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Zero at the Bone
Late one evening in the summer of 2003, Erec Toso arrived home to his wife and children after an ordinary day at his university office. In the darkness of his yard, a rattlesnake lay along the path, basking in the post-monsoon coolness. Toso, lost in thought, never saw the snake, which struck him on the foot and injected a huge dose of venom. Zero at the Bone is a deeply personal narrative about Toso’s physical recovery and emotional transformation following this near-death experience. In elegant prose that inspires as much as it unsettles, Toso takes the reader along with him on his expedition into the uncharted territory of cellular damage, hallucination, and ultimately profound spiritua...
Simple as That -- A Writer's Credo
"Simple as That" dances with the idea that we are made, in part, of words. It posits, through reflections and ordinary epiphanies, that the foundation of who we are resides in stories, stories that we told ourselves and forgot, stories that are still waiting to be written. To make a life we love we need to create a story to live within, a story built from the heart's desires -- that simple, but not that easy.
Taking Up Residence
Taking Up Residence speaks to the fear and softening that comes with getting older. It doesn't run from the fear but embraces it, finding in it a courage to tell the story too frightening to face in early and mid life. As the season grows cool, the time to sing is now.
Heart Dipped In Blue -- Decline of Body, Flight of Spirit
A teacher finds himself unable to handle the workload of a complicated university teaching job because of an onset of cognitive decline. He has a family history of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Lewy Body dementia, and Pick's disease, and he sees the darkness coming. But, for a while anyway, he perseveres and finds peace in serving others. In sidestepping his own worries about the growing symptoms, he finds a sleeping part of himself. That voice, once awakened, has a story to tell.
Epiphanies and Other Malfunctions
Moments of clarity and insight offer a taste of connection, peace, and meaning. Toso has made it his business to notice these moments, and, if he is lucky, to record some of them in words. Essays explore the possibility that resides in the mystery of raw experience. In the weaving of reflection and story, Toso makes his way toward what he finds good and true and worthy of wonder. It's a rocky path, but offers up gold in tiny, random nuggets. He offers up these ruminations as a bit of comfort to those who listen and wander.
Night Bloom: Composing Humanity in a Prison Writing Workshop
Night Bloom highlights the power of creative expression in prison writing workshops. Community, courage, and creativity help inmates find themselves in the ongoing story that is their lives. Honesty about the past, finding words in the present, and imagining a future all add up to framing a larger sense of humanity. Through vignettes, profiles, essays, and examples of inmate writing it demonstrates the roles creative writing can play in broadening the horizon of what is humanly possible, even in the context of prison. Collects works from the Creative Writing Workshops at the Arizona State Prison Complex in Tucson, Arizona.
You Never Know
You Never Know is a collection of short prose and poetry that explores the tension between elation and despair. Each piece stands on its own but offers a counter-statement to others in the collection. Love pulses through the work, but so does loss. Humor softens some of the blow.
House of Light and Rain
Erec Toso landed in rural northwestern New Mexico with a job on his hands. He had to finish a house only partly constructed. No weather-proof exterior, no septic, no wiring, no plumbing, no insulation, no drywall and on and on. Only problem was, he was a teacher, not a builder. He met some demons -- and some angels -- on his way to a Certificate of Occupancy. This is not a how-to for builders, but a series of ruminations on why one would build a place for a body, a heart, and a spirit more than a little wounded.
Wild Things -- Heart Songs For Animal Teachers
Wild Things collects and reflects on stories of strange and wonderful encounters with animals both exotic and familiar. It chronicles the lessons learned when people can see and listen to our fellow creatures, our furry and scaly fellow travelers through life here on the blue planet. Our lives are enriched by what animals offer up as ways to live.
