Sunshine State Essays

222 Pages·01.57 MB·English

by  Sarah Gerard

Dedication
To Mother-Father

Epigraph
The Florida sun seems not much a single ball overhead but a set of klieg lights that pursue you everywhere with an even white
illumination.
—John Updike, Rabbit at Rest
Life feeds on life, it has no choice. Life stokes its furnace with life, but not with life in general; it burns the unique and
particular life of the individual, and when there’s nothing left to feed to the flames, the fire goes out.
—César Aira, Shantytown

Contents
Cover
Title Page
Dedication
Epigraph
BFF
Mother-Father God
Going Diamond
Records
The Mayor of Williams Park
Sunshine State
Rabbit
Before: An Inventory
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Endnotes
About the Author
Advance Praise for Sunshine State by Sarah Gerard
Also by Sarah Gerard
Copyright
About the Publisher