Sad Man Happy Hour - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Aileen Keown VauxTheme:Topical/LGBTQ+Publish date:10/6/2026Pages:114
SAD MAN HAPPY HOUR is a four-part poetry collection rooted in the Pacific Northwest that resists regional mythmaking in favor of lived experience. With wry humor and earned wisdom, S hi hi ad Man Happy Hour aims to deconstruct queer alienation and our ever-changing relationship with the natural world. Determined to be more celebration than elegy, the book suggests "if you thought that life would end when the world did / then you don't know anything about life." Drawing on county fairs, 90's true crime TV, and the COVID-19 pandemic, Sad Man Happy Hour locates meaning in memory in unexpected places, while situating itself in the tradition of Northwest writers who treat the land not as backdrop, but as an active force-and in doing so, offers a portrait of the Pacific Northwest as it is: fractured, funny, enduring, and alive.
Keown Vaux, Aileen: - Aileen Keown Vaux is a poet, essayist, and instructional designer who holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Eastern Washington University. Their chapbook Consolation Prize was published by Scablands Books and their full-length Sad Man Happy Hour debuts with Unsolicited Press. Passionate about supporting the literary ecosystem through in-depth interviews, you can find their conversations with poets and writers online at The Rumpus. They live and work in Portland, OR.
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