Posts from Suburbia

Product Description In Posts from Suburbia, George Guida satirizes the life that most Americans have come to know: the life of lawn care, man caves, shopping clubs, mall cops, gym memberships, murky faith, easy sex in the shadows, cut-rate shrinks, gun-toting postmen, sad cable guys, infinite hobbying, endless holiday decoration, casual bigotry, home improvement, bouncy houses, wedding halls, canned wakes, e-loneliness, ignorant know-it-alls, fridge magnets, yard statues, pool dolphins, trains to nowhere, and moons that won’t give up. At the heart of it all stands Bill, a child of the suburbs who has returned, dumped by his girlfriend, and holding unused degrees from a city university—a still-young man struggling to find a new life among the characters who populate his world, his memory, and his blog. Review Praise for Posts from Suburbia: "In George Guida's Posts from Suburbia, the poet and story writer's debut novel, we see, in the narrator's fragmentary posts, the horrible and often hilarious effects of conformity gone amok in the vinyl-sided cul-de-sacs and Costco-obsessed streets of suburbia. The novel's witty and acerbic account of a fictional town called Middleville is a great, offbeat, engaging take on the American Dream gone upside down, which will make you laugh while questioning your own sometimes desperate need to belong."-Anne Panning, author of Butter: A Novel and SuperAmerica: Stories"Always smart, always funny, George Guida's writing is lucid and entertaining. In Posts from Suburbia, he infuses the banality of the suburbs with his absurdist comic sensibility. From stay-at-home mothers, to mall shoppers, to cantankerous neighbors, Guida portrays the people we know up close. Mom might drive you crazy, but she still has the best sauce in town waiting in the freezer for you when you come home. You'll consume this book like a franchise donut, in one delicious bite."-Mike Fiorito, author of The Hated Ones and Falling from Trees About the Author George Guida is the author of ten books including the forthcoming satirical novel, Posts from Suburbia (Encircle Publications, June 22, 2022), and five collections of poems including New York and Other Lovers (revised edition, Encircle Publications, 2020). His poetry, fiction, and essays have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies. He teaches writing and literature at New York City College of Technology, and coordinates the Finger Lakes Reading and Performance Series at his family's cafe, the MacFadden Coffee Company, in Dansville, New York. You can follow George on social media (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter) and visit www.georgeguida.wordpress.com.