A Dictionary of Modern Consternation

This cheeky dictionary-shaped exploration is a genre-bending nonfiction lyric following one family through the years from the financial crisis to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Brook McClurg isassistant professor of nonfiction in the English and Comparative Literature Department at San José StateUniversity.His creative nonfiction, fiction, and poetry have appeared in Cagibi, Iron Horse Literary Review, Pidgeonholes, Wanderlust, Exposition Review, and others, and his Spanish-language translations have appeared in the Loch Raven Review. His essay ＂Geometry of Absence＂ was listed as a Notable Essay in Best American Essays 2021, and he has received fellowships and residencies from the Fulbright Research Scholars program and Writing By Writers.