ADAM GNADE: I Wish to Say Lovely Things

Born of bell hooks' All About Love and Maggie Nelson's Bluets, Adam Gnade's autobiographical novel takes a hard look at love in all its forms — romantic, platonic, love of place, of chosen family, of purpose and destiny. Structured in large part as a book of lists, I Wish to Say Lovely Things is a complicated, big-hearted examination of what it means to stay loving and gentle in a violent age.

Gnade's characters struggle to get out of bed in the morning, fight for what they believe in while getting nothing in return, and hope like hell in the face of hellish hopelessness. A graceful, philosophical, clear-eyed beacon.

"Lucid, life-affirming prose from an empathetic master." — Yannis Philippakis, Foals
"Adam Gnade is a writer who can capture what it feels like to feel everything." — Dana Margolin, Porridge Radio

Paperback. Published by Three One G.