Certain Things Aren't : A Collection of Prose and Poetry

By Gordon White

Certain Things Aren't (2019) is a collection of prose and poetry focusing on the intertwining themes of identity, love, and loss. Content includes: 1) Nonfiction narratives of an adopted college student finding his birthparents and returning to his orphanage. A short essay discussing masculinity and femininity in light of a biblical understanding of weakness, a discussion of insecurities revolving around physical appearance, and more. 2) Fiction stories such as "Danielle, Remember," the story of a woman with only two childhood memories who travels to Chicago to get the lost recollections back; "The Body and The Blood," the story of man's bizarre experience when he drinks cheap wine at a tiny church that meets in a public school; and more. 3) Assorted poetry that covers a range of topics, including marriage, Christmas, the relationship between suffering and salvation, infertility, the loss of children, and more. Certain Things Aren't grows out of an artist's passion for his locale. It arises from his desire for those closest to him to have a collected body of his work, in order to foster meaningful discussion and mutually formative relationships.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 109905205X
• ISBN13: 9781099052057
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 92 Pages
• Weight: 0.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.2" x 5.0"