An Archive of Brightness, Kelsey Socha
An Archive of Brightness, Kelsey Socha
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An Archive of Brightness
A Novella

Author: Kelsey Socha

Narrator: Ann Sprinkle

Unabridged: 4 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/25/2022

Synopsis

Two stoic lobstermen harboring a secret affection. A lonely architect building houses and machines from the exoskeletons of scorpions in a desert town. A girl painfully growing into new wings. A flock of crows and an untidy vulture observe and collect these moments of human tenderness as they build an archive of brightness. Each love story becomes, in its own way, the end of a world—and the beginning of a new one.

About Kelsey Socha

Kelsey Socha once wrote and staged a performance piece about lobsters before subsequently quitting theatre to become a librarian. She is originally from Kalamazoo, Michigan, but now lives in Western Massachusetts, with her wife and two cats. An Archive of Brightness is her first book.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Melanie on July 05, 2022

A heartfelt and poetic dive into the inner worlds that come alive when you fall in love......more

Goodreads review by Matthew on May 23, 2022

The kind of journey only a bird can take—a quick fly through everyday adventures that bring us right back down to earth. Honestly, this story is will make you lean in over and over again, reread countless passages, and have you thinking about it well past the last page.......more

Goodreads review by sophie on December 06, 2023

2.5. creative writing (derogatory). I wanted to like this SO badly, and I think there is absolutely an audience for this, but it just isn't me and I really did not have a good time reading this.......more

Goodreads review by tillie on April 15, 2025

3.5 rounded up. on the one hand, this book was so imaginative and had so many lovely (queer) love stories going on. on the other hand, it felt like it was sacrificing clarity for mystique and i didn’t fully get a grasp on anything to really understand what was happening or why i should care. but i r......more

Goodreads review by Michelle on July 30, 2024

i wanted to love this book so bad but i spent most of my time reading it wondering what was actually going on and if i was missing something. im probably just not the right reader for this kind of writing 😀......more

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