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Tell Me Please, What's the Matter?

by David Booth

A hybrid collection on identity and creativity

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A hybrid collection on identity and creativity

Memoir, poetry, fiction, and essay meet across thirty-five pieces that consider masculinity, family bonds, artistic creation, and the influence of cultural narratives on identity. The collection places personal questions of selfhood alongside social discord and global uncertainty, tracing tensions between doubt and the search for meaning. Attention emerges in the description as a grounding presence amid an unstable contemporary world. Its shifting forms give these subjects several modes of exploration, linking intimate reflection with broader cultural concerns.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in collections that combine memoir, poetry, fiction, and essays.
  • Readers exploring masculinity, family, identity, or creative practice.
  • Readers drawn to writing that connects personal reflection with contemporary social concerns.

Themes

Masculinity and identityFamily bondsArtistic creationCultural narratives and social uncertainty

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Book overview

In Tell Me Please, What's the Matter, David Booth combines memoir, poetry, fiction, and essay to explore masculinity, artistic creation, family bonds, and the role of cultural narratives in shaping identity amid social discord and global uncertainty. While this hybrid approach can reflect a chaotic mind, Booth creates moments of profound reflection, highlighting both the instability of contemporary life and the grounding achieved by paying attention. The thirty-five pieces collected here play out tensions between doubt and meaning-making, offering readers a eeply personal yet universally resonant meditation on selfhood and creativity.

 

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