Small Altars

A book that bends time and fragments narrative.

In Small Altars, Justin Gardiner delves into the world of comic books and superheroes as a means for coming to terms with the many struggles of his brother's life, as well as his untimely death, offering a lyric and honest portrayal of the tolls of mental illness, the redemptive powers of art and familial love, and the complex workings of grief.


Author: Justin Gardiner
Publisher: Tupelo Press
Published: 04/03/2024
Pages: 70
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.19lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9781961209060
ISBN10: 1961209063
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | General

About the Author
Justin Gardiner is the author of Beneath the Shadow: Legacy and Longing in the Antarctic, as well as the poetry collection Naming the Lifeboat. He is a graduate of Warren Wilson's MFA Program for Writers and assistant professor of creative writing at Auburn University, and he serves as the nonfiction editor of The Southern Humanities Review.