In suburban New York in the 1930s, Ned is researching the history of eunuchs.
(This really happened.)
An Aleph in the basement is making him scribble in his notebook, interminably.
(You tell me if that happened.)
You can relate to this because there's another story you've been working on all your life. You, too, are asking your own questions.
(Whether or not it happened, you relate to it.)
ATTIS & ALEPH is a fable in poems.
Ned can't finish writing his book. The Aleph has got him.
I'll tell you something you need to know to finish writing yours.
The story creation is the intellectual investigation. It's the story of what you want to know. It's the story of you.
It's a toolbox to open the door. An intellectual toolbox. A great insight. A true story. A ghost story.
A box you shouldn't open (but you will).
After a hundred years, it's ready to move fast.
Speculative nonfiction. Queer horror.
(This really happened.)
An Aleph in the basement is making him scribble in his notebook, interminably.
(You tell me if that happened.)
You can relate to this because there's another story you've been working on all your life. You, too, are asking your own questions.
(Whether or not it happened, you relate to it.)
ATTIS & ALEPH is a fable in poems.
Ned can't finish writing his book. The Aleph has got him.
I'll tell you something you need to know to finish writing yours.
The story creation is the intellectual investigation. It's the story of what you want to know. It's the story of you.
It's a toolbox to open the door. An intellectual toolbox. A great insight. A true story. A ghost story.
A box you shouldn't open (but you will).
After a hundred years, it's ready to move fast.
Speculative nonfiction. Queer horror.
P.S. DON'T OPEN THE BOX, NED!
About the author
Originally from Boston, Massachusetts, Tucker Lieberman has lived in Bogotá, Colombia for nine years.
His bilingual poetry collection, Enkidu Is Dead and Not Dead / Enkidu está muerto y no lo está, was a finalist in the 2020 Grayson Books Poetry Contest and nominated for the 2022 Elgin Award by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association.
He also wrote a novel and three nonfiction books, none of which won any awards, but he's glad he wrote them.
His bilingual poetry collection, Enkidu Is Dead and Not Dead / Enkidu está muerto y no lo está, was a finalist in the 2020 Grayson Books Poetry Contest and nominated for the 2022 Elgin Award by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association.
He also wrote a novel and three nonfiction books, none of which won any awards, but he's glad he wrote them.
His essay on a horror film appears in It Came From the Closet (Feminist Press, 2022). He reads nonfiction for Split/Lip Press, reviewed one hundred indie press books for Independent Book Review, and contributed to three anthologies recognized by Lambda Literary.