Baby Geisha

The stories] feel like brilliant sexual fairy tales on drugs. Dalton writes of self-discovery and sex with a knowing humility and humor." —Interview Magazine " 'Pura Vida,' about an emotionally unavailable journalist on assignment to cover a sloth clinic in Costa Rica, is a standout, its final moment between woman and sloth arriving with breathtaking lightness, like the first flower of spring. Other memorable outings include trips to the Missouri Ozarks ('Wet Look'), the Alps ('Shrub of Emotion'), and the Painted Desert ('Baby Geisha'), with men and women on the verge of, but never quite reaching, psycho-sexual breakthroughs." —Los Angeles Magazine Critic's Pick "Though Dalton writes in the minimalist vein, alongside the likes of Lydia Davis, Ben Marcus, and Gary Lutz, her peculiar fascinations give her a singular voice. A pleasurable trip." —Publishers Weekly "Trinie Dalton’s Baby Geisha is a travelogue. Her stories speak volumes of lostness about a world full of riveting features and no map. Things just kind of dead-end in a macho way that feels like porn that didn’t happen—the dirty scene I mean. Trinie’s writing absolutely unfeminine work. Which feels unique to me. In her hands, gender, like a new kind of western, is just moving across a landscape, the salutary effect of which is that it requires that Trinie write this beautiful stuff of which I can’t get enough. Like a desert, her work refuses to give us even a drop more, is full of strange animals, is enduring and glittery." —Eileen Myles "Trinie Dalton's collection, Baby Geisha, is seductive and exciting, the stories told by voices that might be talking inside your head, except their language is entirely unexpected and dazzling. Every sentence winds up in an unexpected place, peopled by "space virgins... on orgiastic planets" and "cousins smelling like salami." Both fantastic and very real, Dalton's stories are surprising universes, ringing evidence of her terrific talent." —Lynne Tillman Author Trinie Dalton has authored and/or edited five books. Wide Eyed, Sweet Tomb, and A Unicorn Is Born are works of fiction. Dear New Girl or Whatever Your Name Is and Mythtym are art compilations. She writes articles and reviews about books, art, and music, somewhat collected on sweettomb.com. Sneak Peek Enjoy a sneak peek read of Baby Geisha here, on Issuu, and get a serious look inside the book: Info LIST PRICE: $16.00 PAGES: 144 PRINT ISBN: 9780983247104 DIGITAL ISBN: 978-0-9832471-4-2 RELEASE DATE: 1/1/2012 SIZE: 5.5" x 7.5" Save