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Book Synopsis
This sprawling collection comprises a series of interviews with denizens of the shifting city, each mediated through the lonely lens of the Detective, a character whose refractive investigation atomizes the scene.

Trade Review
“You’ll likely find Thea Brown’s collection Loner Forensics shelved under poetry, but this book is something all its own: lyric noir, speculative elegy, private procedural. A story told through story’s negation ('The city is not a story'), here we feel we might glimpse SchrÖdinger’s cat gone stray, living out one of its lives off alley scraps in the intimate estrangement of the metropolis. While the chorus of voices builds a litany of delightfully dubious testimony out of postmodern materials—fragments of the attention economy, consumer culture, and so on—place (as in any good Gothic) is a crucial character as well: dangerous, endangered, and indelible. Alongside Brown and her Detective, we search for truth in the trappings, asking the big questions, like, well, 'What was the question?'” —Dora Malech, author of Flourish

Table of Contents
HEAD SOUTH, CATAFALQUE 6
THE ANNOTATOR 14
THE FORENSICS TEAM 15
THE MAYOR 16
THE PALM READER 18
THE AMATEURS 19
THE CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGIST, PART 1 20
THE CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGIST, PART 2 21
THE CURATOR 22
THE WEATHER 24
THE REGISTER 25
THE LUXURY CONSULTANT 26
THE FORENSICS TEAM 28
THE MUNICIPAL LANDSCAPER 29
THE FRAMER 31
THE INTERNIST 32
THE RIDER 33
THE CONCIERGE 34
THE CORRESPONDENT 35
THE RADIO PRODUCER 36
THE FLORIST 37
THE DIPLOMAT 38
THE JOURNALIST 39
THE FORENSICS TEAM 41
THE TWINS 42
THE STENOGRAPHER 44
THE INGENUE 45
THE CENTAUR 47
THE COLLECTOR 48
THE COPY EDITOR 49
THE RUNNER 50
THE ACTUARY 51
THE DANCER 52
THE MAKEUP COUNTER 53
THE BLOGGER 54
THE TALKING HEADS 55
THE HOUSEKEEPER 56
THE ADJUNCT 57
THE FORENSICS TEAM 59
THE PROVOST 60
THE DREAMBOAT 61
THE TELLER 63
THE SHOPPER 65
THE TEMP 66
THE TOUR GUIDE 67
THE NEOTRANSCENDENTALIST 68
THE FORENSICS TEAM 69
THE DESIGNER 70
THE NOSTALGIST 71
THE COPS 73
THE IMPALEMENT ARTIST 74
THE TRANSPLANT 75
THE POLLSTER 76
THE FORENSICS TEAM 78
THE INDUSTRIAL ARCHITECT 79
THE NARC 80
THE THIRD SHIFT 81
THE CARTOGRAPHER 83
THE BACKPACKER 84
THE FORENSICS TEAM 85
THE GROUNDSKEEPER 86
THE OPENING ACT 87
THE VISITOR IN THE HILLS 88
THE CRONE 89
THE MISANTHROPE 92
THE RINGMASTER 94
THE GARDENER 96
THE FORENSICS TEAM 97
THE DETECTIVE 98

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 101

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      Publisher: Northwestern University Press
      Publication Date: 5/31/2023 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780810146235, 978-0810146235
      ISBN10: 0810146231

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This sprawling collection comprises a series of interviews with denizens of the shifting city, each mediated through the lonely lens of the Detective, a character whose refractive investigation atomizes the scene.

      Trade Review
      “You’ll likely find Thea Brown’s collection Loner Forensics shelved under poetry, but this book is something all its own: lyric noir, speculative elegy, private procedural. A story told through story’s negation ('The city is not a story'), here we feel we might glimpse SchrÖdinger’s cat gone stray, living out one of its lives off alley scraps in the intimate estrangement of the metropolis. While the chorus of voices builds a litany of delightfully dubious testimony out of postmodern materials—fragments of the attention economy, consumer culture, and so on—place (as in any good Gothic) is a crucial character as well: dangerous, endangered, and indelible. Alongside Brown and her Detective, we search for truth in the trappings, asking the big questions, like, well, 'What was the question?'” —Dora Malech, author of Flourish

      Table of Contents
      HEAD SOUTH, CATAFALQUE 6
      THE ANNOTATOR 14
      THE FORENSICS TEAM 15
      THE MAYOR 16
      THE PALM READER 18
      THE AMATEURS 19
      THE CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGIST, PART 1 20
      THE CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGIST, PART 2 21
      THE CURATOR 22
      THE WEATHER 24
      THE REGISTER 25
      THE LUXURY CONSULTANT 26
      THE FORENSICS TEAM 28
      THE MUNICIPAL LANDSCAPER 29
      THE FRAMER 31
      THE INTERNIST 32
      THE RIDER 33
      THE CONCIERGE 34
      THE CORRESPONDENT 35
      THE RADIO PRODUCER 36
      THE FLORIST 37
      THE DIPLOMAT 38
      THE JOURNALIST 39
      THE FORENSICS TEAM 41
      THE TWINS 42
      THE STENOGRAPHER 44
      THE INGENUE 45
      THE CENTAUR 47
      THE COLLECTOR 48
      THE COPY EDITOR 49
      THE RUNNER 50
      THE ACTUARY 51
      THE DANCER 52
      THE MAKEUP COUNTER 53
      THE BLOGGER 54
      THE TALKING HEADS 55
      THE HOUSEKEEPER 56
      THE ADJUNCT 57
      THE FORENSICS TEAM 59
      THE PROVOST 60
      THE DREAMBOAT 61
      THE TELLER 63
      THE SHOPPER 65
      THE TEMP 66
      THE TOUR GUIDE 67
      THE NEOTRANSCENDENTALIST 68
      THE FORENSICS TEAM 69
      THE DESIGNER 70
      THE NOSTALGIST 71
      THE COPS 73
      THE IMPALEMENT ARTIST 74
      THE TRANSPLANT 75
      THE POLLSTER 76
      THE FORENSICS TEAM 78
      THE INDUSTRIAL ARCHITECT 79
      THE NARC 80
      THE THIRD SHIFT 81
      THE CARTOGRAPHER 83
      THE BACKPACKER 84
      THE FORENSICS TEAM 85
      THE GROUNDSKEEPER 86
      THE OPENING ACT 87
      THE VISITOR IN THE HILLS 88
      THE CRONE 89
      THE MISANTHROPE 92
      THE RINGMASTER 94
      THE GARDENER 96
      THE FORENSICS TEAM 97
      THE DETECTIVE 98

      ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 101

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