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Electric Literature is pleased to reveal the cover for\u00a0the\u00a0short story collection\u00a0<\/em>\u201cThe Goodbye Process<\/a>\u201d by Mary Jones,\u00a0which will be published by Zibby Books on July 30th, 2024. Preorder the book\u00a0<\/em>here<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In this stunning debut short story collection, Mary Jones uses her distinctive voice to examine the painful and occasionally surreal ways we say goodbye. The stories\u2014which range from poignant, to darkly funny, to unsettling\u2014will push you out of your comfort zone and ignite intense emotions surrounding love and loss. A woman camps out on the porch of an ex-lover who has barricaded himself inside the house; a preteen girl caught shoplifting finds herself in grave danger; a man hires a professional mourner to ensure his wife\u2019s funeral is a success. Time and again, Jones\u2019s characters find themselves facing the ends of things: relationships, health, innocence, life as they know it. The stories gathered in this collection are arresting, original, and beautifully rendered. The Goodbye Process<\/em> packs a punch, just the way grief does\u2014knocking us off our feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here is the cover, designed by Anna Morrison.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Author Mary Jones: <\/strong>“I was hoping the cover would be minimalistic and beautiful, with a hint of quirkiness. I think this cover perfectly embodies those things, and more. I love the clean design, and the color palette which feels both sophisticated and playful. I like that the cover image is not explicit, but is open for interpretation, and everyone I\u2019ve shown it to has had something different to say about it. To me it suggests that a conversation is happening, and maybe one person\u2014the person with the colder cup\u2014has been talking for a while, opening up. In all of the stories in the collection characters are at various stages of letting go of things\u2014relationships, health, life as they know it. I feel like with this colder cup, and with the upward spiraling steam, Anna captures the feeling here that something is being released, let go of.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Designer Anna Morrison: <\/strong>“Working on a collection of short stories can sometimes be a challenge, especially when trying to encapsulate a feeling that encompasses a range of different narratives. However, Mary Jones\u2019s collection, The Goodbye Process<\/em>, has a strong, overarching theme of loss and grief, with some humor intertwined in the writing. I also wanted to convey a sense of intimacy on the cover but with an unspoken loneliness, too. There are a lot of different perspectives in this collection, but I felt like the steaming cups of coffee could be the background to many difficult (or happy) conversations.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Electric Literature is pleased to reveal the cover for\u00a0the\u00a0short story collection\u00a0\u201cThe Goodbye Process\u201d by Mary Jones,\u00a0which will be published by Zibby Books on July 30th, 2024. Preorder the book\u00a0here. In this stunning debut short story collection, Mary Jones uses her distinctive voice to examine the painful and occasionally surreal ways we say goodbye. 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