Sleight Work

Poet W. Nick Hill claims that Sleight Work makes nothing happen; sleight but serious, he adds. What's more, it's up-to-date, handmade, and biodegradable, so it's the most sustainable nonfiction in its niche. Readers shouldn't look for pretty or gritty in these brief digital passages of sportive pixels. Instead some straight talking right during the bait and switch, wry counters to fake news, and valuable experiences with parts of language, all should help spread the wish you keep your eye on the pea even though you suspect it's not where you think under those shells.

Like a busker with a sheaf of pages to hand out, the voice in the pages of this book will tell about magic in these times, give the insider view of manuals, how to have tea, what to do when you meet an Emperor, and how to survive. Among other things, little-known truths about the subjunctive, the history of style, tips on caring for the roots of gratitude.