Debut novel THE BURDEN OF JOY
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Lexi Kent-Monning’s debut novel, The Burden of Joy, is an incessant dagger to the heart. After Lexi’s husband leaves her on Valentine’s Day to join a commune that time forgot, her home stops belonging to her. Instead, she discovers a parade of dead animals, a man who turns her blue eyes green, true love in equal parts cocaine and MDMA, and a revolving door of solitude. In the end, Lexi must ask herself, is her craving to nurture virtuous or hedonistic?
Previously published work:
Prince’s Hand Warmers — Paste Magazine
How to Join the Cult of Alternate-Side Parking — The Believer
Tears Dry On Their Own — Black Lipstick Magazine
I Think About Your Cock During Times of Crisis — X-R-A-Y
Western Handbook or the Cowperson's New Testament — HAD
Calling Card, Love Letter #4, Between Assassination and Anonymity — G*MOB Magazine
The No Breakfast Blues — Rejection Letters
Coast to Coast — Words & Sports Quarterly
The Nurse’s Lament (excerpt from novel The Burden of Joy) — Autofocus
The Burden of Joy (edited by Wendy C. Ortiz - excerpt from novel) — Joyland Magazine
Woody Guthrie on the Radio (after Richard Brautigan) — Sledgehammer Lit
Dead End at Moon Canyon — Schuylkill Valley Journal
Self Audit — Tilted House Review, Spring 2021 issue
Secret Language + Maps + Dental Insurance [3 micropoems] — Little Engines, Issue Six
After Yoko Ono’s “Acorn” [a set of micropoems] — Neutral Spaces
How to Remain a Prayer (a tribute to Giancarlo DiTrapano) — Neutral Spaces
He Trusted the Author (a tribute to Giancarlo DiTrapano) — Believer