To Assume a Pleasing Shape

Fiction

To Assume a Pleasing Shape

by Joseph Salvatore

A body-pierced goth girl cage-dances for a living while putting herself through school. A New York City academic reevaluates her closest relationships while considering breast-reduction surgery. A chatty Gulf War veteran is plagued by a sexual identity crisis. The characters in this debut short story collection search for meaning through the crucible of sex. Joseph Salvatore’s top-notch literary writing coaxes readers into murky territories as characters spiral deeper into existential rabbit holes.

FormatPaperback

$14.00

About the Author

Joseph Salvatore

About the Author

Joseph Salvatore's debut collection of short stories, To Assume a Pleasing Shape, was published by BOA in 2011. He is a regular fiction reviewer for The New York Times Book Review and is assistant professor at The New School, where he founded their literary journal, LIT. His work has appeared in The Brooklyn Rail, Dossier Journal, H.O.W. Journal, LIT, New York Tyrant, Open City, Post Road, Salt Hill, Sleeping Fish, Willow Springs, 110 Stories (NYU Press, 2001), and Routeledge’s Encyclopedia of Queer Culture (2003). For more information about Joseph Salvatore, visit josephsalvatore.com

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