“Purkert highlights a familiar paradox of human life. We are both radically connected to, and yet disconnected from, our physical bodies.”
— New York Times
"[A] perceptive debut... The collection pings with delightful precision between the objects that connect people and those that divide."
— Publishers Weekly
“Ben Purkert is the kind of writer I’ll follow anywhere.”
— Kaveh Abkar
"Purkert’s writing is a gift."
— Hanif Abdurraqib
"A magician with the pen… Ben Purkert is one of my favorite writers."
— Clint Smith
”I want this book to float out into the cosmos to reach future and existing forms of intelligence—to let them know there was at least one beautiful/difficult, dark/brilliant side to us earthlings.”
— Brenda Shaughnessy