“Book Descriptions: "I wish everyone would write like this -- direct, detached, and with unbridled purpose."
-ANDREW WEATHERHEAD, AUTHOR OF $50,000
In An Actual Person in a Concrete Historical Situation, Blake Middleton has funneled the ghost of David Markson through his peculiar, dry, witty lens. These are wondrous messages you might find on any street, messages from a reliable witness to our slow civilizational collapse.
—MARCUS PACTOR, AUTHOR OF BEGAT WHO BEGAT WHO BEGAT
A brief examination of hopelessness that doesn't wallow in hopelessness, that celebrates things in spite of their decay or futility. Middleton confronts the unique futility of poetry with a unique poetry of futility.
—ZAC SMITH, AUTHOR OF 50 BARN POEMS AND EVERYTHING IS TOTALLY FINE
Thank god for writers like Blake Middleton, who can transform life's unrelenting ennui into a really compelling, funny, enlightening, and occasionally downright heart-warming book. This book is a reminder that you exist, but beyond that, it will make you feel human again.