![]() ![]() ![]() Gabbert has the magical ability to make an essay feel like a best-ever conversation with a best friend, the kind of conversation that changes the way you think about things forever. “ The Unreality of Memory fearlessly entertains taboo thoughts, but with the unaffected honesty of intimacy rather than the attention-seeking of a gadfly. Examining disasters both manmade and natural, Gabbert’s essays perform a beautiful autopsy of our fears, showing us what it means to exist in a time of eternal apocalypse. Breathtaking in its scope and thought and captivating prose, Unreality is a necessary and vital handbook for anyone experiencing the existential dread of everyday modern life.” - Lyz Lenz, author of Belabored and God Land “With poetic precision, The Unreality of Memory lays bare the truth, beauty, and pain of living in our era. A work of sheer brilliance, beauty and bravery.” - Andrew Sean Greer, author of Less leave it to a poet to tackle the unthinkable so wisely and so wittily. “Terror, disaster, memory, selfhood, happiness. The Unreality of Memory & Other Essays is out now from FSG Originals. ![]()
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