THE BURCH BUNDLE: A Kind of In-Between + How to Write a Novel
Two of our 2023 titles are by writer and editor Aaron Burch. The book he wrote is a short essay collection called A Kind of In-Between. The book he edited is an anthology called How to Write a Novel: An Anthology of 20 Craft Essays About Writing, None of Which Ever Mention Writing. You can bundle both of these books for an extra discount on the list prices and on shipping!
ABOUT A KIND OF IN-BETWEEN
Aaron Burch is both nostalgic and looking forward to what’s to come, all while trying to enjoy the present as much as possible. A Kind of In-Between looks at the last few years of Aaron’s life (getting divorced, teaching, being a writer, settling into life in the Midwest in his 40s) and also back to his childhood (being adopted, an almost obnoxiously happy and loving childhood, growing up on the West Coast), in curious, playful snapshots that become a whole greater than the sum of their parts. These short essays are about growing up and memory; who Aaron is and who he wants to be; road trips and home and collectibles and family and friendship; how he sees himself, how he wants others to see him, and all the overlaps and incongruencies therein; being a stepfather and son and child and adult and husband and ex and teacher and writer and friend; the things we keep and the things we let go; how to try to make sense of being a person in this world.
ABOUT HOW TO WRITE A NOVEL: AN ANTHOLOGY OF 20 CRAFT ESSAYS ABOUT WRITING, NONE OF WHICH EVER MENTION WRITING
A fun and thoughtful collection of previously unpublished essays about skateboarding, riding horses, gardening, delivering mail, shooting baskets, cooking, record collecting, knitting, stitching, running, and many more things that aren’t writing, except that, put in the context of this collection, maybe they are?
ABOUT THE AUTHOR & EDITOR
Aaron Burch grew up in Tacoma, WA. He is the author of a novel, Year of the Buffalo; a memoir/literary analysis, Stephen King’s The Body; a short story collection, Backswing; and a novella, How to Predict the Weather. He started the literary journal Hobart, which he edited for twenty years, and is currently the co-editor of WAS (Words & Sports) and HAD (and possibly a new thing to be announced soon?). He currently lives in Ann Arbor, MI and is online: on Twitter and Instagram at @aaron__burch, and the world wide web at aaronburch.net.