
Park Slope memory
When Denim Surrendered To Silk
1970s Brooklyn
Opening lines
Like a bothersome mosquito, writer’s block attacks at the worst possible time, particularly when and where this writer goes to write! Since all things…
J.K. Savoy
JK Savoy writes loud narrators, bad apartments, bars, diners, and people talking themselves into and out of trouble. If you want the strongest way into the work, start with the books and then roam into the stories.

Stories
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Shelf
Longer arguments, louder rooms, same habit of putting people in trouble and then letting them talk.

Novel
A boy steps out of the safer version of life and into 1970s Brooklyn, where every lesson comes with a price.

Novel
A diner cook is staring at the Vietnam draft while every voice around him keeps trying to tell him what kind of man to be.

Novel
Twins, old family damage, and Lily, who throws the whole arrangement off balance.

Novel
A man with too much appetite and no brakes keeps pushing long after sense has left the room.

Story collection
Fourteen stories. Diners, memory, bad timing, and lines that land a beat before the bruise.
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