Twilight Zone Summer by Kayla Sargeson
The purchase of this limited edition chapbook comes with a hand-drawn broadside by Halsey Hyer featuring “Hungry” from Twilight Zone Summer, a Death Drive Press bookmark, and a sticker.
About the Chapbook:
“In Twilight Zone Summer Kayla Sargeson chronicles being a [young] woman in the present moment. She observes the culture & its fads, like the New York School before her, with telling details & a generous irony. Sargeson understands and demonstrates just how complicated not wanting to feel really is. These poems have punk’s snarl & its sense of community.”
—RJ Gibson, author of white noise something
About the Writer:
Kayla Sargeson is the author of Twilight Zone Summer (Death Drive Press) as well as the full-length collection First Red and the chapbooks Head on a Shelf, BLAZE, and Mini Love Gun, all from Main Street Rag. Her poems appear in 5 AM, Cimarron Review, and South Dakota Review. With Lisa Alexander, she co-curates the Laser Cat reading series. Sargeson lives in Pittsburgh where she teaches at the University of Pittsburgh and the Community College of Allegheny County. From January—August 2022, she served as Interim Director of the Madwomen in the Attic writing workshops at Carlow University. Instagram: @unpredictablejalapeno
Twilight Zone Summer by Kayla Sargeson
The purchase of this limited edition chapbook comes with a hand-drawn broadside by Halsey Hyer featuring “Hungry” from Twilight Zone Summer, a Death Drive Press bookmark, and a sticker.
About the Chapbook:
“In Twilight Zone Summer Kayla Sargeson chronicles being a [young] woman in the present moment. She observes the culture & its fads, like the New York School before her, with telling details & a generous irony. Sargeson understands and demonstrates just how complicated not wanting to feel really is. These poems have punk’s snarl & its sense of community.”
—RJ Gibson, author of white noise something
About the Writer:
Kayla Sargeson is the author of Twilight Zone Summer (Death Drive Press) as well as the full-length collection First Red and the chapbooks Head on a Shelf, BLAZE, and Mini Love Gun, all from Main Street Rag. Her poems appear in 5 AM, Cimarron Review, and South Dakota Review. With Lisa Alexander, she co-curates the Laser Cat reading series. Sargeson lives in Pittsburgh where she teaches at the University of Pittsburgh and the Community College of Allegheny County. From January—August 2022, she served as Interim Director of the Madwomen in the Attic writing workshops at Carlow University. Instagram: @unpredictablejalapeno