Poor Advice and Other Stories, by Lou Gaglia
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An awful poet, dumped by his girlfriend, roams through Italy, where he clearly doesn't belong; an oil delivery man falls in love with a clumsy woman and becomes even clumsier than she is; and a six year old and his father kill over two hundred flies at a horse farm while the father wonders about life and death. Poor Advice and Other Stories, with its mix of the serious and the absurd, reveals Lou Gaglia’s humor, imagination, and range. A man avoids paying a World Series bet to a dying old woman; a vindictive whale chases after movie stars; and a man is jealous of his brother-in-law’s ventriloquist dummy. Find these stories and many others in Mr. Gaglia’s debut book. Winner of the 2015 New Apple Literary Award for short story fiction. Winner of the 2016 New York Book Festival (Fiction) In Poor Advice and Other Stories, Lou Gaglia puts the entertainment back in literary fiction. Many of his characters seem laughable and misguided in their fumbling ways, but the reader will come to love them for their heart-warming innocence. You will laugh, you will cry, but mostly you will go away remembering his vivid characters, his spot on dialogue, and his varying modes of conveying the stories in this unique collection, all of which reflect the talents of an outstanding fiction writer. MITCHELL WALDMAN, author of Petty Offenses & Crimes of the Heart Lou Gaglia has a knack for taking mundane, everyday tasks—like pumping gas, selling pools, and getting your car repaired—and turning them into the funniest and most damn profound stories you've ever read. Don't let the title fool you. Gaglia's stories are full of good advice. Just don't take any of them too seriously or you may find your life in shambles. NATHANIEL TOWER, author of Nagging Wives, Foolish Husbands What I like best about the people and places that populate Lou Gaglia's Poor Advice is that they're all familiar to me. But this is no mean familiarity. Anything but, in fact. These are the people that you meet in your dreams and the places you've visited only in your imagination: people who fail to see the big picture, obsess over one random-seeming detail of their daily routine, are occasionally an orca. It's nice to get to know them better. MATT ROWAN, author of Big Venerable His readers will find in Lou Gaglia's Poor Advice a new voice in contemporary short fiction, a voice made memorable by its sensitivity to language as it is spoken today, yet expressing the old verities of the human heart. EARL INGERSOLL, Emeritus Distinguished Professor of English, SUNY at Brockport. The downtrodden characters that populate Poor Advice chisel away at their blue-collar circumstances and by stories end, without your consent, there’s a fissure splintering your heart. Lou Gaglia is a spellbinding writer who gathers material from the underbelly gutter-stuff and conjures up a bit of hope for the hopeless, a place to call home from the homeless, and a fighter’s chance at love for the lonely strangers who are, after all, a lot like us. JASON OCKERT, author of Wasp Box Shake yourself free from the restraints of the ordinary—enter the clever and oh-so-quirky mind of Lou Gaglia and his oddly so, strangely so, poignant cast of characters. KATHRYN MAGENDIE, author of Sweetie
Poor Advice and Other Stories, by Lou Gaglia- Amazon Sales Rank: #1417461 in Books
- Published on: 2015-05-05
- Original language: English
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x .58" w x 6.00" l,
- Binding: Paperback
- 228 pages
Review "Poor Advice"is a fine, well-balanced, collection of short stories and comes with "A Reader's Guide" that could facilitate discussion of this book in secondary and tertiary educational settings. It is certainly one that will not disappoint either recreational and/or academic readers. ― Amsterdam Quarterly Shake yourself free from the restraints of the ordinary--enter the clever and oh-so quirky mind of Lou Gaglia and his oddly-so, strangely-so, poignant cast of characters. ― Kathryn Magendie, author of SWEETIE Lou Gaglia has a knack for taking mundane, everyday tasks--like pumping gas, selling pools, and getting your car repaired--and turning them into the funniest and most damned profound stories you've ever read. Don't let the title fool you. Gaglia's stories are full of good advice. Just don't take any of them too seriously or you may find your life in shambles. ― Nathaniel Tower, author of Nagging Wives, Foolish Husbands Lou Gaglia's a spellbinding writer who gathers material from the underbelly gutter-stuff and conjures up a bit of hope for the hopeless, a place called home for the homeless, and a fighter's chance at love for the lonely strangers who are, after all, a lot like us. ― Jason Ockert, author of Wasp Box In Poor Advice and Other Stories, Lou Gaglia puts the entertainment back in literary fiction. ― MITCHELL WALDMAN, author of Petty Offenses & Crimes of the Heart His readers will find in Lou Gaglia's Poor Advice a new voice in contemporary short fiction, a voice made memorable by its sensitivity to language as it is spoken today, yet expressing the old verities of the human heart. ― EARL INGERSOLL, Emeritus Distinguished Professor of English These are the