Kettle Whistles the Blues (Signed Author Copy)
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"Kettle Whistles the Blues" is a tea-inspired microchapbook published by Robocup Press (November 2016).
FROM THE PUBLISHER
Under the disguise of providing instructions for brewing tea, Kettle Whistles the Blues is really a meditation on solitude and the existential ruminations that accompany solitude. The narrator is a young woman who is torn between the familiar past and an uncertain future as she moves more deeply into adulthood. She is conflicted about the peace of solitude and the kind of aching loneliness that only a shelter dog would understand. In spare, precise language, and with flowing illustrations by J.P. Baroni, Kettle Whistles the Blues uses the tea-making process to highlight epiphanies often found in the mundane.
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PRAISE FOR "KETTLE WHISTLES THE BLUES":
"With this delicate voice steeped in tea rituals, Kayla Pongrac offers proof that a tiptoe's tread can be louder than a stomp."
-Alina Stefanescu, author of Objects in Vases
"Kettle Whistles the Blues is a study of melancholy. Yet, driven by Kayla Pongrac’s minimalistic, captivating tone and J.P. Baroni’s loose, inviting sketches, Kettle hints at the benefits of quietude too often overlooked or dismissed by our culture at large. Pongrac affirms that to be alone is not always to be lonely—that to “sip and enjoy” a simple cup of tea is to do more than meets the eye. It is a defense of unhurried contemplation, and of the examined life."
–Catherine Kyle, author of Feral Domesticity and Gamer: A Role-Playing Poem
"In Kettle Whistles the Blues, Kayla Pongrac describes the solitary ritual of drinking tea alone. The book’s eleven short texts, referred to as “steps” rather than poems, offer a formula for solitude: the perfect recipe for loneliness. Pongrac does not reveal whether her protagonist’s loneliness is voluntary, and this is what gives Kettle Whistles the Blues its mysterious charm. It can be read as an ode, a wish, a protest, or a sigh."
–Nadia de Vries, author of First Communion and R.I.P. Nadia de Vries
FROM THE PUBLISHER
Under the disguise of providing instructions for brewing tea, Kettle Whistles the Blues is really a meditation on solitude and the existential ruminations that accompany solitude. The narrator is a young woman who is torn between the familiar past and an uncertain future as she moves more deeply into adulthood. She is conflicted about the peace of solitude and the kind of aching loneliness that only a shelter dog would understand. In spare, precise language, and with flowing illustrations by J.P. Baroni, Kettle Whistles the Blues uses the tea-making process to highlight epiphanies often found in the mundane.
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PRAISE FOR "KETTLE WHISTLES THE BLUES":
"With this delicate voice steeped in tea rituals, Kayla Pongrac offers proof that a tiptoe's tread can be louder than a stomp."
-Alina Stefanescu, author of Objects in Vases
"Kettle Whistles the Blues is a study of melancholy. Yet, driven by Kayla Pongrac’s minimalistic, captivating tone and J.P. Baroni’s loose, inviting sketches, Kettle hints at the benefits of quietude too often overlooked or dismissed by our culture at large. Pongrac affirms that to be alone is not always to be lonely—that to “sip and enjoy” a simple cup of tea is to do more than meets the eye. It is a defense of unhurried contemplation, and of the examined life."
–Catherine Kyle, author of Feral Domesticity and Gamer: A Role-Playing Poem
"In Kettle Whistles the Blues, Kayla Pongrac describes the solitary ritual of drinking tea alone. The book’s eleven short texts, referred to as “steps” rather than poems, offer a formula for solitude: the perfect recipe for loneliness. Pongrac does not reveal whether her protagonist’s loneliness is voluntary, and this is what gives Kettle Whistles the Blues its mysterious charm. It can be read as an ode, a wish, a protest, or a sigh."
–Nadia de Vries, author of First Communion and R.I.P. Nadia de Vries
