These Now is a haunting collection of "postcards" written on a journey into the darkness of the self. Each page is a flash of light that provides the reader with a glimpse of passion, desire, violence, despair, discovery, or a longing for an end to longing.

Michael Blitz lives in New York and is the author of Suction Files, Five Days in the Electric Chair, and Letters for the Living: Teaching Writing in a Violent Age.