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“In this haunting debut, Carlise creates an ars moriendi out of the legends of L’Inconnue de la Seine… exploring this [death] mask’s history in photograph and text, Carlise builds a tender world from his obsessions…” –Publisher’s Weekly
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“Chuck Carlise maps out the history of personal loss in such evocative detail and with such tender regard for the fragility of the present, that we, too, are caught unaware and overwhelmed by the ‘nervous erasure’ of grief.” — D.A. Powell
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“…In thirty-five pages, Carlise accomplishes, or inspires the reader to accomplish, more than many writers do in entire collections… Casual Insomniac is brimming and beautiful. Chuck Carlise is bursting with talent.” –Robby Auld (Gigantic Sequins)