people that you meet in your dreams and the places you've visited only in your imagination: people who fail to see the big picture, obsess over one random-seeming detail of their daily routine, are occasionally an orca. It's nice to get to know them better. ― MATT ROWAN, author of Big Venerable "This Is My Montauk" has to be one of the most quiet, beautifully heartbreaking stories I've ever read. There is more going on in this small space than in many novels I've read. Perhaps this is the definition of a good short story writer: a writer who can swing from the very funny to the very serious and still retain a sense of universality. ― Anthony Ilacqua, editor, Umbrella Factory Magazine Poor Advice and Other Stories is a fantastic book of short stories written by Lou Gaglia. I would call these stories "short shorts", as most of them are only a few pages long, making them very easy to read. The stories run the gamut from funny to sweet to weird to complex, and the cast of characters is delightful. From the carpet cleaner with a grudge to a young man making a trek to Rome to forget a lost love, to a Russian spy and an American priest, these stories and their characters will keep readers entertained. ---Bobbie Grob for Readers' FavoriteIn his collection Poor Advice and Other Stories, Lou Gaglia expertly mixes the absurd and the poignant so that you aren't overwhelmed by either...Gaglia's voice is confident and confidential, like a friend of a friend you meet at a party that tells you a couple of stories and you want to hear more.--Main Street RagPoor Advice is an imaginative collection of stories for purveyors of the short story form as well as for readers who enjoy a new twist to the postmodern take on existentialism, rich and creamy with nostalgia, wit and humor, and surprise much like Forrest Gump’s box of chocolates. My advice, dear reader, is not to sample Lou Gaglia’s stories, but rather to read ’em all! ---Toasted Cheese Literary Magazine
About the Author Lou Gaglia’s short stories have appeared in Menda City Review, Serving House Journal, Eclectica, Thrice Fiction Magazine, Forge, and many other publications. His story “Hands”, which appears in Poor Advice, was runner-up for storySouth’s 2013 Million Writers Award. He teaches in upstate New York and is a long-time T’ai Chi Ch’uan practitioner. Visit him at lougaglia.com
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful. Great Collection of Stories...Just Don't Come Here Looking for Advice! By TowerOPower Throughout this short story collection, Lou Gaglia weaves together the absurd and serious, somehow making everything believable. These are stories that are easy to get lost in, and you'll find an exciting new adventure in each tale. There's never a dull moment in this book. I highly recommend Gaglia's work to any fan of short stories. .Gaglia has a knack for taking mundane, everyday tasks—like pumping gas, selling pools, and getting your car repaired—and turning them into the funniest and most damn profound stories you've ever read. Don't let the title fool you. Gaglia's stories are full of good advice. Just don't take any of them too seriously or you may find your life in shambles.I received an advanced reader copy of Poor Advice and Other Stories directly from the author. Having been a fan of Lou Gaglia's work for several years, I was honored when he asked me to reader an advanced copy. After reading the collection, I was truly blown away by Gaglia's talents.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. “Little Leagues” also felt like it could have been my neighborhood growing up By Anthony I find that the more heartfelt and certainly less humorous stories are fantastically potent. I ran “Little Leagues” in Umbrella Factory Magazine a few years back. At the time I read “Little Leagues” I knew it was a higher caliber story than many I was reading at the submission desk. “Little Leagues” also felt like it could have been my neighborhood growing up. There was a very universal feel to it. When I reread it in Poor Advice I felt the same way. But it wasn't my favorite Gaglia story anymore. “This Is My Montauk” has to be one of the most quiet, beautifully heartbreaking stories I've ever read. It's the story of two guys who live on Long Island and and they go help out a dead friend's mother. It's not a particularly long story. There is more going on in this small space than many novels I've read. Perhaps this is the definition of a good short story writer: a writer who can swing from the very funny to the very serious and still retain a sense of universality.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Dead-On Funny Book By Susan Tepper Lou Gaglia must be a funny/fun type of guy because his debut story collection is dead-on funny. The plots are similar to how Seinfeld approached plot: find the humor and quirk in the everyday experience. This is what Gaglia does in this book. His character voices, whether told in first or third person point of view, are dark and twisted funny. This book made me laugh out loud. It's also written from an intelligent brain. Anything really funny has to come out of a sharply perceptive mind and imagination. I could have read more. Terrific. Highly recommended.
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