Delighted to receive a five-star review of Nervosities (Anti-Oedipus Press, 2024), my debut collection of fiction, from literary exemplar Seb Doubinsky today! Doubinsky writes:
“John Madera’s Nervosities is the living proof that avant-garde literature is not dead, as we watch the bloated corpse of mainstream fiction drift by in its toxic river of sameness. As a true heir to Clarice Lispector, Ann Quin, Paul Bowles, William Burroughs, Jack Kerouac, early Don DeLillo, and a collection of crazy literary ghosts, John Madera uses language as a false center, a deterrent to lure the reader into its true center, the characters’ alienations, dreams, and epiphanies. Both vernacular and complex, the stories take place in various parts of the globe, but all are linked by the psychogeography of hope, memories, and shattered identities. A true nightmare for academics (like all the best [books]), Nervosities is a must have/must read for any reader curious for an extremely rewarding literary challenge.”
—Seb Doubinsky, author of over fifteen novels and six poetry collections
(Image: Bridget Riley’s Cataract 3 (1967))
JOHN MADERA—Writer, Editor, Publisher 