Justin Courter
Cadenza
a novel
Cadenza is the story of a woman’s drive to succeed and overcome the physical and emotional scars of a tragic accident.
The Heart of It All
a novel
“A moving, amusing novel offering a mix of wry observation and touching moments of intergenerational connection.”
— Kirkus Reviews
Skunk: A Love Story
a novel
“An obsession for skunk musk sends a young man on a picaresque journey in Courter's darkly comedic first novel… illuminating the many varieties of obsession and its strangest consequences.”
— Publishers Weekly
Prose Poems and Humor
The Death of the Poem: and Other Paragraphs
“A consumer devours himself, a junk-food addict eats from garbage cans, a titmouse lives in a woman’s bra: there is a demented literal-mindedness to these funny, fast-paced prose poems that turns the world inside out and reveals every smidgen of its goofy, delicious splendor.”
— David Kirby
Humor
Links to humor pieces published in McSweeney's, Points In Case, Slackjaw, and elsewhere. Parenting, politics and other topics explored in such articles as:
- "What You Should Know About Screaming Penis Disorder,"
- "Donald Trump Shot Me In The Middle of Fifth Avenue And Now I Admire Him More Than Ever,"
- "We Decided Against Potty Training," and more.