Sunset House is a captivating collection of essays that take readers on a journey with a Southern writer to various locations around the world. Through the lens of memoir, the essays delve into themes of survival, defiance, geopolitics, and the experience of reconnecting with oneself in a new home after enduring significant trauma. With a blend of humor, horror, and compelling storytelling, these essays offer a unique perspective on queer identity and the forces that shape our lives. Marshall Moore is the author of four novels ( Inhospitable , Bitter Orange , An Ideal for Living , and The Concrete Sky ), four short-fiction collections ( Love Is a Poisonous Color , A Garden Fed by Lightning , The Infernal Republic , and Black Shapes in a Darkened Room ), and the memoir I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing . His work has appeared in The Southern Review, Litro, Storgy, Passengers Journal, Quarterly Literary Review Singapore, Asia Literary Review, The Barcelona Review , and many other journals and anthologies. He is also the co-editor of three academic books on the pedagogy of creative writing and publishing. He holds a PhD in creative writing from Aberystwyth University. A native of eastern North Carolina, he lives in Cornwall, England, and teaches creative writing and publishing at Falmouth University.
The Sunset House : Selected Essays