Some Odd Days: Journals, 2020-2024, by Joseph Alcala

Prose, chapbook, 20 pages, from Bottlecap Features. Some Odd Days is a collection of journal entries pulled from handwritten notebooks dated between 2020-2024. Daily observations and struggles, pieces of fiction, memories, and thoughts on the process and nature of writing all converge to form a portrait of a writer working through the post-pandemic era. Much of the work is grounded in and around the city of Indianapolis, however regional and international travel punctuate the text and bring forth new movements and ideas within memory and art. Sequenced not so much chronologically as thematically, Some Odd Days exemplifies the role of the personal journal to condense time and space into a more honest and multi-faceted vision of self-hood. Joseph Alcala is a writer based in Indianapolis. He writes the literary blog the thought of the thing and has published short fiction in various outlets. He is at work on a novel and a short story collection. You can find him on X (Twitter) @thethoughtofth1 and on Substack at https://thethoughtofthething.substack.com/