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Image caption: “City Swimmers & Other Stories” by Steve Clark.<\/em><\/p>\n
\u201c\u2019City Swimmers\u2019 is a slyly funny, very finely detailed and well-formed collection\u2014each story standing on it is own while still being a believable sibling to the others. They all share a sort of lingering ending you wouldn’t expect, the way great stories do. And I’ve read these stories several times only to look forward to reading them all once again in this beautiful new book by my friend and excellent writer Steve Clark,\u201d says Nicole Burdette (playwright, Chelsea Walls).<\/p>\n
\u201cCity Swimmers\u201d take readers from the streets of New York City to the shores of Montauk, always finding characters at pivotal moments in their lives, including a couple grappling with the decision to marry, a man facing his mortality, a teacher navigating an illicit affair and more. In every case, his characters find themselves in situations both quotidian and surreal, finding humor and pathos in life\u2019s absurdities. Through all the above, \u201cCity Swimmers\u201d showcases Clark’s poetic eye for detail and ability to capture the involute voices we all carry with us inside of our heads.<\/p>\n
\u201cCity Swimmers & Other Stories\u201d is available now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other major online book retailers.<\/p>\n
About Steve Clark:<\/strong><\/p>\n Born in New York City, Steve Clark is a former Senior Editor for The Paris Review as well as a poet, painter, filmmaker and author. His first bilingual book of poems, \u201cFrom the Ashes,\u201d was published in Spain in 2010. Clark has also written, directed and produced three feature films: \u201cThe Last International Playboy,\u201d \u201cNight Has Settled\u201d and \u201cAn Actor Prepares,\u201d starring Jeremy Irons. \u201cCity Swimmers & Other Stories\u201d is his debut collection of short literary fiction. Learn more at: https:\/\/steveclark.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n