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Vexation Lullaby: A Novel

By Justin Tussing.

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It feels good to be on the road, especially in the fall. In these moments, when winter seems to be lurking over the next hill, I sense the real end of the tour is inevitable and nigh. I especially like it when the tour takes a jog across the upper Midwest, after the combines have trimmed the fields and the winds have stripped the leaves from the trees. Out there it’s hard to forget that when Jimmy sings “the grain elevators stand / prouder than our churches,” he’s talking about his home.

Catapult | The Witness: an extract from VEXATION LULLBY | Justin Tussing

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Look, he’s not even playing. He’s staring into the audience, or through them. Can he perceive anything beyond the spotlight’s white amnesia? Another inch forward and he’ll fall. No one has ever looked so alone as he does when he’s surrounded by people who love him.

Catapult | The Witness: an extract from VEXATION LULLBY | Justin Tussing

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When I find the street I’m looking for, I drive past a bunch of well-tended, modest houses. Each yard is ringed with a low-picket fence and inside the fences either there’s an oak tree or a maple o…

Read an excerpt from Justin Tussing’s new novel Vexation Lullaby at Literary Hub.

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“It feels good to be on the road, especially in the fall. In these moments, when winter seems to be lurking over the next hill, I sense the real end of the tour is inevitable and nigh. I especially like it when the tour takes a jog across the upper Midwest, after the combines have trimmed the fields and the winds have stripped the leaves from the trees. Out there it’s hard to forget that when Jimmy sings ‘the grain elevators stand / prouder than our churches,’ he’s talking about his home.”

Read an excerpt from Justin Tussing’s VEXATION LULLABY.