Madder

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Vivid, intimate storytelling and the slowly unfolding mystery about the identity of Marco's father create a compelling throughline to vignettes that shift rapidly in time, location, voice, and genre. Marco's lyrical writing often lives in an incantatory space between prose and poetry, and his formal experiments are innovative but easy to navigate. Unabashedly celebrates gay sexuality and the eroticism of the male body. Marco's horticultural expertise and experiences as a gardener and farmer allow him to draw fascinating parallels between specific plants and aspects of his life story. He also illustrates the myriad of different ways the same plant can be perceived: one person's invasive species is another's annoying weed is another's ancient remedy. In the midst of a national conversation about misinformation, Marco grapples with concepts of truth and lies, the damage that lies can cause, and also the protections they can afford, particularly in context of immigration where truth can aid predatory government systems. For readers of poets writing prose (Ross Gay, Mary Oliver, Wendell Berry), personal nature writing (Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Helen MacDonald), and queer memoir (Carmen Maria Machado, Ocean Vuong, Saeed Jones)