Alphabet Soup - by A Gregory Frankson (Paperback)

About the Book

A memoir of creative non-fiction comprised of twenty-six letters written in poetic prose, Alphabet Soup dives deeply into the scalding heat of memory through a thematic approach that recalls and reframes love, death, joy, sorrow, victory, and devastation, then serves it piping hot in tantalizing doses to sate voracious literary appetites.

Book Synopsis

"At once experimental literature and alchemical apparatus -- designed to take all the flavours of one man's life experiences and transform them into something that nourishes." -- ANDREA THOMPSON, author of A Selected History of Soul Speak

A tasty yet experimental recipe of creative memoir in poetic prose cooked up for your consumption -- one letter at a time.

Alphabet Soup is a poetic exploration of the deeper meaning discovered by stirring up the depths of one's most personal lived experiences. Twenty-six letters, one missive addressed to each letter of the alphabet, dive into the scalding heat of memory through themes that recall and reframe love, death, joy, sorrow, victory, devastation, and more.

Using prose that is by turns startling, revelatory, humorous, sorrowful, and triumphant, these introspections on the nature of living engage the mind and heart in the difficult, unending work of grappling with one's past in the present, with the hope it can help create a more satisfying future.

Review Quotes

At once experimental literature and alchemical apparatus -- designed to take all the flavours of one man's life experiences and transform them into something that nourishes.-- "Andrea Thompson, author of A Selected History of Soul Speak"

For fans of memoirs that blend deep emotion with literary artistry, Alphabet Soup is a must-read.-- "Lalaa Comrie, thisblackgirlreads.ca"

The verve of these prose poems recalls the incendiary scintillation of Aimé Césaire and Frantz Fanon, two scribes also alluringly Latinate, also scathingly forensic.-- "George Elliott Clarke, author of Whiteout: How Canada Cancels Blackness"

About the Author

A. Gregory Frankson has published four poetry collections and contributed to six anthologies. He is a former Canadian national poetry slam champion, an inductee to the VERSe Ottawa Hall of Honour, and a former on-air poetic commentator on CBC Radio One. This is his first full-length foray into the world of creative non-fiction. Greg is based in Toronto.