Cracked Pot is a memoir about clay, writing and grief. Broken shards of writing tell the story of making pots and discovering a new self. First published in 2023 by Latah Books, Cracked Pot is available online and from the publisher directly.
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When Vince Montague’s wife perishes in a tragic car accident, he is plunged into a world of grief. After weeks of loneliness and despair, he begins to explore his wife’s pottery studio in the wild hills of Northern California, teaching himself to mix clay, throw a pot, fire a kiln, trim and glaze. Just as his grief is ebbing and his future in clay is looking bright, a wildfire advances upon his studio and threatens to destroy everything he has created.​Cracked Pot is a singular book: a story of love lost and the labyrinthine path through grief; a meditation on the craft of pottery and its power to inspire and restore; a rumination on the life of a writer and the refuge of words; an examination of how generational family trauma can shape an artist. Montague’s haunting memoir is a kaleidoscopic and redemptive reading experience, one that serves to remind its readers about the cracks and the light.https://www.latahbooks.com/blank-1/cracked-pot
Next Door is a collection of experimental prose poems based on walking and dreaming about the private worlds and the public faces of coexisting in tight communities, yet feeling distanced and separate as if living on detached planets. Each poem in Next Door has a mailing address rather than a title, a location rather than a name. Each poem is a fragment, a glance inside a window, a conversation overheard on a sidewalk, a flight into the imagination of what we call “community.” You can purchase a copy by clicking on this link. https://bottlecap.press/products/door?keyword=next%20door