer, author of The Marriage Artist
"These rich, full-hearted stories mark a compelling debut. Adam Gallari is a fearless writer who believes in unobtrusive craft, emotional honesty, most of all in life itself. About the perplexities of that life, he writes thrillingly. His sentences sing with longing and tenderness and regret." - Paul Russell, author of The Coming Storm and The Unreal Life of Sergey Vladimirovich Nabokov
"These are wonderful stories—muscular and intelligent and deeply felt. They explore the shadowed vulnerability of masculinity with grace, wit, and power. Gallari’s voice is original and affecting, an absolute pleasure to read." - Bret Anthony Johnston, author of Corpus Christi: Stories
We Are Never As Beautiful As We Are Now by
Adam Gallari
Due out in April from Ampersand Books
Paperback $15.95