Reason I'm Here: Stories Asian American & Pacific Islander Literature Isolated from her online friends--her

Isolated from her online friends--her only friends--Brynn resigns herself to a summer of mind-numbing boredom and loneliness

California with her inscrutable housekeeper and her gigantic St

and survival

spilled secrets

or in nature

Reason I'm Here: Stories Asian American & Pacific Islander Literature Isolated from her online friends--herJarrod Campbell's bold debut collection of short fiction traverses and examines the spaces and purposes assumed by the gay male, not least his own. The Reason I'm Here departs from standard expectations of queer behavior to subvert these limited perceptions in favor of honest explorations of desire, amnesia, voyeurism, betrayal, physicality, grief, faith, and uncertainty. Gritty, dreamlike, and reminiscent of Hitchcock and Cortzar, these poignant