*Voice-driven literary nonfiction, similar to the reportage and literary journalism of John Jeremiah Sullivan (Pulphead), Leslie Jamison (The Empathy Exams; Make It Scream, Make It Burn), Luís Alberto Urrea (The Devil’s Highway; Across the Wire), Eula Biss (Notes from No Man’s Land), Brian Phillips (Impossible Owls), Tom Bissell (Magic Hours), and Ian Frazier (Travels in Siberia) *A compilation of humorous, accessible essays that provide entry points to difficult and timely subjects—poverty, gun violence, racism, and addiction—interspersed with lighter pieces on, among other things, Elvis tribute artist festivals *Author's work has appeared in The Atlantic, Foreign Affairs, the Christian Science Monitor, and Guernica *Regular contributor to Pacific Standard *Regional author tour, centered on the Twin Cities *Mass Galley Mailing *Major Awards Push *Author promotion at the Heartland Fall Forum, the Twin Cities Book Festival, and the Midwest Independent Booksellers Association conference *Excerpts in Literary Hub, Discovery Magazine, and Hazlitt *Interviews and targeted features prior to publication, including coverage by the Baltimore Sun, Legal Nomads, Michigan Public Radio, Minnesota Public Radio, Chicago Public Radio *Egalleys available on Edelweiss