Erika T. Wurth - An Evening with Curbside Splendor

Crazy Horse's Girlfriend is Erika T. Wurth's portrait of Margaritte, a sharp-tongued, drug-dealing, sixteen-year-old Native American floundering in a Colorado town crippled by poverty, unemployment, and drug abuse. She hates the burnout, futureless kids surrounding her and dreams that she and her unreliable new boyfriend can move far beyond the bright lights of Denver that float on the horizon before the daily suffocation of teen pregnancy eats her alive.

Set in mid-1990s Florida, Losing in Gainsville hilariously explores what failure means in a culture where everyone is supposed to win. With an ensemble cast of slackers, burn-outs, musicians, and dreamers, who are all losing something—their youth, their ambitions, their careers, their children, their former identities—Brian Costello builds a sun-bleached world of people struggling to understand what it means to succeed on their terms.

Where To?: A Hack Memoir is Dmitry Samarov's illustrated memoir capturing encounters with drunken passengers, overbearing cops, unreasonable city bureaucracy, his fellow cabdrivers, a few potholes, and other unexpectedly beautiful moments. Accompanied by dozens of Samarov's original artworks—composed during traffic jams, waits at the airport, and lulls in his shifts—these stories provide a street-level view of America from the perspective of an immigrant painter driving a cab for money.

The Game We Play features ten of Susan Lanier's riveting, emotionally complex stories examine the decisions we make when our choices are few and courage is costly. A young couple faces disease and commitment with the same sharp fear, a neglected woman battles her worsening condition of a very real invisibility, and a father makes a split-second decision that puts his child's life at risk.

Erika T. Wurth is an Apache/Chickasaw/Cherokee raised on the outskirts of Denver, which she describes as crossroads for many, many Native Americans. She holds an MA in English from University of Toledo, and a PhD in Creative Writing and Literature from University of Colorado. She was a writer-in-residence at the Institute of American Indian Arts and teaches creative writing at Western Illinois University.

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Crazy Horse's Girlfriend By Erika T. Wurth Cover Image
ISBN: 9781940430430
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Published: Curbside Splendor Publishing - September 16th, 2014

Losing in Gainesville By Brian Costello Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781940430317
Published: Curbside Splendor Publishing - October 14th, 2014

Where To?: A Hack Memoir By Dmitry Samarov Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781940430225
Published: Curbside Splendor Publishing - September 9th, 2014

The Game We Play By Susan Hope Lanier Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781940430270
Published: Curbside Splendor Publishing - September 9th, 2014