"Hoke (The Groundhog Forever) offers up an evocative reflection on queerness, race, and his hometown of Charlottesville, Va., in this conceptual 'memoir in 20 stickers.' ." Part of Bloomsbury's "Object Lessons" series, his book uses the humble sticker as a metaphorical linchpin for a series of essays that [offer] a unique perspective on one of the most infamous cities in recent American history." –Publishers Weekly
"We're not entirely objective here, but we're quite fond of the Object Lessons series - and Henry Hoke's contribution might boast the most striking cover design the series has had to date.
Hoke's book uses stickers to chronicle everything from queer identity to the recent history of Charlottesville, Virginia - all of which should make this a book that
sticks with you long after you've read it. (Pun intended, oh yes.)" –
Volume 1 Brooklyn "Hoke's
keenly constructed memoir-in-essays is really a memoir-in-stickers, from the glow-in-the-dark stars and coveted Lisa Frank unicorns of childhood to a Pixies decal from his teenage years. The book also peels back the complicated notoriety of the author's hometown, Charlottesville, Virginia, juxtaposing Dave Matthews' fire dancer emblem against a truck emblazoned with the words "Are You Triggered?" on its back window heralding the infamous white supremacist march." –
Electric Lit "Funny, nostalgic, and weird in the best possible way, Henry Hoke's
Sticker weaves evocative personal moments with hometown lore and racial reckoning, all while making you want to dig up your old-school sticker collection-the puffy, the glowy, especially the scratch and sniff." –
Jocelyn Nicole Johnson, author of My Monticello "Henry Hoke examines gender, sexuality, music, and the depths of humanity with exuberant whimsy and charm.
Sticker pulses with ghost stories, lamplit streets and pine, boyhood, blood. Startlingly original and gorgeously rendered, I will never forget this book." –
T Kira Madden, author of Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls
