I Go To Some Hollow
by Amina Cain
with an Introduction by
Bhanu Kapil
Fiction | $15.00
ISBN 13: 978-1-934254-09-7
ISBN 10: 1-934254-09-6
Size: 9.25 X 4.25
Pages: 114
Binding: Softcover, Perfect
Question: “If you had to think of a motion you’ve made more than any other in your whole life, what would it be?” Response: “I don’t want to be a motion.”
In her debut collection of fifteen short stories, Amina Cain makes ordinary worlds strange and spare and beautiful. A woman carves invisible images onto ice, a pair of black wings appears in front of a house, and a restless teacher sits in a gallery of miniature rooms. As Miranda Mellis describes, “The revelatory pleasure and hope [in these stories] emanate from an artistry driven by ethical desire.” “I highly recommend reading I Go To Some Hollow,” says Bhanu Kapil, “because of what it teaches you about love, and the relationship between love and writing.”
REVIEWS AND MORE
Read an excerpt from Bhanu Kapil’s Introduction to I GO TO SOME HOLLOW
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“I Go To Some Hollow floats and tilts, as balanced as a mobile; rather than narrative arcs we get laps, tides, and circuit, currents of clear observation and the occasional stunning insight.”
— Miranda Mellis
The Brooklyn Rail
“From [Cain’s voice] we gain insight into the experience…where place matters less than feeling and connecting to others is all about disconnecting from others. There is distance here, which is Cain’s point.” Read Renée E. D’Aoust’s full review
Pop Matters
“Cain’s stories…include occasional bright flashes of beautiful phrasing, her prose…offers a chilly, plainlyspoken elegance…”
Read Ryan Michael Williams’ full review
The Believer
“...the dominant mood is this sense of wonder, shot through with nervousness. Amina Cain’s travelers view their surroundings with a curious emptiness, other times ecstasy, while adrift either abroad or in a distinctly American terrain: bodies of water, fields, or forests, the banality of a heated pool or the aisles of Home Depot.” Read Kate Zambreno’s full review
The Pedestal Magazine
“[Cain] is much like a fast expressionist painter who employs color and texture, letting the viewer decide what the painting reveals. Ultimately these stories highlight the distance that occurs in any relationship and how, within quiet moments, people can transcend this coldness, finding the sublime within an awkward state.” Read Alice Osborn’s full review